PROGRAMME
Rossini – Overture to The Barber of Seville
De Curtis – ‘Torna a Surriento’
Lehár – ‘Lippen schweigen’
Lehár – ‘Wien wird bei Nacht erst schön’
Donizetti – ‘Una furtiva lagrima’ from L’elisir d’amore
Verdi – ‘La donna è mobile’ from Rigoletto
Franck – Panis angelicus
Schubert – Ave Maria
Di Capua – ‘’O sole mio’
Mascagni – Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Verdi – ‘Libiamo’ from La traviata
Mozart – Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Denza – ‘Funiculì, funiculà’
Lehár – ‘Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume’
Cilea – ‘È la solita storia’ from L’arlesiana
Lehár – ‘Dein ist mein ganzes Herz’ from Das Land des Lächelns
Puccini – ‘E lucevan le stelle’ from Tosca
Schubert – Ständchen
Puccini – Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
Puccini – ‘Nessun dorma’ from Turandot

ABOUT
A brand-new show for 2026, Three Tenors presents some of the greatest operatic arias ever written to showcase the brilliance of the tenor voice.

The Three Tenors phenomenon was born in Rome in 1990, on the eve of the World Cup, when three superstar tenors brought opera to a vast global audience and created one of the best-selling classical albums of all time. This programme captures that same sense of occasion, celebrating the power, romance and excitement of the great tenor repertoire.

Spanning opera, song and operetta, the programme ranges from the sunlit warmth of Neapolitan classics such as Torna a Surriento and ’O sole mio to the great showstoppers of Italian opera, including the famous drinking song from La traviata and the instantly recognisable La donna è mobile from Rigoletto. Also featured are some of opera’s other best-loved arias, including Donizetti’s Una furtiva lagrima and Puccini’s E lucevan le stelle, alongside the elegance and charm of Viennese operetta favourites by Lehár.

Sacred works including Franck’s Panis Angelicus and Schubert’s Ave Maria bring moments of stillness and reflection, before the evening builds to one of the most thrilling climaxes in all opera: Puccini’s Nessun dorma.

Description

The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, commonly known as Ripon Cathedral, is a cathedral in the North Yorkshire city of Ripon. Founded as a monastery by Scottish monks in the 660s, it was refounded as a Benedictine monastery by St Wilfrid in 672.

Ripon Cathedral is a beautiful, ancient church with a history reaching back to the 7th Century. It is a mother church for the Diocese of Leeds and home for the cathedra (throne) of the Bishop of Leeds. The Cathedral is an active, living Church with a community of Christians who seek to make worship a priority for life and to reach out in service to the wider community. We enjoy welcoming both pilgrims and tourists, hoping that they will capture a glimpse of God’s love for them through the witness of this remarkable building and its people. We look forward to welcoming you.