RAFAEL QUIRANT, sopranist & JEZABEL ESBRÍ, piano

G. F. Händel: Overture to the opera Serse (piano solo) / C. Monteverdi: "Ecco l'atra palude", from the opera L'Orfeo / G. F. Händel: "Fronti tenere e belle... Ombra mai fu", "Per rendermi beato" and "Crude furie degli orridi abbisi" from the opera Serse / Geminiano Giacomelli: "Sposa son disprezzata", aria used by Vivaldi in his pasticcio Bajazet / V. Bellini: "Ah non credea mirarti", aria from the opera La Sonnambula (piano solo) / Chamber arias: Il fervido desiderio, Ma rendi pur contento and Malinconia ninfa gentile / G. Rossini: Canzonetta spagnuola / "L’orgia", from Serate Musicali / Giovanna d’Arco, cantata for voice and piano

The young Valencian sopranist Rafael Quirant, accompanied on the piano by Jezabel Esbrí, invites us to join him on a journey through the Baroque and bel canto composers. The programme includes arias ranging from Monteverdi and Händel to bel canto composers such as Verdi and Rossini.