SONYA YONCHEVA — LEONARDO GARCÍA-ALARCÓN — CAPPELLA MEDITERRANEA

ALESSANDRO STRADELLA “Queste lagrime e sospiri,” aria of Salome, from San Giovanni Battista
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI “O Rosetta, che rossetta” (SV 237), from Scherzi musicali
FRANCESCO CAVALLI “Ed è pur vero, o core / Luci mie, voi che miraste,” aria of Adelanta, from Xerse
ANTONIO CALDARA Chaconne in B-flat major, from Twelve Trio Sonatas, Op. 2, No. 12
ORLANDO GIBBONS “The Silver Swan,” from The First Set of Madrigals and Motets of 5 Parts, No. 1
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI Voglio di vita uscir / S’apre la tomba
LUCAS RUIZ DE RIBAYAZ Jácara por primer tono
JOSÉ MARÍN Ojos, pues me desdeñáis, tono humano
HENRY PURCELL “Thy hand, Belinda / When I am laid in earth,” Dido’s aria, from Dido and Aeneas
Zableyalo mi agǎnce, Bulgarian traditional song
FRANCESCO CAVALLI “Sinfonia della notte”, from L’Egisto
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI “Oblivion soave” Arnalta’s aria, from L’incoronazione di Poppea
LEONARDO GARCÍA-ALARCÓN “Y a tus plantas, Nisea,” aria of Minerva, from El Prometeo (opera by Antonio Draghi)
SANTIAGO DE MURCIA AND DIEGO FERNÁNDEZ DE HUETE Tarantela española
JOHN DOWLAND “Come again, sweet love doth now invite” from The Firste Booke of Songes or Ayres, No. 17
SIMÓN DÍAZ Pasaje del olvido
TOMÁS DE TORREJÓN Y VELAZCO “No hay que decirle el primor”

Currently one of the stars of the international opera scene, Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva was an Academician at the 2007 Festival. Now returning for her long-awaited debut in Aix, she has put together a deeply personal programme. In collaboration with Leonardo García-Alarcón and several musicians from Cappella Mediterranea, Rebirth is conceived as a sensitive journey through epochs, cultures, and styles, intertwining Baroque music from Spain, Italy, and England with traditional and popular song - a journey in which the delicacy of the Renaissance contrasts with the sensuality of the Baroque, and the most finely crafted elegiac poetry contrasts with the pulsating energy of dance music. Set in the heart of the Grand Théâtre de Provence, but resonating in the ears of each and every listener.