[ Sony Classical / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 29 May 2020
The incredible soprano Aleksandra Kurzak presents 'Desire', her first solo album on Sony Classical! With this new release, Kurzak ventures into heavier territory, as she reveals both the new roles she is already singing and those she is working towards doing in the future. ⠀ ⠀
"This is a dream come true. It's the new aspect of my career - maybe even my new face as a singer. I'm saying goodbye to most of the lighter repertoire I've done for 20 years."
Cilea: Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur)
Verdi: Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani)
Puccini: Vissi d'arte (from Tosca)
Bizet: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante (from Carmen)
Leoncavallo: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!.... Hui! Stridono lassù (from I Pagliacci)
Dvořák: Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka)
Moniuszko: Ha! Dzieciatko nam umiera... O moj malenki (from Halka)
Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)
Verdi: Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani)
Verdi: D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore)
Puccini: Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot)
Tchaikovsky: Puskay pogibnu ya 'Tatiana's Letter Scene' (from Eugene Onegin)