Pene Pati, tenor
Ronny Michael Greenberg, piano
Friday, June 4, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.
Same program for both performances
Read June 4 review by Rafael de Acha in All About the Arts
Read June 6 review by Janelle Gelfand in Cincinnati Business Courier
Since his 2017 debut as the Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto while still a young artist in San Francisco Opera’s Adler Program, tenor Pene Pati has swiftly risen to international attention and recently been hailed as “the most exceptional tenor discovery of the last decade” (Opéra-Online). Pati made his European operatic debut as Percy in Donizetti's Anna Bolena at Opéra national de Bordeaux under Paul Daniel, and has further expanded his repertoire in the last seasons with productions of L'elisir d'amore and Madama Butterfly in his homeland of New Zealand.
In the current season Pene Pati returned to San Francisco with resounding success as Roméo (Roméo et Juliette) under Yves Abel, the same role that hastened his return to Bordeaux, again with conductor Paul Daniel. In both these productions, his Juliet was soprano Nadine Sierra, another Matinée Musicale recital favorite. In addition to his debut at Moscow’s historic Bolshoi Theatre in La Traviata, Pati returned there later in the season for a special concert performance of Anna Boulena under Tugan Sokhiev.
Pene Pati video links:
Pene Pati as The Duke of Mantua
Pene Pati as Romeo
Pene Pati sings
"Una furtiva lagrima"
On the concert platform, Pati joins Giordano Bellincampi in an Italian opera programme with the Auckland Philharmonia, and Paul Daniel in a programme of Bizet, Massenet and Puccini with the Real Filharmonía de Galicia. A highly popular recitalist, accompanied by Ronny Michael Greenberg, Pene Pati appears with both the Matinée Musicale series in Cincinnati and the Société d’art vocal de Montréal. Further ahead, plans include house debuts for Washington National Opera, Berliner Staatsoper and Wiener Staatsoper. More...
Ronny Michael Greenberg, piano
Ronny Michael Greenberg has been heard in opera houses and concert halls around the world. Most recently he went on tour with Tenor Pene Pati in Italy and New Zealand performing in Milan, Florence, San Bonifacio, Auckland, Tauranga and Waikato. His other performance experiences include guest soloist appearances with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and concerts at the historical Steinway Hall, the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa, and the Schubert Hall at the Vienna Konzerthaus.
Mr. Greenberg is an active member of San Francisco Opera’s Music Staff where he serves as rehearsal pianist and vocal coach. Over the last four seasons he has worked on Two Women, The Barber of Seville, Die Zauberflöte, Carmen, Aida, Rigoletto, Turandot, La Traviata, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci and Arabella. In 2019, he will be featured as harpsichordist for Handel’s Orlando and will return for two fall productions (season announcement in the New Year). Other companies he has collaborated with include Opera San Jose, Opera Parallèle, Townsend Opera and Yale Opera. More...
Program
L’invitation au voyage..............................Henri Duparc (1848 – 1933)
La vie antérieure
En fermant les yeux................................Jules Massenet (1842 – 1912)
from "Manon"
Phidylé................................................................Henri Duparc (1848 – 1933)
How fair this spot, Op.21 No.7............Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
Oh, never sing to me again, Op.4 No.4
Kuda, kuda, vi udalilis.............................Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
from "Eugene Onegin"
Mattinata.........................................................Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846 – 1916)
La serenata
'A vucchella
La Danza..........................................................Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868)
Se di lauri il crine......................................................Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
from "Mitridate, re di Ponto"
Encores
“Tarakihi” (The Cicada)..........................................................A Maori chant
“Che gelida manina” (“What a frozen little hand”).............Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
from "La Boheme"
“Core 'ngrato” (“Ungrateful heart”).........................................Salvatore Cardillo
