Composer: Daniel François Esprit Auber, Hector Berlioz, Gaetano Donizetti, Jacques Halévy, Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi
Performer: Michael Spyres, Joyce El-Khoury
Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra
Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Opera Rara
Catalogue: ORR251
Release: 2017
Size: 673 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Rossini: Otello
01. Cavatine ‘Venise, ô ma patrie’
Donizetti: Rosmonda d’lnghilterra
02. Scena e Aria ‘Dopo i lauri di vittoria’
Halévy: Guido et Ginévra
03. Récitatif et Air ‘Dans ces lieux’
Verdi: Jérusalem
04. Scène et Air ‘L’infamie! prenez ma vie!’
Halévy: Guido et Ginévra
05. Scène et Duo ‘Tu seras donc pour moi’
Donizetti: Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal
06. Air ‘Seul sur la terre’
Auber: Le Lac des fées
07. Air ‘Ils s’éloignent, je reste’
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
08. Récitatif et Air ‘Seul pour lutter’
Donizetti: La Favorite
09. Récitatif et Romance ‘La maîtresse du Roi…’
Halévy: La Reine de Chypre
10. Air ‘De mes aïeux ombres sacrées’
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
11. Ultima scena ‘Tombe degli avi miei’
Hailing from Mansfield, Missouri, Michael Sypres originally set out to pursue a career in musicals before singing opera. He comes from a family of musicians who run an opera company in Springfield MO, and after studying in the US, travelled to Europe to complete his studies in Vienna. He has rapidly established a formidable reputation for his sensitive singing and astonishing vocal range, with leading roles a the Royal Opera House Coven Garden, Lyric Theatre Chicago, Opéra de Paris and Aix-en-Provence Festival. In 2017, he appeared as Don José in Carmen in Paris and sang Enée, opposite Joyce DiDonato in Berlioz’s Les Troyens in Strasbourg.
Michael starred on the Opera Rara recording of Donizetti’s Les Martyrs, which received a string of awards including Opera Recording of the Year at the International Opera Awards in 2016. He returned to Opera Rara to record Le Duc d’Albe and now we are thrilled to release his debut solo recital album, featuring 19th century repertoire synonymous with the tenor-of-his-day, Gilbert-Louis Duprez. Espoir includes arias in French and Italian by Donizetti, Berlioz, Verdi and Rossini, as well as duets with Joyce El-Khoury, whose debut recital recording will be released alongside Michael’s.