The Hallé – A Night at the Opera at The Bridgewater Hall

Verdi La forza del destino: Overture

Verdi La traviata: Sempre libera; Lunge da lei and Prelude to Act 1

Puccini La bohème: Che gelida manina; Sì, mi chiamano Mimì and O soave fanciulla

Saint-Saëns Samson and Delilah: Bacchanale

Lerner and Loewe My Fair Lady: On the Street Where You Live and I Could Have Danced All Night

Rodgers and Hammerstein South Pacific: Some Enchanted Evening

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March

Lehár Giuditta: Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß

Lehár The Merry Widow: Lippen schweigen

Eduardo Strausser conductor
Mirjam Mesak soprano

Zwakele Tshabalala tenor

Tonight The Hallé offer you a treasure trove of operatic gems, bringing together some of the greatest arias, songs and operatic music in the repertoire. Our concert unites classical greats, Viennese light opera and the inspirational musicals of Lerner and Loewe and Rodgers and Hammerstein. This will be an evening of glorious, soaring melodies.

Tuning Up event 6.30pm in the auditorium – free to concert ticket holders

Performances by young singers from Chetham’s School of Music vocal department