The Heart of Opera

A celebration of the timeless power of opera.

Experience soaring arias, dramatic duets and stirring ensembles up close in this intimate opera recital.

Presented by Victorian Opera for the Festival’s 50th anniversary, The Heart of Opera features principal artist Kathryn Radcliffe alongside prize-winning emerging artists Bailey Montgomerie (baritone), Rachael Joyce (soprano) and Alessia Pintabona (soprano), with Phoebe Briggs on piano.

Program includes:

Song to the Moon – Rusalka, Dvořák (Radcliffe)

Pur ti miro – The Coronation of Poppea, Monteverdi (Joyce, Pintabona)

Morrai, sì – Rodelinda, Handel (Pintabona)

V’adoro, pupille – Julius Caesar, Handel (Joyce)

Susanna or via sortite – The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart (Joyce, Pintabona, Montgomerie)

Comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre – The Pearl Fishers, Bizet (Radcliffe)

Ô vin, dissipe la tristesse – Hamlet, Thomas (Montgomerie)

Ah! Je veux vivre – Romeo and Juliet, Gounod (Joyce)

Soave sia il vento – Così fan tutte, Mozart (Joyce, Pintabona, Montgomerie)

Vedrai, carino – Don Giovanni, Mozart (Pintabona)

Che soave zeffiretto – The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart (Joyce, Radcliffe)

Questo amor, vergogna mia – Edgar, Puccini (Montgomerie)

Glitter and be gay – Candide, Bernstein (Radcliffe)

Some Other Time – On the Town, Bernstein (Joyce, Pintabona, Radcliffe, Montgomerie)