NICOLE CABELL

 

Soprano

 

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Davis

 

DEBUT ALBUM FROM EXCITING NEW SOPRANO SIGNING

`Liquid gold; the real thing' - The Times, London

 

Track List

1.         Puccini Quando m'en vo' (La Bohème)

2.         Gounod Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette)

3.         Menotti What a Curse for a Woman is a Timid Man (The Old Maid and the Thief)

4.         Gounod Dieu! Quel frisson court dans mes veines (Roméo et Juliette)

5.         Puccini O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

6.         Delibes Les Filles de Cadix

7.         Gershwin Summertime (Porgy and Bess)

8.         Tippett How can I cherish my man in such days (A Child of our Time)

9.         Berlioz Les belles fleurs-Entre l'amour et le devoir (Benvenuto Cellini)

10.        Charpentier Depuis le jour où je me suis donnée (Louise)

11.        Bellini Eccomi in lieta vesta (from I Capuleti e I Montecchi)

12.        Puccini Chi il Bel Sogno (from La Rondine)

13.        Donizetti Quel guardo il cavaliere / Son anchi-lo la virtu magica (Don Pasquale)

 

 

Stunning Winner of the 'BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World' Competition

 

 

28 year old American soprano Nicole Cabell came to the attention of the opera world overnight when, in June 2005, she won what has become the most important competition for young opera singers and was crowned BBC Cardiff Singer Of The World. The competition jury included legendary singers Dame Joan Sutherland and Marilyn Horne and the win placed Nicole Cabell in a distinguished line of Cardiff prize-winners that includes Karita Mattila, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Bryn Terfel.

 

 

Californian Nicole Cabell is of African-American, caucasian and Korean heritage - 'My ethnicity is very important to me. I'm grateful to have grown up in an environment in which it was totally welcomed and accepted.'

 

After discovering her vocal talent Nicole abandoned an ambition to write novels and started singing training in the United States and later in Italy. She was then invited to join the vocal programme at the Lyric Opera of Chicago where she further developed her stage experience. It was there that Nicole first met her mentor and collaborator on this album, the music director of the Lyric Opera, Sir Andrew Davis.

 

Nicole Cabell's debut album with the London Philharmonic Orchestra includes arias and songs in Italian, French and English; operatic favourites as well as less well-known music (such as the arias by Menotti and Tippet) which she made her own in the BBC competition.

 

The flirtatious Musetta in Puccini's La Bohème has become a `calling card' role and her much loved `Walz Song- `Quando me'n vo' was a natural choice to start the album. In April 2007 Nicole Cabell will sing the role alongside Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon in concert performances in Munich (which will be recorded for CD release by Deutsche Grammophon). Puccini is also represented on her debut album by the sublime `O mio babbino caro' from Gianni Schicchi and Doretta's heavenly aria of young love from La Rondine `Chi bel sogno'.

 

`Faultlessly gleaming - Whatever this soprano chooses to sing her voice makes wonderful music with it'

The Financial Times, London

 

'Nicole's voice is luscious and round with terrific ring in the top register-It's a voice that wraps itself around you- personally look forward to hearing that special sound many, many times.'

Marilyn Horne, legendary American mezzo-soprano

 

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