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Legend Ennio Morricone Taps Soprano Starlet Hayley Westenra

(Brooklyn, NY) - For the first time in his lengthy career, inimitable Italian composer Ennio Morricone has encouraged a young recording artist to write lyrics to some of his most cherished compositions. The 24 year old, internationally bestselling soprano Hayley Westenra has teamed up with the Italian legend for her new album ‘Paradiso' (10.4, Decca.) The result is an impressive array of new compositions written by Morricone for Westenra as well as some of his best-known film compositions of the last 50 years set to brilliant new lyrics.

Westenra has "the voice of an angel" raved the New York Times. At the tender age of 24, the international vocal prodigy has five studio albums under her belt and is enjoying the luxury of being one of the bestselling sopranos in the world. On ‘Paradiso' she wrote English lyrics for the songs "La Califfa" and "Malena" as well as lyrics for Morricone's classic theme for "Gabriel's Oboe (Whispers In A Dream)" from the 1986 film The Mission. Morricone wrote the new compositions "Lezione Di Musica" and "Per Natale."

Watch the music video for "Gabriel's Oboe (Whispers In A Dream)": bcove.me/i1apzdql

Additionally, Morricone's longtime songwriting collaborators Marilyn & Alan Bergman wrote the lyrics for "Deborah's Theme: I Knew I Loved You" and award-winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice wrote lyrics to "The Edge of Love."

Though Westenra has performed for presidents, royalty and fans across the globe, working with the Italian master was a particularly important accomplishment for the New Zealand native. Well known for his iconic film scores including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West, Morricone is regarded as one of the most prolific and influential composers of his era. "He pushed me to my limit and maybe even beyond," she explains.

Watch Westenra describe what it was like working with a legend: bcove.me/dyh9t0ch

I added the link to the article - Richard

[cloudbusting.heights]

This is great! An article from New York!!! It's about time

[stevemacdonald]

Nice article, but it bothers me that it's repeating this thing about Hayley being so young: "At the tender age of 24..."

Okay, 24 may be a tender age to some people, but in the music industry it's decidedly mature. Countless singers have made their mark well before that age and some have even retired comfortably in their early 20s. All of the Beatles were household names at that age and most of the top female pop stars of today are under 25. In the classical world lots of artists establish themselves in their teens and early 20s, so no big deal there either.

It's silly to harp on Hayley's "tender age", especially since her image is now moving in the direction of cosmopolitan sophistication. I wonder who keeps putting this notion out there because we're seeing this in her publicity again and again.

[Libby]

It's wonderful to finally have an article about Paradiso for the US!

Sept 19, 2011 4:27:15 GMT stevemacdonald said:

Nice article, but it bothers me that it's repeating this thing about Hayley being so young: "At the tender age of 24..."

Okay, 24 may be a tender age to some people, but in the music industry it's decidedly mature. Countless singers have made their mark well before that age and some have even retired comfortably in their early 20s. All of the Beatles were household names at that age and most of the top female pop stars of today are under 25. In the classical world lots of artists establish themselves in their teens and early 20s, so no big deal there either.

It's silly to harp on Hayley's "tender age", especially since her image is now moving in the direction of cosmopolitan sophistication. I wonder who keeps putting this notion out there because we're seeing this in her publicity again and again.

Steve, while I agree it's silly to call 24 a tender age, they're saying it while mentioning the fact that she has 5 albums at that age already; that she has accomplished so much already at that age. It may be silly the way they put it, but they're only trying to make her sound impressive. This is a good thing!

It's sure a lot better than that ridiculous Daily Mail article.

[Simba]

24 is still a tender age considering she has collaborated with a maestro like Ennio Morricone, not many of this age would get such an opportunity of having released an collaboration album as such. So I don't see anything wrong.