Lise Davidsen in Recital with James Baillieu

With her effortless and electrifying vocal power, beauty of tone, and riveting stage presence, Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen is one of the most thrilling singers to emerge in recent decades. Following her sensational star turns in Ariadne auf Naxos, Elektra, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and The Queen of Spades, Davidsen now joins the rarified group of artists to give a solo recital on the Met stage. On September 14 at 8PM, she joins pianist James Baillieu to perform a program of soaring arias by Verdi, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky combined with Scandinavian and German songs by Grieg, Sibelius, Strauss, and Schubert.

Program

Edvard Grieg
  Der gynger en båd på bølge, Op. 69, No. 1
  Til min dreng, Op. 69, No. 2
  Drømme, Op. 69, No. 5
  Dereinst, Gedanke mein, Op. 48, No. 2
  Zur Rosenzeit, Op. 48, No. 5
  Ein Traum, Op. 48, No. 6

Giuseppe Verdi
  Morrò, ma prima in grazia, from Un Ballo in Maschera
  Ave Maria, from Otello

Jean Sibelius
  Den första kyssen, Op. 37, No. 1
  Var det en dröm?, Op. 37, No. 4
  Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5
  Svarta rosor, Op. 36, No. 1

Richard Wagner
  Dich, teure Halle, from Tannhäuser

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  Uzh polnoch blizitsya ... Akh! istomilas ya gorem, from The Queen of Spades

Franz Schubert
  An die Musik, D. 547
  Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118
  Erlkönig, D. 328
  Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D. 343

Richard Strauss
  Zueignung, Op. 10, No.1
  Allerseelen, Op. 10, No. 8
  Cäcilie, Op. 27, No. 2
  Befreit, Op. 39, No. 4
  Morgen, Op. 27, No. 4

Emmerich Kálmán
  Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland, from Die Csárdásfürstin

Frederick Loewe
  I Could Have Danced All Night, from My Fair Lady