L’Amour: Juan Diego Flórez

Contents

Boieldieu: La Dame Blanche, “A quel plaisir d’être soldat “

Bizet: La jolie fille de Perth – Adapted Chris Hazell / Act 2 “Elle est là …A la voix d’un amant fidèle”

Donizetti: La Favorita – Critical Edition Rebecca Harris-Warrick / Act 1, “Parle, mon fils – Un ange, une femme inconnue, à genoux, priait “Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Sergey Artamonov (bass)

Berlioz: Les Troyens / Act 4, “O blonde Cérès”

Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau / Act 1, “Mes amis, écoutez l’histoire d’un jeune et galant postillon”

Delibes: Lakmé / Act 1, “Prendre le dessin d’un bijou… Fantaisie aux divins mensonges”

Massenet: Werther / Act 1, “O Nature, pleine de grâce”

Massenet: Werther / Act 3, “Toute mon âme est là! Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle de printemps?”

Thomas, Ambroise: Mignon / Act 1, “Oui je veux par le monde promener librement mon humeur vagabonde!”

Boieldieu: La Dame Blanche, “Maintenant, observons … Viens, gentille dame

Offenbach: La belle Hélène / Act 1, “Au Mont Ida, trois déesses”

Gounod: Roméo et Juliette / Act 2, “L’amour! L’amour! …Ah! lève-toi, soleil!”

Lalo: Le Roi d’Ys / Act 3, “Puisqu’on ne peut flêchir ces jalouses gardiennes – vainement ma bien aimée”

Marking a departure for the Peruvian bel canto superstar, this new recording offers a personal survey of the French operatic repertoire from Donizetti to the romantic outpourings of Gounod and Massenet, including Massenet’s ‘Pourquoi me Reveiller’ from Werther.

This is a disc that not only plays to Flórez’s strengths – virtuosic and high-lying – but also shows a new side to the popular singer, featuring repertoire which he has rarely sung on stage

The first solo album in four years by one of the classical world’s biggest stars reveals a voice which has become richer, rounder and more mellow; the choice of repertoire draws further new colours from this ever-stylish tenor.