Richard and Opera Emporio's vast repertoire of popular and classic songs allow for a bespoke set list to be created for your event.
Listen to below to a selection of live performance of his most requested songs.
Listen to below to a selection of live performance of his most requested songs.
Opera Arias and Ensembles
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"A Vucchella", Paolo Tosti
Piano accompaniment: Shah Johan Shahridzuan About the song: Brought to popular fame by Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli, this Neopolitan song was composed by Tosti in 1907. The poet who wrote the words of this song was the 19th century lyric poet, Gabriele D'Annunzio. The lyrics describe a woman's mouth as a rose petal. |
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"Nessun Dorma", Giacomo Puccini
Piano accompaniment: Shah Johan Shahridzuan About the song: This is one of the best-known tenor airas in all opera. From the final act of Puccini's opera Turandot, this is sung by Calaf, (the unknown prince), who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. In the aria, Calaf expresses his triumphant assurance that he will win the princess. |
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"Ch'ella Mi Creda", Giacomo Puccini
Piano accompaniment: Shah Johan Shahridzuan About the song: This tenor aria is from act 3 of the opera La fanciulla del West y Puccini. Sung by Dick Johnson (a.k.a. the bandit "Ramerrez") before he is to be executed, Johnson asks them not to tell Minnie, whom he loves, that he has been killed. Instead, he asks them to "let her believe" (the title phrase, "ch'ella mi creda"). |
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"La Dolcissima Effigie", Francesco Cilèa
Piano accompaniment: Shah Johan Shahridzuan About the song: From the Italian opera Adriana Lecouvreur by Cilèa, this aria shares the story of Maurizio reconfirming his undying love for Adriana. |
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"La Serenata", Paolo Tosti
Piano accompaniment: Shah Johan Shahridzuan About the song: .This energetic work by Italian song composer Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) features a text by librettist Giovanni Alfredo Cesareo about a lover’s words to the window of his beloved. |
Popular Songs and Musicals |
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"Moon River", Henry Mancini
Piano accompaniment: Shah Johan Shahridzuan About the song: "Moon River" is a song composed by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was originally performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The lyrics, written by Mercer, are reminiscent of his childhood in Savannah, Georgia, including its waterways. |
Watch Richard Perform Live
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"God Save the Queen", National Anthem
Richard Lloyd Owen performing at the opening of the World Endurance Championships hosted at Silverstone. . |
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"Viva, il vino spumeggiante", Pietro Mascagni
Performed by Richard Lloyd Owen and the Chorus in Stanley Opera's production of Cavalleria Rusticana, filmed at the Concordia Theatre, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK, in April 2005. About the song: "Viva, il vino spumeggiante" is a drinking song (brindisi), praising wine that makes one's thoughts turn only to happiness. It is sung by Turiddu, a soldier, the son of Lucia. |
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"E lucevan le Stelle", Giacomo Puccini
About the song: "E lucevan le stelle" ("And the stars were shining") is a romantic aria from Puccini's opera Tosca. It is sung by Mario Cavaradossi, a painter in love with the singer Tosca, while he waits for his execution on the roof of Castel Sant'Angelo. |
Audio performances coming soon:
- Zueignung - Strauss
- Bring Him Home - Les Miserables
- Delilah
- O sole mio
