Emma Matthews is one of the brightest stars in the antipodean operatic skies. Her voice is pure yet rich, capable of dazzling vocal fireworks but equally able to express the subtlest of moods. In this her debut release on DG / ABC Classics, she brings the thrilling beauty of her tone to jewels by Donizetti, Bellini, Gounod, Delibes and Offenbach, taking on some of the roles which launched Joan Sutherland on her career, and proving herself a fitting successor.
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A national treasure Richard Mills
1 BERNSTEIN Glitter and be gay (Candide)
2 DELIBES Bell Song (Lakm)
3 FLOTOW The Last Rose of Summer (Martha)
4-6 DONIZETTI Regnava nel silenzio (Lucia di Lammermoor)
7-8 BELLINI Eccomi O quante volte (I Capuleti e i Montecchi)
9-10 GOUNOD Dieu quel frisson Amour ranime mon courage (Romo et Juliette)
11-14 THOMAS Mad Scene (Hamlet)
15 OFFENBACH Doll Song (Les Contes dHoffmann)
16-19 PROCH Theme and Variations, Deh, torna mio bene
20 BOWMAN Now touch the air softly
21 MILLS The Nightingales Song (The Love of the Nightingale)