“Paradise Found”
Friday, September 23, 2011
7:30 pm
Zilkha Hall Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Join Ars Lyrica, a Grammy-nominated early music ensemble for their season opener on September 23 at 7:30pm at Zilkha Hall Hobby Center for the Performing Arts.
The 2011-12 season of Transformations begins with “Paradise Found”, a journey from worldly torment to heavenly ecstasy, featuring French-Italian soprano Céline Ricci in her Houston début with core Ars Lyrica string and continuo players.
Program:
Domenico Scarlatti: Pur nel sonno almen tal’ora
Couperin and Rameau: Instrumental works
G. F. Handel: Gloria in excelsis Deo
“Ricci…is a sensation, vital on stage and a dazzling coloratura. ” — Los Angeles Times
“a stunning virtuosity” —Opera Magazine
“Lots of bold, bright, nosethumbing fun.” —Records International