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Contents Introduction Midori Umezu's debut! A soaring coloratura voice. This is the debut album of young soprano Midori Umezu, who studied in Vienna. The album features a jam-packed program of opera arias with Norichika Iimori & the Japan Century Symphony Orchestra, and lieder and Japanese songs with piano accompaniment by Tomoyo Umemura, all recorded in a session. This album showcases Midori Umezu's charm, from the different characters she portrays in each piece, to her effortless technique in singing difficult pieces, and her mellow voice in the songs. Please enjoy the world of "M?rchen" (fairy tales). Recorded on July 30, 2020 at Century Orchestra House, Osaka. Includes: Offenbach's *The Tales of Hoffmann*, Olympia's aria "The birds in the hedge"; Mozart's *The Magic Flute*, Queen of the Night's aria "The flames of vengeance are like hell"; Gounod's *Romeo and Juliet*, Juliet's aria "I want to live in a dream"; Bernstein's *Candide*, Cunegonde's aria "Dressed and glittered"; R. Strauss: Amor (Six Songs, Op. 68, TrV235: No. 5); Ashita! (Four Songs, Op. 27, TrV170: No. 4); Mahler's *Des Knaben Wunderhorn*, "Who wrote this song?"; Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3, "O, love as long as you can love!" S298/R589 Marx: And yesterday he brought me a rose Toru Takemitsu: A small sky Shinpei Nakayama: Gondola Song Hideo Kobayashi: In a lovely spring Media reviews and more This is the debut album of young soprano singer Midori Umezu, who studied in Vienna. She recorded a jam-packed program of opera arias with Norichika Iimori & the Japan Century Symphony Orchestra, and lieder and Japanese songs with piano accompaniment by Tomoyo Umemura. This album is full of Midori Umezu's charm, from the different characters she portrays to suit each song, to her technique of singing difficult pieces with ease, and her mellow singing voice in the songs. Please enjoy the world of fairy tales in this "M?rchen" album. (C)RS
