Flórez Christopher Franklin

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1 Thursday 4 OCTOBER pm Juan Diego Flórez Christopher Franklin TENOR CONDUCTOR Royal Philharmonic Orchestra A CONCERT OF OPERATIC ARIAS CADOGAN HALL

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3 Juan Diego Flórez Tenor Born in Lima, Peru, Juan Diego Flórez undertook music studies both in his native Lima and at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. In 1996 he made his official operatic debut in Matilde di Shabran at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, where his expressive voice and astonishing agility immediately won him critical accolades. Since then, Flórez has become the tenor of choice in major international theatres. Juan Diego has enjoyed great success in theatres such as La Scala, Milan in Armide, Falstaff, Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Nina Pazza per Amore, La Sonnambula, L Italiana in Algeri, La Cenerentola and La Fille du regiment, at the Teatro Comunale in Florence in Le Comte Ory and Falstaff, at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa in La Cenerentola, Le Comte Ory, La Donna del lago and La Fille du regiment, at the Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro in Matilde di Shabran, Il Signor Bruschino, La Cenerentola, Il Viaggio a Reims, La Donna del lago, Stabat Mater, Le Comte Ory and Il Barbiere di Siviglia, at the Teatro Regio,Turin in La Sonnambula, Stabat Mater and Maria Stuarda, at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome in Rossini s Stabat Mater and Cantata, at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna in Il Viaggio a Reims, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Fille du regiment and Le Comte Ory, at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona in L Italiana in Algeri and Il Barbiere di Siviglia and at the Rome Opera in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and L Italiana in Algeri.. Worldwide, he has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Cenerentola, L Italiana in Algeri and Don Pasquale, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in La Cenerentola, for San Francisco Opera in La Cenerentola,at Covent Garden in Donizetti s Elisabetta, Don Pasquale and La Fille du regiment,rossini s Otello, La Cenerentola and Bellini s La Sonnambula, at the Vienna Staatsoper in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, L Italiana in Algeri, Gianni Schicchi, La Sonnambula and I Puritani, at the Salzburg Festival in La Donna del lago, at the Konzerthaus in Vienna in Semiramide, at the Paris Ópera in L Italiana in Algeri and La Cenerentola, at the Châtelet in Paris in Falstaff, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in La Sonnambula, at Munich s Bayerische Staatsoper in L Italiana in Algeri, at the Teatro Real Madrid in Il Barbiere di Siviglia,and at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona in Maria Stuarda and Semiramide. He has sung under Riccardo Muti, James Levine, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Wun Chung, John Elliot Gardiner, Daniele Gatti, Neville Marriner, Antonio Pappano, Roberto Abbado, Carlo Rizzi, Marcello Viotti, Jesùs Lopez Cobos and Alberto Zedda. Future engagements until 2013 are scheduled for La Scala, Milan, the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, at Covent Garden, London, the Vienna Staatshoper, Rossini Opera Festival, Teatro Comunale Bologna, Teatro Regio Turin, Los Angeles Opera, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Real Madrid, Liceu Barcelona, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chicago Lyric Opera and in Japan. Other engagements include La Traviata in Buenos Aires, Gianni Schicchi in Frankfurt, Maria Stuarda at the Macerata Opera Festival, Luisa Miller at the Teatro Regio in Turin and Puccini s Messa di Gloria at the Teatro Municipal in Sao Paulo. He has received the Abbiati Prize from Italian music critics, the Rossini d Oro Prize in Pesaro, Aureliano Pertile s Prize, Francesco Tamagno Prize, L Opera Award Prize and the Bellini Prize. His recordings have also won many important prizes, and since March 2001 he has been an exclusive artist for Decca. 1

4 Christopher Franklin Conductor Born in San Francisco, USA, Christopher Franklin began studying the violin at the age of 6, graduating in He then studied conducting, earning his Master in Music at the University of Illinois and his Doctorate under Frederik Prausnitz at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study at the Musikhochschule in Saarbrucken Germany. At the Tanglewood Music Centre he worked with Seiji Ozawa, Bernard Haitink and Gustav Meier, and with Charles Bruck at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors in Hancock, USA. Christopher attended Gianluigi Gelmetti's conducting class at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena from , where he was awarded the prestigious "Franco Ferrara" Prize in August Winner of the 1997 International Conducting Competition "La Bottega" in Treviso, Italy, Christopher was named Resident Conductor and assistant to Peter Maag at the Teatro Comunale in Treviso during He made his Italian debut in Treviso conducting Offenbach's Les Contes d'hoffmann and many symphonic concerts. Subsequently he received the Gino Marinuzzi Award. After a successful production of Il viaggio a Reims at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro at the helm of the Orquestra Sinfonica de Galicia, he was brought to the attention of several major Italian opera houses where he has subsequently conducted on many occasions. Performances have included the modern-day premiere of Francesco Cilea's Gina (CD recording on the Bongiovanni label) at the Teatro dell'opera di Roma and a new production of Lehar s Die Lustige Witwe at the Teatro Regio Turin. Other engagements include a new production of Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd at the Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa and several symphonic engagements, Cosi fan tutte at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo, symphonic concerts at the Fondazione Pergolesi-Spontini, Falstaff with Alfonzo Antoniozzi in the autumn of 2005, and this autumn, Carmen, Werther and Marco Tutino's La Lupa and Dylan Dog. At the Rossini Opera Festival in Wildbad, Germany, he conducted L'amour coniugale by Johann Simon Mayr, and Rossini s La Cambiale di Matrimonio, both scheduled for CD release on the Naxos label, and will return this summer for Rossini's La Gazzetta, also to be simul-cast on SWR- Radio. Future operatic projects include a tour of Italian theatres (As.Li.Co) with a new production of Puccini's Madame Butterfly, and a tour with tenor Juan Diego Flórez throughout Europe, in Vienna, Cologne, Munich and London, as well as in the United States. Recent symphonic engagements also include a German tour with the Munchner Symphoniker, concerts with the National Philharmonic of Russia, SWR Orchester in Germany, Orchestre de la Monnaie in Bruxelles, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Orchestra Verdi di Milan, Orchestra della Toscana, Orchestra Filarmonica dell'arena di Verona, Orchestra Toscanini of Parma, Orchestra of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Orchestra da Camera di Padova, I Pomeriggi Musicali of Milano and the Accademia della Scala di Milano. 2

5 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Founded in 1946 by Sir Thomas Beecham, with his vision of bringing world-class performances of the greatest music written to the length of the country, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, based in London, continues to maintain Beecham s legacy by offering audiences in the UK and abroad the highest possible standards of music-making, accompanied by some of the most acclaimed artists of the day. Since its formation, the Orchestra has been directed by some of the world s finest conductors, most notably Rudolf Kempe, Antal Doráti, André Previn and Vladimir Ashkenazy. The RPO continues to thrive, undertaking a busy concert, touring and recording schedule, under the inspired leadership of Maestro Daniele Gatti (Music Director since 1996). The Orchestra is pleased to announce that from the beginning of the season, Charles Dutoit will become Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, with Daniele Gatti continuing as Conductor Laureate. Its Royal Albert Hall season includes a number of spectacular concerts ranging from popular classics such as Holst s The Planets Suite and Rimsky-Korsakov s Scheherazade to the Best of Broadway and Filmharmonic. The series features many internationally acclaimed artists including Leonard Slatkin, Sir Thomas Allen and John Lill. The RPO s London Residency at Cadogan Hall complements the immensity of the Orchestra s performances at the Royal Albert Hall by offering a range of concerts within the intimate surroundings of London s newest concert venue. The 2007 series features renowned artists of the calibre of Sir Andrew Davis, Tasmin Little and Vernon Handley. The RPO also looks forward to performing a new series of concerts at the newly refurbished Royal Festival Hall in Spring The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra uses its schedule in the capital as the springboard for a comprehensive regional touring programme including residencies in Northampton, Croydon, Lowestoft, Wimbledon, Catford and Crawley. The Orchestra also plays to tens of thousands of people across the country in open-air concerts throughout the summer months each year, including a newly launched series at Crystal Palace Bowl. As an international orchestra, the RPO has toured more than thirty countries in the last five years, including performances for the late Pope John Paul II in the Vatican and the President of China in Tiananmen Square. Recent tours have included the RPO s first ever tour to Egypt, performing in the Cairo and Alexandria opera houses with Leonard Slatkin, and performances in Spain, Italy and Germany. The RPO extends its artistic work through a vibrant and innovative Community and Education programme. Using music as a powerful and motivating force, the RPO works in a variety of settings including projects with young homeless people, youth clubs, the probation service, schools and families. RPO Community and Education projects promote live music-making, reflecting the diversity of the individuals involved, as well as the Orchestra s own background. The RPO records widely for all the major commercial record companies, with no less than eight of its CDs featuring in the record charts last year. The Orchestra also has its own record label, which includes the popular Here Come The Classics series. These recordings reflect the versatility of the RPO s repertoire, ranging from popular orchestral and choral works to film classics and music from the musicals. 3

6 Juan Diego Flórez TENOR With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Christopher Franklin Concert programme 4 th October pm -- Cadogan Hall First Part Sinfonia La Cenerentola G. Rossini Deh troncate i ceppi suoi Oh muto asil del pianto Sinfonia Cessa di più resistere Elisabetta Regina d Inghilterra Guglielmo Tell Il Barbiere di Siviglia Il Barbiere di Siviglia Second Part All udir del padre afflitto Bianca e Fernando V. Bellini Sinfonia Norma Questa o quella Rigoletto G. Verdi Parmi veder le lagrime Rigoletto Sinfonia La Favorita G. Donizetti Linda si ritirò Linda di Chamounix 4