Jūrmala Festival. GALA Concert. Italian opera arias

Performers: opera soloists Aleksandrs Antoņenko (tenor), Vladislav Sulimsky (baritone, Uladzislau Sulimski, Belarus) will replace Egils Siliņš, Deniz Uzun (mezzo-soprano, Germany), Alisa Zinovjeva (soprano), Jūrmala festival choir, Jūrmala festival orchestra, conductor Vello Pähn (Estonia)

Approximate running time 2 hours 30 minutes including intermission.

Program

Part I
Giuseppe Verdi Overture to the opera The Power of Fate 
“È la solita storia del pastore” from the Francesco Cilea opera L'arlesiana
“Léonor AriaO mio Fernando” from the Gaetano Donizetti opera The Favourite 
Aida Aria “Ritorna vincitor” from the Giuseppe Verdi opera Aida 
Jago Aria “Credo in un dio crudel” from the Giuseppe Verdi opera Otello
“Humming Chorus Finale (Act II)” from the Giacomo Puccini opera Madame Butterfly 
“Don Carlos and Posa Duet” from the Giuseppe Verdi opera Don Carlos 
Macbeth Aria from the Giuseppe Verdi opera Macbeth 
“Otello Monologue” from the Giuseppe Verdi opera Otello 
“Triumphal March” from the Giuseppe Verdi opera Aida

Par II
Gioachino Rossini Overture to the opera The Barber of Seville
Azucena Aria “Stride la vampa” from the Giuseppe Verdi opera The Troubadour 
Rigoletto Aria from the Giuseppe Verdi opera Rigoletto 
Soldiers’ Chorus from the Giuseppe Verdi opera The Troubadour 
Liu Aria “Tu che di gel sei cinta” from the Giacomo Puccini opera Turandot

 

ABOUT THE PERFORMERS:

Aleksandr Antonenko has conquered the world's most famous opera-theatre and concert halls over the last ten years, performing almost 30 roles for tenors. Since 2004, he has become the most internationally renowned Latvian tenor, who has successfully debuted in Berlin's operas, Dresden Semperoper, Oslo and Stockholm Royal Opera, Geneva, Paris, Rome and Munich Opera Houses, Vienna State Opera, London Covent Garden and New York Metropolitan Theatre. Led by conductor Riccardo Muti, Antonenko's debut as Otello in the prestigious Salzburg Festival in 2008 was a success. A year later, he successfully debuted at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, where Antonenko now returns regularly, playing the leading tenor roles.


German mezzo-soprano Deniz Uzun is the 37th finalist of the International Belvedere Competition for young opera soloists. She had already performed at the Baden-Baden Festival with Berlin Philharmonic during her studies, playing the role of Armelinda in Jules Massenet's "Cendrillon". In 2013, the young singer was invited to participate in the Heidelberg Spring Festival at the Lied Academy, to work with Thomas Hampson and Thomas Quasthoff. Deniz has also sung in the productions of Bavarian State Opera, and has been a soloist of the Zurich Opera since 2016.

 
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