NSO Summer Lunchtime

Anthony Gabriele, conductor
Kathleen Nic Dhiarmada, soprano

Dvořák Carnival Overture
Dvořák ‘Song to the Moon’ from Rusalka 
Puccini ‘Quando m’en vo’ from La bohème
Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana  
Smetana Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride 
Verdi ‘È strano…ah fors’è lui…sempre libera’ from La traviata 
Verdi Triumphal March from Aida 

Live, laugh, love in the first of our Summer Lunchtime concerts. Masterful conductor Anthony Gabriele serves up colourful orchestral showpieces by Dvořák (the ebullient Carnival Overture), Mascagni (Cavalleria Rusticana’s lilting Intermezzo), Smetana (The Bartered Bride’s effervescent Dance of the Comedians), and Verdi (the rousing Triumphal March from Aida).

‘Incandescent’ (The Stage) soprano Kathleen Nic Dhiarmada delivers three of opera’s most affecting arias: the sublime yearning of Dvořák's ‘Song to the Moon’, Puccini’s amorously charged ‘Quando m’en vo’ from La bohème, and Verdi’s ravishing ‘È strano…ah fors’è lui…sempre libera’ from La traviata.