VOCAL RECITAL

SARA BLANCH & MICHAEL SPYRES

SARA BLANCH & MICHAEL SPYRES
DIALOGUE OF VOICES, EXCELLENCE IN SINGING

The Perelada Festival brings together two voices that transform singing into a realm of precision, risk and expressiveness. Soprano Sara Blanch and tenor Michael Spyres will share the stage in a recital that places two unique careers in dialogue, with bel canto as their meeting ground.
Trained in this repertoire and with a growing reputation, Sara Blanch has established a brilliant and flexible voice, capable of tackling both Rossinian agility and roles requiring greater expressive breadth. Her recent career has taken her to stages such as the Royal Opera House in London, La Scala in Milan and the Paris Opera, confirming a steady evolution that places her among the most prominent sopranos of her generation.
Her relationship with the Perelada Festival, which began a decade ago as a resident artist, has unfolded through various projects -from recitals at the Church of El Carme to her participation in Combattimento, as well as her appearance at the Festival's special edition in Rome-, forging a bond that has grown over time and is now renewed on this stage.
Michael Spyres has established himself as one of the most distinctive figures in today's opera scene. Defining himself as a baritenor, his voice combines breadth, flexibility and a remarkable capacity for stylistic adaptation, qualities that have allowed him to move with ease from the Rossini repertoire to roles of great dramatic demand. His recent career, with debuts in roles such as Tristan and Siegmund, demonstrates an unusual evolution, driven by a constant search for new expressive boundaries.
Two voices that meet on the threshold between form and emotion, where singing is built phrase by phrase.
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Carmen Church
Programme

PART I

 

Jacques OFFENBACH (1819 – 1880)

“Il etait une fois”, from Les Contes d’Hoffmann

Michael Spyres

 

Charles GOUNOD (1818 – 1893)

“Je veux vivre”, from Romeo et Juliette

Sara Blanch

 

Gioachino ROSSINI (1792 – 1868)

“Largo al factótum”, from Il barbiere di Siviglia

Michael Spyres

 

Giacomo PUCCINI (1858 – 1924)

“Oh mio babbino caro”, from Gianni Schicchi

Sara Blanch

 

Pablo SOROZÁBAL (1897 – 1988)

 “No puede ser”, from La tabernera del puerto

Michael Spyres

 

Ruperto CHAPÍ (1851 – 1909)

“Carceleras”, from Las hijas del Zebedeo

Sara Blanch

 

Gaetano DONIZETTI (1791 – 1848)

“Caro elisir, sei mio!”, from L’elisir d’amore

Sara Blanch & Michael Spyres

 

PART II

 

Charles Louis AMBROISE THOMAS (1811 – 1896)

“O vin dissipe la tristesse”, from Hamlet

Michael Spyres

 

A vos jeux, mes amis

Sara Blanch

 

Calogero Adolfo BRACCO (? – 1905)

Serenata

Michael Spyres

 

Stanislao GASTALDON (1861 – 1939)

Musica proibita

Sara Blanch

 

Agustín LARA (1897 – 1970)

Granada

Michael Spyres

 

Gerónimo GIMÉNEZ (1852 – 1923) & Manuel NIETO (1844 – 1915)

“Me llaman la primorosa”, from El barbero de Sevilla

Sara Blanch

 

Manuel PENELLA (1880 – 1939)

“Torero quiero ser”, from El gato montés

Sara Blanch & Michael Spyres

Artistic details

Sara BLANCH, soprano

Michael SPYRES, tenor

Giulio ZAPPA, piano