Orchestre National Bordeaux-Aquitaine - Pene Pati (CD)

For his debut on Warner Classics, Samoan tenor Pene Pati matches favourite showpiece arias with rarer operatic gems in a programme of Verdi, Rossini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer, Gounod and Benjamin Godard. Pati has been called "a revelation... stunning for his generosity of voice, top notes of apparently invincible power, and alluring timbre, " (Forum Opéra) and praised for his "gleaming, sensuous stream of sound" (San Francisco Chronicle). A singer of glowing lyricism who establishes an immediate rapport with his audience, Pati hopes that the album will leave listeners with a sense of "warmth, tenderness, and the sincerity of storytelling. To me, this is the essence of opera and the reason why I sing." He is joined by conductor Emmanuel Villaume and the Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Rigoletto, Act 2: "Ella mi fu rapita..." (Duca)
2. Rigoletto, Act 2: "Parmi veder le lagrime..." (Duca)
3. Rigoletto, Act 2: "Possente amor" (Duca, Chorus)
4. Rigoletto, Act 3: "La donna e mobile" (Duca)
5. Romeo et Juliette, Act 2: "L'Amour!..." (Romeo)
6. Romeo et Juliette, Act 2: "Ah! Leve-toi soleil" (Romeo)
7. Guillaume Tell, Act 4: "Ne m'abandonne pas, espoir de la vengeance!" (Arnold)
8. Guillaume Tell, Act 4: "Asile hereditaire..." (Arnold, Chorus)
9. Guillaume Tell, Act 4: "Amis, amis" (Arnold, Chorus)
10. L'elisir d'amore, Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima" (Nemorino)
11. Les Huguenots, Act 1: "Non loin des vieilles tours..." (Raoul)
12. Les Huguenots, Act 1: "Ah, quel spectacle enchanteur..." (Raoul)
13. Les Huguenots, Act 1: "Plus blanche que la blanche hermine" (Raoul, Chorus)
14. La battaglia di Legnano, Act 1: "O magnanima e prima delle città lombarde..." (Arrigo)
15. La battaglia di Legnano, Act 1: "La pia materna mano" (Arrigo)
16. Moïse et Pharaon, Act 2: "Vous avez entendu..." (Pharaon)
17. Moïse et Pharaon, Act 2: "Moment fatal!" (Amenophis, Pharaon)
18. Polyeucte, Act 4: "Source delicieuse" (Polyeucte)
19. Roberto Devereux, Act 3: "Ed ancor la tremenda porta..." (Roberto)
20. Roberto Devereux, Act 3: "Come un spirto angelico..." (Roberto, Chorus)
21. Roberto Devereux, Act 3: "Bagnato il sen di lagrime" (Roberto, Chorus)
22. Manon, Act 2: "Instant charmant, où la crainte fait trêve..." (Des Grieux)
23. Manon, Act 2: "En fermant les yeux" (Des Grieux)
24. L'etoile du Nord, Act 3: "Quel trouble affreux" (Danilowitz)
25. Jocelyn, Act 2: "Caches dans cet asile... Oh! ne t'eveille pas encor" (Jocelyn)