From rural South Africa to operatic stardom, soprano Pretty Yende continues her meteoric rise through the world of opera with the release of her second album, Dreams, on Sony Classical, available October 27, 2017. Her debut album A Journey (Sony Classical), released last year, received the Solo Recital Recording award at the 2017 International Opera Awards and led to appearances on NPR's Morning Edition, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Good Morning America, The Wendy Williams Show, and in Billboard, The New York Times, and more. The Washington Post describes her as having, "a voice that can reach to the stars." The San Francisco Chronicle raves, "Her singing boasts an elegant sheen that carries across a wide vocal range, and she uses it to wonderful emotional effect even as she dashes off music with demanding technical challenges."
The celebrated "mad scene" from Lucia di Lammermoor, a role which Yende will perform at The Metropolitan Opera in April 2018, was the starting point of her new recording, Dreams. "My instinct was to look at mad scenes," she says. "But then I widened my horizons, and thought about characters who have found an escape in their dream lives. All the characters I sing here have a dream: for some it is positive, for others it is a kind of nightmare. They dream of a better life, or a prince charming, or being able to live free from fear. I wanted to explore what dreams and madness mean for each character." As well as Lucia's "mad scene," Yende also includes "O luce di quest'anima" from Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix, and "Je veux vivre" from Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. Both of these arias portray young women dreaming of a future life of love and happiness, and it was with the latter that that she made history by becoming the first artist ever to win first prize in every category at the Belvedere Competition in 2009.Sony Music Masterworks comprises Masterworks, Sony Classical, OKeh, Portrait, Masterworks Broadway and Flying Buddha imprints. For email updates and information please visit www.sonymusicmasterworks.com/.
Pretty Yende - Dreams
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Track Listing:
1. Roméo et Juliette, Act I: Ah! Je veux vivre
2. Eccola! Oh, giusto cielo!... Il dolce suono
3. Ohimè! Sorge il tremendo fantasma... Ardon gli incensi
4. S'avanza Enrico!
5. Spargi d'amaro pianto
6. Linda di Chamounix, Act I Scene 3: Ah! Tardai troppo
7. Scene 14 - Sono all'ara
8. Scene 15 - Vaneggia... Il passo sgombrisi...
9. Finale - Chi veggio? La regina!
10. Le pardon de Ploërmel (Dinorah), Act II Scene 3: Dieu, comme cette nuit est lente... Ombre légère
11. Oh, se una volta sola
12. Ah! Non credea mirarti
13. Ah! Non giunge uman pensiero
Find the album here: https://SonyClassical.lnk.to/PY-Dreams
2018 U.S. Performance Dates:
L'Elisir d'Amore - Metropolitan Opera - New York (Tickets)
January 16, 20, 24, 27, 31 / February 3, 7, 10, 14, 17
(Live in HD performance: February 10)
Lucia di Lammermoor - Metropolitan Opera - New York (Tickets)
April 25, 28 / May 2, 5, 10
Carnegie Hall Concert (Debut) - New York - June 5 (Tickets)
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Website: www.prettyyende.com
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