The five finalists in the first semi-final of the Lexus Song Quest 2024. Top: Bass Morgan-Andrew King, tenor Manase Latu, baritone Alfred Fonoti-Fuimoano. Bottom: mezzo Katie Trigg, soprano Madison Horman. Photo: courtesy Lexus Song Quest
2024 Lexus Song Quest - Semi-Final 1 Performances
Finding the voices of tomorrow in the first semi-final of the Lexus Song Quest.
RNZ Concert presenter Clarissa Dunn is your host on stage at St Andrew’s on The Terrace, Wellington.
Hear five of the ten semi-finalists: soprano Madison Horman, mezzo Katie Trigg, tenor Manase Latu, baritone Alfred Fonoti-Fuimoano, and bass Morgan-Andrew King as they compete for a place in the Grand Final, accompanied by pianist Terence Dennis.
Each singer performs two songs and after the interval their chosen aria.
Tonight's singers are performing:
FIRST HALF - Songs/Lieder
Alfred Fonoti-Fuimaono
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Vagabond, from Songs of Travel
SCHUBERT: Der Tod und Das Mädchen
Katie Trigg
BARBER: Sure on this shining night
STRAUSS: Allerseelen
Morgan-Andrew King
SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre
SCHUMANN: Die beiden Grenadiere
Madison Horman
KORNGOLD: Welt ist stille eingeschlafen
A RITCHIE: Song
Manase Latu
TOSTI: Ideale
BRITTEN: Before life and after
SECOND HALF - Arias
Alfred Fonoti-Fuimaono
VERDI: O Carlo, ascolta, from Don Carlo
Katie Trigg
MASSENET: Air des lettres, from Werther
Morgan-Andrew King
HANDEL: Why do the nations?, from Messiah
Madison Horman
MOZART: Non mi dir, bell'idol mio, from Don Giovanni
Manase Latu
TCHAIKOVSKY: Lensky's Aria, from Eugene Onegin
Listen to the second semi-final here
Recorded 27 July 2024, St Andrew’s on The Terrace, Wellington by RNZ Concert
Presenter: Clarissa Dunn
Producer: David McCaw
Sound Engineer: Darryl Stack
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dame Malvina Major, Jonathan Lemalu, Sol3 Mio’s Amitai Pati and Filipe Manu, are all previous Lexus Song Quest winners who now grace the opera stages of the world.
