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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Concert of Famous Opera Arias at the Theatre of the Italian Cultural Center in Zamalek on Sunday, September 5, 2010 - Programme

Concert starts at 8:30 PM

- "Saper vorreste" from the opera "Un ballo in Maschera" by Giuseppe Verdi.
- "Le violette", aria from "Pirro e Demetro", the most famous opera by Alessandro Scarlatti
- "Juliette's waltz" song from the opera "Romeo e Juliette" by Charles Gounod.
- "Caro nome", the famous aria of Gilda from the opera "Rigoletto", by Giuseppe Verdi
- "Queen of the Night" Aria from "The Magic Flute" (Die Zauberflöte) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- "Hymne à l'amour" composed and performed by Édith Piaf, with music by Marguerite Monnod
- "Art is calling me" (I want to be a Prima Donna), from the comic opera "The Enchantress", with musics by Victor Herbert, and lyrics by Fred Gresac and Henry Smith

Soprano, Amira Reda
Soprano, Maysa Orensa
Mezzo Soprano, Carole Irigoin
Piano, Gaia Palesati

Poems by Montaser Eghezi
Photos by Bahaa Talis

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