Paola Baron - Opera (2023) [Official Digital Download]

A native of Italy, Paola Baron received her Master’s Degree with highest honors from the Mozarteum University in Salzburg with Sarah O’Brien. She has also studied at the Conservatoire National Supérior de Musique in Lyon with Fabrice Pierre. She has been Principal Harpist of Teatro Opera and Ballet in Ljubljana (Slovenia), Orchestra Fondazione Arturo Toscanini (Italy), Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele (Austria), and the Birmingham Royal Ballet (USA), among others. In 2002, she won the Second Prize at the Victor Salvi Competiton, the most prestigious harp competition in Italy, and in 2007, she won the International Competition of the Slovene Harp Association. Paola has been a professor at Escola de Música do Estado de São Paulo and at the Instituto Baccarelli, in addition to performing as a member of Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo from 2007 to 2014. Paola is currently Principal Harpist of Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo.

TRACKLIST

1. Paola Baron - Souvenir de Mozart on Melodies from “Don Giovanni, K. 527”
2. Paola Baron - Variations on “Je suis encore dans mon printemps”, Op. 36
3. Paola Baron - Otello, Act 3: Assisa a' piè d'un salice (Arr. for Harp by John Thomas)
4. Paola Baron - Lucia di Lammermoor, Act I: Scene 2 (Excerpt) [Arr. for Harp by A. Zabel]
5. Paola Baron - Liebeslied from "Die Walküre" (Arr. for Harp by Charles Oberthür)
6. Paola Baron - Fantasia on “Aida”, Op. 11 (After Giuseppe Verdi)
7. Paola Baron - Samson et Delila, Act 2: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix (Arr. for Harp by Johannès Snoer)
8. Paola Baron - Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (Arr. for Harp by M. Albano)
9. Paola Baron - Fantasia su "Madama Butterfly" (After Giacomo Puccini) [Arr. for Harp by Paola Baron]



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