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Simon O’Neill, one of the world’s leading Heldentenor’s has released his debut album for\u00a0 Decca,\u00a0Distant Beloved<\/em>\u00a0 with compatriot pianist Terence Dennis, performing the Art Songs of Beethoven, Schumann, R Strauss and Wagner in a tribute to O’Neill’s idol,\u00a0the late tenor Fritz Wunderlich<\/p>\n

Sydney audiences will know him for his performances as Sergei in Lady Macbeth of Mtensk<\/em>\u00a0and as Otello for Opera Australia and in Mahler’s Symphony No 8<\/em> with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.<\/p>\n

Born in New Zealand, Simon O\u2019Neill has established himself as one of the finest Heldentenors on the international stage, performing\u00a0with the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Berlin, Hamburg and Bayerische Staatsopern, Teatro alla Scala and the Bayreuth, Salzburg, Edinburgh and BBC Proms Festivals. He has performed with number of illustrious conductors including Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle, Riccardo Muti, Valery Gergiev, Sir Antonio Pappano, Pietari Inkinen, Pierre Boulez, Sir Mark Elder, Sir Colin Davis, Simone Young, Edo de Waart, Donald Runnicles, Sir Simon Rattle, Jaap Van Zweden and Christian Thielemann.<\/p>\n

O’Neill is an alumnus of the University of Otago, the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard Opera Center where he worked with Luciano Pavarotti on two arias \u2013 ‘Vedrommi intorno’<\/em> from Mozart\u2019s Idomeneo<\/em> and \u2018Angelo casto e bel\u2019<\/em> from Donizetti\u2019s Il Duca d\u2019alba<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0He has an extensive discography and has won numerous awards.<\/p>\n

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770\u20131827)\u00a0An die ferne Geliebte 1Auf dem H\u00fcgel sitz ich sp\u00e4hend\/\u00a02. Wo die Berge so blau\/3. Leichte Segler in den H\u00f6hen\/4. Diese Wolken in den H\u00f6hen\/5. Es kehret der Maien, es bl\u00fchet die Au\/6. Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder<\/p>\n

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810\u20131856)\u00a0Myrthen, Op. 25\/\u00a07. Widmung\/8. Du bist wie eine Blume<\/p>\n

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864\u20131949)\u00a09. Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1\/10. Die Nacht, Op. 10 No. 3\/11.\u00a0Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8\/12.\u00a0Breit\u2019 \u00fcber mein Haupt, Op. 19 No. 2\/13.\u00a0Ruhe, meine Seele!, Op. 27 No. 1\/14.\u00a0C\u00e4cilie, Op. 27 No. 2\/15.\u00a0Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27 No. 3\/16.\u00a0Morgen!, Op. 27 No. 4\/17.\u00a0Ich trage meine Minne, Op. 32 No. 1<\/p>\n

RICHARD WAGNER (1813\u20131883) Wesendonck Lieder\u00a018. Der Engel\/19. Stehe still\/20. Im Treibhaus\/21. Schmerzen\/22. Tr\u00e4ume<\/p>\n

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