Jacque Trussel, Tenor:
Sounds & Sweet Airs: Scenes & Arias for Tenor
Grammy nominee for Best Classical Vocal Performance, 2001
Internationally renowned tenor Jacque Trussel has performed more than 80 leading roles with more than 50 opera companies throughout the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, l’Opéra de la Bastille in Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the Houston Grand Opera. He has appeared in concert with numerous symphonies, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and Concertgebouw of Amsterdam. His television broadcasts include performances of Don Jose in “Carmen” with the Canadian Broadcasting Company, “Sky Tel Broadcast” seen throughout Europe with Maria Ewing, and the “Live from Lincoln Center” broadcast. Mr. Trussel lives in New York City with his wife, voice instructor Bonnie Hamilton, and son Nathaniel. He is currently the Director of Voice and Opera Studies Program in the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College.
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Lee Hoiby (1926- )
The Tempest : Be not afeard [3:55]
Beth Hatton, soprano
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein’ [4:41]
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Die Walküre: Winterstürme [3:15]
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Die Walküre: Siegmund heiss’ ich und Siegmund bin ich! [3:32]
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée [4:25]
Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952)
L’amore dei tre re : Fiora, Fiora [5:30]
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Otello: Dio! mi potevi scagliar [4:12]
Carla Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Der Freischütz: Nein! länger trag’ ich nicht die Qualené Durch die Wälder [7:30]
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Fidelio : Gott! welch' Dunkel hier! É In des Lebens Frühlingstagen [10:30]
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Die Frau onhe Schatten: Falke, Falke, du wiedergefundener [10:45]
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Antony and Cleopatra: The breaking of so great a thing [2:55]
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Hugh the Drover: Horsehoofs, horsehoofs [4:30]
