Lascia ch-io pianga
Recitative and Aria from Handel's Opera Rinaldo. Performed at Sihl City Center Zurich, Switzerland in November 2007.

Voice Clarina Bezzola

Orchestra: Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Endless Pleasure

Aria by George Frideric Handel

Aria from Handel's opera Semele Performed at Sihl City Center Zurich, Switzerland in November 2007.

Voice Clarina Bezzola
Orchestra: Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Ma rendi pur contento

Song by Vincenzo Bellini.

Voice: Clarina Bezzola,
Piano: Christopher Wilson.

Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, June, 2019

From the collection "Composizioni da Camera" (chamber compositions) a set of fifteen collected compositions for voice and piano by the Italian opera composer, Vincenzo Bellini.

Ich liebe Dich

Song by Edvard Grieg

Voice: Clarina Bezzola, Piano Christopher Wilson.

Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, June 2019

"Ich liebe Dich" (I love you) is an art song for voice and piano composed by Edvard Grieg in 1885, setting a poem by the famous Danish Author and children's story writer Hans Christian Andersen.

Les Chemins de l’ amour

Song by Francis Poulenc

Voice: Clarina Bezzola,
Piano: Christopher Wilson.
Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, June 2019

Les Chemins de l’amour (The paths of love), is a song for voice and piano composed in 1940 by Francis Poulenc on lyrics by Jean Anouilh, based on a waltz sung from the incidental music of the play Léocadia.

Allerseelen

Song by Richard Strauss

Voice: Clarina Bezzola,
Piano Christopher Wilson.
Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, June 2019

"Allerseelen" (All Souls' Day) is an art song for voice and piano composed by Richard Strauss in 1885, setting a poem by the Austrian poet Hermann von Gilmm from his collection Letzte Blätter (Last Pages)

Pace, pace, o mio Dio!

Aria by Giuseppe Verdi

Voice: Clarina Bezzola, Piano Christopher Wilson.

Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, June 2019

Last aria from Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino. (The power of destiny) 1835 Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave: Leonora calls for peace from God on her tortured soul. She still loves Alvaro after all these years and the bad things that have happened. She calls upon God to end her suffering.

Beau soir

Song by Claude Debussy

Voice: Clarina Bezzola, Piano Christopher Wilson.

Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, June 2019

Beau Soir "beautiful evening," is set to a text based on a poem by Paul Bourget. The poem paints the picture of a beautiful evening where the rivers are turned rose-colored by the sunset and the wheat fields are moved by a warm breeze. Debussy uses a gently flowing triplet rhythm in the accompaniment, which contrasts the duplets that drive the light melody. The piano and voice partner to create the sensation of peace that one might feel in the evening in nature, fitting the post-Romantic style. As any evening fades, however, so does the mood of the piece, and the song modulates from E major to F-sharp minor. The piece reaches its climax when the melody reaches a high F-sharp, paired with the word "beau". The combination of the text and melody powerfully depicts the beauty of the sun, once again showing how Debussy used music for color.

Aria by Giacomo Puccini

Voice: Clarina Bezzola, Piano Christopher Wilson.

Soapbox Gallery, Brooklyn, June 2019

O mio Babbino Caro (oh my dear papa): Aria from opera Gianni Schicci (1918) by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between her father Schicchi and the family of Rinuccio, the boy she loves, have reached a breaking point that threatens to separate her from Rinuccio. It provides an interlude expressing lyrical simplicity and love in contrast with the atmosphere of hypocrisy, jealousy, double-dealing, and feuding in medieval Florence. It provides the only set-piece in the through-composed opera.

The aria was first performed at the premiere of Gianni Schicchi on 14 December 1918 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York by the popular Edwardian English soprano Florence Easton. It has since been sung by many sopranos. The aria is frequently performed in concerts and as an encore in recitals by many popular and crossover singers.