{"id":5364,"date":"2010-06-02T00:11:31","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T07:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=5364"},"modified":"2010-06-02T00:11:31","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T07:11:31","slug":"jessye-norman-gala-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=5364","title":{"rendered":"Jessye Norman Gala Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Renowned American singer Jessye Norman returns to Israel for a one time gala concert on Friday, June 4, at the foot of Mt. Masada as part of the International Opera Weekend organized by the Israeli Opera. In between performances of Nabucco, Jessye Norman, who appeared about a decade ago in an open air concert with the Israeli Opera in Caesarea, will perform a varied program featuring classical-operatic music\u00a0as well as\u00a0lighter music. The concert will be conducted by American conductor Rachel Worby who works regularly with Ms. Norman. The concert will take place on Friday, June 4 at 22:00.<\/p>\n

In the first part of the concert, Jessye Norman will perform arias from the operas Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saens), Aida (Verdi), Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni) and a concert aria by Mozart. In the second half of the evening Ms. Norman will perform songs by Gershwin as well as, for the first time, songs by Ellington which were orchestrated especially for her by Patrick Ross.<\/p>\n

Jessye Norman is one of the most unique and versatile classical music and opera singers of our time. These days she performs above all a series of concerts and recitals all over the world in which she combines the various styles that she likes to sing from the classical to the light-classical.<\/p>\n

The concert Program
\nMozart\u00a0\u00a0Divertimento in D Major K. 136
\nMozart\u00a0\u00a0Vado, ma dove? K. 583
\nSaint-Saens \u00a0Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila
\nSaint-Saens\u00a0Mon coeur s\u2019ouvre \u00e0 ta voix from Samson et Dalila
\nMascagni\u00a0Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
\nMascagni\u00a0Voi lo sapete, O mamma from Cavalleria rusticana
\nVerdi (Arr. McAlister)\u00a0Triumphal March from Aida
\nVerdi\u00a0\u00a0Ritorna vincitor from Aida<\/p>\n

Intermission<\/p>\n

Gershwin (Arr. Bennett)\u00a0 Orchestral selections from Porgy and Bess
\nGershwin\u00a0My Man’s Gone Now from Porgy and Bess\u00a0
\nBernstein (Arr. Mason)\u00a0 West Side Story, orchestral selections
\nEllington\u00a0Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
\nEllington\u00a0I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
\nEllington\u00a0Come Sunday
\nEllington\u00a0Heaven
\nEllington\u00a0It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)<\/p>\n

(All Ellington songs arranged for Miss Norman by Patrick Russ)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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