SPRING-SUMMER '26
“Two of today's most exciting voices in the bel canto repertoire, unite for a mesmerizing album set to release before they appear alongside award winning actor, Sandra Oh in Donizett’s La Fille du Régiment at the Metropolitan Opera.”
Golden Age by Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repušić
Label Description: This captivating new release from PENTATONE celebrates the glittering world of 19th-century opera and the timeless beauty of the golden age of bel canto. Featuring music by Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Rossini, Georges Bizet, Léo Delibes, and Giuseppe Verdi, the album showcases soprano Erin Morley and tenor Lawrence Brownlee—two of today’s most exciting voices—joined by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester under the baton of conductor Ivan Repušić. Together, they bring fresh brilliance to the French and Italian repertoire with performances that balance vocal agility, lyrical finesse, and emotional power.
How to present this to library customers: Pentatone's new release is a perfect centerpiece for a fall arts season display or digital playlist. Featuring the captivating voices, this album celebrates the bel canto tradition with music by legendary composers. Create interest by highlighting the duo’s appearances at the Met, alongside other albums featuring todays artists, to draw opera lovers and those new to the genre into the library and to this exquisite recording.
Audience Key:
NOVICE:
A patron who does not know about the arts but is looking for new interests. These items are for public collections that call for you to introduce the arts to patrons and ignite their interests. They often know much more about popular culture than what’s happening in the arts.
EXPLORER:
These items are for customers who have some knowledge of the arts and want to learn more. Oftentimes these patrons stream music from your music streaming service, take out music and art biographies and they may attend music and art programming at your library.
AFICIONADO:
Ordering for aficionados requires knowledge about their habits when consuming the arts. These patrons are aware of the arts through museums, classical music, jazz and more. Oftentimes, these patrons attend music and art programming at your library, are professionals in the arts world with thorough knowledge of visual and/or performing arts.