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EXCLUSIVE: Aviva Fortunata (Canada), Round 4, 2015

Exclusive footage of soprano Aviva Fortunata singing Ah! Che invan su questo ciglio from Rossini’s Maometto II in Cardiff Singer of the World 2015.

About the music: Anna is the daughter of Erisso, the leader in the Venetian city of Negroponte, which is being beseiged by the Turks under Maometto II. At a council of war, it is decided that the Venetians will continue to fight against the Turks. Anna’s aria ‘Ah! In vain I call for sweet oblivion’ laments her father’s plight.

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6 minutes