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Christina Johnston - The Nightingale by Alexander Alyabyev

The Miracle of the Voice Tour - Singer: Christina Johnston (Coloratura Soprano) Pianist: Inga Goldsmith Venue: St Botolph’s Church, Colchester Date: 30th September 2017 Aria: The Nightingale (Соловей) Arranged by: Paul Bateman THE NIGHTINGALE – ALABIEV Alyabyev's most famous work is The Nightingale (Соловей), a song based on a poem by Anton Delvig. It was composed while Alyabyev was in prison, in 1825. It has entered Russian consciousness as akin to a folk song. The song became more widely known after having been introduced into Rosina's singing lesson scene in Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville. ABOUT CHRISTINA - Despite her young age Christina has addressed audiences all over Europe, Asia and South America. She was accepted with scholarship when she was just 18 to The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 2012 she made her operatic debut at The State Opera, Prague as The Queen of the Night in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Adele in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus. She has performed at Kazan Opera House, Russia as Olympia from Les Contes D’Hoffmann by Offenbach, sung on tour in Europe as The Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte and Olympia from Les Contes D’Hoffmann. She premiered in the production of Puccini’s Tosca and has sung 3 seasons of Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at The Estates Theatre, Prague. She regularly sings with various conductors and orchestras all over Europe and has had solo tours around Czech Republic, Slovakia, Asia and South America. On numerous occasions she has sung for various Embassy’s and Heads of State, most notably being the President of the Czech Republic, various Presidents of EU Countries and President of the People’s Republic of China, who invited to her to sing in China for the 70 year celebrations of the end of World War II. She was also chosen to sing in Hebrew by the Israel Ambassador for the Day of Jerusalem that was broadcast to the Mayor of Jerusalem. Christina regularly sings for Prague Film Festival and has sung for many film scores most recently being the Czech film “Století Miroslava Zikmunda” and “Aldabra 3D” and for British film “Interlude in Prague” about Mozart. She recorded her debut CD "Blessing" with The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, which will be released in September on Tadlow Classics and for to number 4 in the official U.K. Classical Charts.