OSLO EARLY 2025 • Album italiano with Giulia Semenzato and Emil Duncumb

Prize-winning Italian soprano Giulia Semenzato joins  fortepiano virtuoso Emil Duncumb in a program that brings to life the dialogue between Italian opera and the Viennese lied tradition at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. 

Forumopéra praises Giulia Semenzato’s “remarkable ease and high notes that are radiant and intoxicating,” while Olyrix highlights her “warm, engaging stage presence—simple, sincere, and full of subtlety.” In the concert Album italiano, she performs with fortepianist Emil Duncumb, winner of the 2022 The Young Lindeman Prize and described by Gramophone as “a master of gently theatrical timing.” 

Together, they present a sparkling program of Classical and early Romantic gems, where Italian opera meets the Viennese lied tradition. Look forward to Salieri’s moving ode Deh si piacevoli, Mozart’s variations on Mio caro Adone, Beethoven’s Italian ariettas, Schubert’s aria Vedi quanto adoro ancora ingrato—alongside the bel canto elegance of Rossini and Bellini. 

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Antonio Salieri (1750–1825): "Deh si piacevoli": Ode to Marianna von Auenbrugger for soprano and piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Variations on Mio caro Adone (theme by Salieri), K. 180 for piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Ariettes from Four Ariettes and a Duet, Op. 82 for soprano and piano:

      "Hoffnung (Dimmi ben mio, che m'ami)"

      "Love complaint (T'intendo, sì, mio cor)"

      "Silent Question (L'amante impaziente)"

      "L'amante impaziente (L'amante impaziente)"

L.v. Beethoven: Two Rondos, Op. 51 for piano

Franz Schubert (1797–1828): "Vedi quanto adoro ancora ingrato", D510 from the opera Didone Abbandonata for soprano and piano

F. Schubert: Impromptu n.2 in E flat major for piano

Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868): "La fioraia fiorentina" from Péchés de vieillesse, No. 1 (Album italiano) for soprano and piano

Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835): La ricordanza for soprano and piano