PREMIERE Juan Diego Flórez sings a recital in Gstaad

Franz Schubert, An die Musik, D. 547 Franz Schubert, Schwanengesang, D. 957 4. Ständchen Richard Strauss, Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 Richard Strauss, Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2 Vincenzo Bellini, Largo e Tema in F minor Vincenzo Bellini, Sei ariette da camera dedicate a Marianna Pollini Malinconia, ninfa gentile Per pietà, bell'idol mio Vincenzo Bellini, La Ricordanza Gioachino Rossini, La Pietra del Paragone Gioachino Rossini, Semiramide Idreno's aria "Ah, dov'è, dov'è il cimento?" Gioachino Rossini, Sins of Old Age Allegretto moderato (Siberian danse) Gaetano Donizetti, Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal II, 8: "Seul sur la terre" Salvatore Cardillo, Core 'ngrato Elpidio Ramírez / Pedro Galindo, Malagueña salerosa Gaetano Donizetti, La Fille du Régiment Pour mon âme Giacomo Puccini, Turandot III, 1: "Nessun dorma!" It's always the right time to meet up with the tremendously talented tenor Juan Diego Flórez—here in a scintillating recital with pianist Vincenzo Scalera at the 2022 Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad! Flórez begins his trilingual program, rich in color and emotion, with quintessential Lieder by Schubert and Richard Strauss before moving on to intimate Italian ariettas by Bellini—jewels of Romantic bel canto—and virtuosic opera arias by Rossini. The recital closes in grand style with the formidable aria "Seul sur la terre" ("Alone on the Earth") from a lesser known masterpiece by Donizetti, Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal.