G F Handel
'Where’er you walk' from Semele 

'Ritrosa bellezza' from Giustino 


W A Mozart 
'When a maiden takes your fancy' from The abduction from the seraglio  

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'Solche herrgelaufne Laffen' from Die Entführung aus dem Serail 

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'O Isis und Osiris' from Die Zauberflöte

 

Giuseppe Verdi

'Il lacerato spirito' from Simon Boccanegra 

'Come dal ciel precipita' from Macbeth 

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W A Mozart 

'La vendetta' from Le Nozze di Figaro 

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Richard Rodney Bennett

​'The Mouse and the bumblebee', 'Twinkle, twinkle', 'As I walked by myself' and 

'There was an old woman' from Songs before sleep 

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Craig Utting
Three songs: 'The shepherd', 'Monument' and 'Song of the old mother'
 

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Gerald Finzi
'Before and after summer', 'The self-unseeing' and 'Amabel' from Before and after summer 

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George Gershwin
‘They all laughed’ from Shall we dance

‘Nice work if you can get it’ from A damsel in distress

‘Love is here to stay’ from The Goldwyn follies

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​​​About the music 

The New Zealand singer Jonathan Lemalu has devised an evening reflecting many of his great loves from operatic roles he has performed, alongside a few of his favourite songs. The Richard Rodney Bennett songs were written for him when Jonathan was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist in 2002 - 04. Craig Utting is a composer from New Zealand and these songs were composed for and premiered by Jonathan.

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To read more about the performers click here.