Pene Pati, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine & Emmanuel Villaume - Pene Pati (2022) [CD-Rip]

For his debut on Warner Classics, Samoan tenor Pene Pati matches favourite showpiece arias with rarer operatic gems in a programme of Verdi, Rossini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer, Gounod and Benjamin Godard. Pati has been called “a revelation … stunning for his generosity of voice, top notes of apparently invincible power, and alluring timbre,“ (Forum Opéra) and praised for his “gleaming, sensuous stream of sound” (San Francisco Chronicle). A singer of glowing lyricism who establishes an immediate rapport with his audience, Pati hopes that the album will leave listeners with a sense of “warmth, tenderness, and the sincerity of storytelling. To me, this is the essence of opera and the reason why I sing.” He is joined by conductor Emmanuel Villaume and the Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine.

“Pene Pati is in the great tradition of lyric tenors. First and foremost, there is the beauty and warmth of his voice, which ascends with apparent ease to the proverbial top C, but there is also his elegance and style in both Italian and French opera – and his sunny, expansive personality, which wins the public’s heart as soon as he walks on stage. Pene has embarked on a tremendous career, and all of us at Warner Classics are looking forward to working with him for many years,” said President of Warner Classics and Erato Alain Lanceron.

Pati is a graduate of San Francisco Opera’s Adler Program where, under Music Director Nicola Luisotti, he made an acclaimed debut in the role of Duca di Mantua in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” in 2017. The tenor has further shown promise, and has subsequently performed at the Opéra national de Bordeaux, Opéra national de Paris, and the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

Pati is slated to make his big Wiener Staatsoper debut in the role of Lord Riccardo Percy in Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena” in February 2022 alongside Diana Damrau, Erwin Schrott, and Ekaterina Semenchuk. The tenor is also scheduled to appear at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Teatro San Carlo, San Diego Opera, and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, among others.

Pene Pati, tenor
Mirco Palazzi, bass-baritone (tracks 16, 17)
Chœur de l’Opéra National de Bordeaux(tracks 3, 9, 13, 21)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor

Tracklist
01. Rigoletto - Ella mi fu rapita
02. Rigoletto - Parmi veder
03. Rigoletto - Possente amor
04. Rigoletto - la donne é mobile
05. Roméo et Juliette - L'amour
06. Roméo et Juliette - Aj! léve toi, soleil!
07. Guillaume Tell - Ne m'abandonne point
08. Guillaume Tell - Asile héréditaire
09. Guillaume Tell - Amis, amis
10. L'elisir d'amore - Una furtive lagrima
11. Les Huguenots- Non loin
12. Les Huguenots - Ah! quel spectacle
13. Les Huguenots - Plus blanche
14. La Battaglia di Legnano - O magnanima
15. La Battaglia di Legnano- La pia materna mano
16. Moïse et Pharaon - Vous avez entendu
17. Moïse et Pharaon - Moment fatal!
18. Pôlyeucte - Source délicieuce
19. Roberto Devereux - Ed ancor
20. Roberto Devereux - come uno spirto angelico
21. Roberto Devereux - Bagnato il sen
22. Manon - Instant charmant
23. Manon - En fermant les yeux
24. L'étiole du Nord - Quel trouble affreux
25. Jocelyn - Cachés dans cet asile, Oh! Ne t'éveille pas encore