Daria Masiero and Elena Belfiore (Italy)

Sacred Music Recital

23/10 (Friday);8pm     St. Dominic's Church    

Daria Masiero, Soprano
Elena Belfiore, Mezzo-soprano
Lorne Richstone, Piano

Programme:
A. Stradella (1639-1682): Pietà di Signore
F. Schubert (1797-1828): Ave Maria, Op. 52, No. 6
C. Gounod (1818-1893): Ave Maria
G. B. Pergolesi (1710-1736): Stabat Mater dolorosa, from Stabat Mater
A. Vivaldi (1678-1741): Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, from Gloria, RV 589
W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) / Arr. Albino Perosa: "Ave Maria" adapted from "Secondate, aurette amiche" from Cosi fan tutte, KV. 588
H. N. Barlett (1845-1920): O Lord be merciful
A. Vivaldi: “Nisi Dominus” from Nisi Dominus, RV 608
César Franck (1822 –1890): Panis Angelicus
G. Bizet (1838-1875): Agnus Dei
P. Mascagni (1863-1945) Ave Maria from Cavalleria Rusticana
G. Rossini (1792-1868): Qui est homo, qui non fleret, from Stabat Mater

Soprano Daria Masiero, who won BBC-Cardiff Singer of the World in 2005, joins mezzo-soprano Elena Belfiore, one of the most promising young lyric singers, for a dazzling evening of sacred music in the magical ambience of St. Dominic’s Church. Accompanied by American pianist and MIMF veteran Lorne Richstone, the Italian singers will delight the public with the famous Schubert, Gounod, Mozart and MascagniAve Marias along with other less well-known sacred pieces.

Duration: approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, including one interval