Discover this opera star before he conquers the world’s greatest stages. Armand Rabot, an award-winning British-Sri Lankan baritone and member of the Bavarian State Opera’s opera studio, will perform in the intimate setting of the New Town Hall with a program featuring songs by Britten and Wolf, as well as famous opera arias by Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi. The concert is part of the popular “Talents of World Opera” series. Programme Benjamin Britten (1913—1976) The Plough Boy Early One Morning The Salley Gardens The Foggy Foggy Dew O Waly Waly The Lincolnshire Poacher Hugo Wolf (1860—1903) Heut’ Nacht erhob ich mich Um Mitternacht Peregrina I Wenn du mich mit den Augen streift Peregrina II An die Geliebte Fühlt meine Seele Vincenzo Bellini (1801—1835) Or dove fuggo mai? Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei (Sir Riccardo Forth) I puritani, Act I Gaetano Donizetti (1797—1848) A tanto amor (Alfonso XI) La Favorita, Act III Ma de’ malvagi invan… Vien, Leonora… De’ nemici tuoi (Alfonso XI) La Favorita, Act II Giuseppe Verdi (1813—1901) Son io, mio Carlo – Per me giunto – O Carlo, ascolta… Io morrò (Rodrigo) Don Carlos, Act III More