BELLINI - La Ricordanza - Kenneth Tarver

LIVE 28 July 2008 Pierre Cardin’s Festival de Lacoste. An abandoned quarry with a marvelous natural acoustic, behind a ruined Chateau once belonging to the Marquis de Sade, is the stunning setting for an exclusive summer festival founded by Pierre Cardin in the Luberon Valley in Provence. The edition of 2008 featured recitals by two Tenori di Grazie specialising in Bel Canto, Juan Diego Florez and Kenneth Tarver. The melody of this Sonnet setting by Bellini, La Ricordanza, was later used in his opera