Nelly Miricioiu 70th Birthday Celebration & Farewell (Wigmore Hall June 2022)

Nelly Miricioiu - Soprano
David Gowland - Piano

Nelly Miricioiu returns to Wigmore Hall to celebrate her 70th Birthday celebration, and to say farewell to the stage as she retires from her professional career.

Following a challenging few years and a battle with Covid only a month before, Nelly was delighted to accept an invitation from John Gilhooly at Wigmore Hall to share the stage of Wigmore Hall with her dear friend and esteemed colleague, David Gowland, for one last time.

PROGRAMME:

Emil Montia (1882-1965)
Strigă lelea din grădină
Ploaia cade
Lună, lună

Tiberiu Brediceanu (1877-1968)
La Seceriș
Doina Stăncuței
Dragu-mi-i, măndro, de tine

Pauline Viardot (1821-1910)
Havanaise
Berceuse
Hai luli!

George Hall (b.1953)
3 poemi di Gabriele D’Annunzio

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Rondeau
D'un fleuve
De Don Juan

Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
Le temps des lilas
Les papillons Op. 2 No. 3

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Morire?
Sole e amore

Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
Dimenticar, ben mio

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Essa corre al trionfo (Ermione)

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Tu al cui sguardi onni possente (I due Foscari)

Encores

Puccini
Vissi d'arte (Tosca)

Verdi
Addio del passato (La Traviata)

Filmed live on June 28th 2022 at Wigmore Hall (Private video copyright Barry Kirk)