Love is the common thread running through Par Amour, the first recorded recital by soprano Vannina Santoni. It’s also an opportunity to look back over her fifteen-year career, through her leading roles, alongside her favorite musicians.

With the help of the Orchestre National de Lille and Quebecois conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni, she places her sensual voice at the service of famous operatic arias featuring the amorous heroines of Gounod, Massenet, Puccini (‘O mio babbino caro’), Catalini (‘Ne andrò’ from La Wally) and Verdi (Desdemona’s poignant ‘Ave Maria’ from Otello).

The program also includes a rare but sublime aria from Franco Alfano’s Tolstoy-inspired opera Risurrezione (1904), as well as the magnificent ‘Saint-Sulpice’ duet from Massenet’s Manon, with tenor Julien Dran. Finally, Vannina Santoni pays homage to her Corsican roots with a new orchestration of the lullaby ‘O Ciucciarella’ that Corsican mothers have sung to their children for generations.

Vannina Santoni, Soprano
Albane Carrère, Mezzo-Soprano [Track 8]
Julien Dran, Tenor [Track 5]
Orchestre National de Lille
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Conductor