Arabesque

"Olga Peretyatko sings dazzlingly." New York Times

Olga Peretyatko combines a beautiful and versatile soprano voice with a charming personality and an overwhelming stage presence. Whenever she's on stage, she conquers the audience. On her new album, Arabesque, she casts her net wide, from sophisticated bel canto to light music. In addition to arias by Verdi, Bellini and Strauss, the Russian soprano records pieces by French composers Gounod and Bizet. And, for the first time in her career, she records arias by her favorite composer, Mozart. Peretyatko's talent for empathy, embodied in lyrical beauty can be heard on some of the lesser-known pieces on Arabesque, Bizet's cantata Vasco da Gama and a Rossini rarity, the wedding cantata from Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo. Also included are two arias from Bellini's Puritani with Peretyatko in the role of Elvira, which she will perform for her Metropolitan Opera debut in 2014.