Threads of Time: A Pasticcio for Voice and Piano

Versatile mezzo-soprano Adriana Festeu is back in Belgrave Square with a carefully curated story-recital not to be missed. This time, she will be accompanied on the piano by Christopher White, Head of Opera at the Royal Academy of Music

Trei lucruri nu știe omul: când se naște, când îl ia somnul și când moare. 

Three things are beyond a person's knowledge: the moment of their birth, the moment sleep comes, and the moment of their death. - Romanian proverb

Inspired by this Romanian saying, the recital explores the moments of transition into and out of consciousness across a woman’s life. The programme moves freely between languages, styles, genres and periods, using these contrasts to reflect the unpredictability of human experience - from operatic intensity to the intimacy of song. Genre becomes part of the narrative itself, creating a parallel musical plot alongside the dramatic one led by the text, together…