For his debut on Warner Classics, Samoan tenor Pene Pati matches favourite showpiece arias with rarer operatic gems in a programme of Verdi, Rossini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer, Gounod and Benjamin Godard.

Pati has been called “a revelation … stunning for his generosity of voice, top notes of apparently invincible power, and alluring timbre, “ (Forum Opéra) and praised for his “gleaming, sensuous stream of sound” (San Francisco Chronicle). A singer of glowing lyricism who establishes an immediate rapport with his audience, Pati hopes that the album will leave listeners with a sense of “warmth, tenderness, and the sincerity of storytelling. To me, this is the essence of opera and the reason why I sing.”  He is joined by conductor Emmanuel Villaume and the Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine.

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Track List

Verdi
Rigoletto – Act 2, No.8 scena & aria - Duca            
1.     Ella mi fu rapita…
2.     Parmi veder le lagrime…
3.     Possente amor   

Verdi
Rigoletto 
4.     La donna è mobile              

Gounod
Romeo et Juliette (Romeo)
5.     L’Amour, l’Amour…
6.     Ah! Lève-toi soleil              

Rossini
Guillaume Tell Act 4, No.18, sc.1 (Arnold)
7.     I. Ne m’abandonne pas, espoir de la vengeance
8.     II. Asile héréditaire…
9.     III. Amis, amis   

Donizetti
L’Elisir d’amore (Nemorino)
10.    Una furtiva lagrima                                                                

 Meyerbeer
Les Huguenots No.2 (Raoul)
11.    Non loin des vieillestours…
12.    Ah, quel spectacle enchanteur…
13.    Plus blanche que lablanche hermine

Verdi
La battaglia di Legnano Act 1 (Arrigo)
14.    I. O magnanima e prima…
15.    II. La pia materna mano  

 Rossini      
Moise et Pharaon Act 2, No.9
16.    I. Vous avez entendu(Pharaon)
17.    II. Moment fatal (Aménophis & Pharaon) 

Gounod
Polyeucte Act IV Sc.1, No.20 (Polyeucte)
18.    Source délicieuse                                                                                      

Donizetti
Roberto Devereux Act 3 Sc.4 (Roberto)
19.    Ed ancor la tremendaporta…
20.    Come un spirto angelico…
21.    Bagnato il sen di lagrime 

Massenet
Manon (Des Grieux)
22.    I. Instant charmant où lacrainte fait trêve
23.    II. …En fermant lesyeux   

Meyerbeer
L’Etoile du Nord (Danilowitz) No.18bis
24.    Quel trouble affreux..

 Godard
Jocelyn Act 2, Op.100 Berceuse (Jocelyn)
25.    Caché dans cet asile  
                         

Artists:

Pene Pati, tenor
‍Mirco Palazzi, bass-baritone (16,17)
Chœur de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux (3,9,13,21)
Salvatore Caputo, choirmaster                
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

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