Aria of Catherine from Henri VIII (Saint Saens)
Soprano: Iris Hendrickx
Conductor: Patrick Fournillier
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Recorded in Auditorium Milano
Label: Centaur Records
Film: Motormusic
From Henry VIII (1883)
Opéra in 4 acts
Score: Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Libretto: Léonce Détroyat (1829-1898) and Armand Silvestre (1837-1901)
After Pedro Calderón de la Barcca’s play La cisma de Inglaterra (1627) and Pedro de Ribadeneyra historical study Historia ecclesiastica del scisma del reuno de Inglaterra (1588)
Premiere: 5 March 1883, Palais Garnier, Paris
Catherine d’Aragon: Marie-Gabrielle Krauss (1842-1906)
