Having found herself in Australia during the Covid period, she now finds herself working there regulary with such companies as Opera Queensland, where her immediate plans include Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro, Pinchut Opera and several major orchestras.Ĭoncert packages are available for Brisbane and Toowoomba performances and are the best value to experience Camerata’s mainstage concert season, with a saving of up to 15% for two and three concert packages. Sofia was an Emerging Artist for Scottish Opera in 2019-20. Most recent roles include Papagena and Pamina The Magic Flute (Scottish Opera) Adele Die Fledermaus with Diva Opera and Poppea L’incoronazione di Poppea at Longborough Opera Festival‚ as well as covering Cleopatra Giulio Cesare with Bury Court Opera and concert appearances with Xi’an Symphony Orchestra in China. It is composed for soprano or tenor soloist and string orchestra, and sets verse and prose poems written in 18721873 by Arthur Rimbaud, part of his collection Les Illuminations.

18, is a song cycle by Benjamin Britten, first performed in 1940. Sofia Troncoso is an American soprano of South American descent‚ who holds an Exceptional Talent Visa allowing her to work freely in the UK. Of the three song cycles that Britten composed Les Illuminations lies the closest to Ian Bostridge’s heart: It cost me quite a lot of time and work to make the score my own, but it’s now one of the works in which I feel most at home, despite Rimbaud’s sombre and often impenetrable texts. Les Illuminations ( The Illuminations ), Op. Arranged for string orchestra by Camerata founding violinist, Gail Aitken (now principal violinist with Queensland Symphony Orchestra), the sublime and impassioned slow movement is simply to die for. We are also excited to perform a brand-new, tailor-made arrangement of the great Claude Debussy’s String Quartet. This normalization results in better invariance to changes in illumination and shadowing. Cette normalisation permet une meilleure rsistance aux changements d' illuminations et aux ombres. Candles and lights are symbols of that spirit. Opening the concert, you’ll hear Elgar’s elegant Serenade of Strings, and be immersed in the charming expression of this score that reaches a wistful conclusion and sets up the gentle mood of this beautiful concert. Les bougies et les illuminations symbolisent cet 'esprit de Nol'. Coupled with the deeply sensual French poetry of Rimbaud, Britten’s song cycle with its sparkling orchestral sounds and divine vocal lines expresses sheer beauty. One print from portfolio: Les Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud. A bright and vivid song cycle, “Les Illuminations” pairs Sofia’s “impressive…powerful voice” ( Limelight Magazine) with some of the most glorious and moving string sounds that you will hear. Soprano Sofia Troncoso’s debut performance with Camerata in 2020 for Musica Viva Australia thrilled audiences, and we are delighted to welcome her back to join us for Britten’s “Les Illuminations”.

French chic meets British refinement in Illuminations, where Camerata – Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra performs classic works by Elgar, Debussy, and Britten.

Les illuminations