GALA CONCERT OF THE ST. PETERSBURG CHAMBER OPERA

GALA CONCERT OF THE ST. PETERSBURG CHAMBER OPERA

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The World Opera Hits

Performance length: , with 1 intermission.

The World Opera Hits concert will delight listeners with the finest gems from the world’s musical heritage.

Conductors:

Since 1993, Maestro Savić has been the chief conductor of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Belgrade. Dejan Savić is actively touring, working with leading Serbian and European theatres. Currently, he is also an advisor to the President of the Republic of Serbia on Culture.

Maxim Valkov is the conductor of the productions of the St. Petersburg Opera: Elektra, The Pearl Fishers, Faust, Abduction from the Seraglio, Esmeralda, Cherevichki, Vampire. Winner of the St. Petersburg Government Prize in the field of culture and art for 2021. Winner of the VI All-Russian festival Volga Theater Seasons in the nomination Best conductor in a musical theater for the play Elektra.

PROGRAMME:

M. Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmilla – Overture from Act 1 | St. Petersburg Chamber Opera Orchestra


V. Bellini: Norma – “Casta diva” – Norma's cavatina from Act 1 | Evgeniia Kravchenko


G. Puccini: Tosca– “E lucevan le stele” – Cavaradossi's aria from Act 3 | Soslan Gagiev


G. Verdi: Don Carlo – “O don fatale” – Eboli's aria from Act 4 | Larisa Pominova

V. Bellini: I Puritani – “Qui la voce sua soave” – Elvira's aria from Act 2 | Mariia Bochmanova

G. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia – “Largo al factotum” – Figaro's cavatina from Act 1 | Artem Savchenko

J. Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann – “Les oiseaux dans la charmille” – Olympia's couplets from Act 1 | Karolina Shapovalova


G. Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore – “Una furtiva lagrima” – Nemorino's Romance from Act 2 | Sergei Aleshchenko

P. I. Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orleans – “Prostite vi, holmy, polya rodnie” – Joanna's aria from Act 1 |Viktoriia Martemianova

G. Bizet: Carmen – "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" – Toreador's couplet from Act 2 | Valerii Kaula


G. Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore – "Dottore... perdonate..." – duet of Nemorino and Dulcamara from Act 1 | Vladislav Mazankin, Georgii Sologub


G. Puccini: Turandot – “Nessun dorma” – Kalaf's aria from Act 3 | Soslan Gagiev


A. Alyabyev: Romance – “Solovei moy, solovei” – The Nightingale  | Olesia Gordeeva

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P. Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana – Intermezzo | St. Petersburg Chamber Opera Orchestra

G. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia – “La calunnia” – Bazilio's cavatina from Act 1 | Valerii Kaula


F. Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur – “Acerba voluta”– Princess de Bouillon's aria from Act 2 | Viktoriia Martemianova

G. Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles – “Au fond du temple saint” – duet of Nadir and Zurga from Act 1 | Vladislav Mazankin, Aleksei Pashiev


N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride – “V Novgorode my ryadom s Vaney jili” – Marfa's aria from Act 4 | Mariia Bochmanova

P. Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades – “Ia vas lublu” – Yeletsky's aria from Act 2 | Artem Savchenko

D. Henson-Conant: Baroque Flamenco based on a Theme by J.-J. Rousseau | Elizaveta Alexandrova

M. Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmilla – “Bliztsa chas torgestva moego” – Farlaf's rondo from Act 2 | Georgii Sologub

R. Shchedrin: Not Only Love – “Po lesam kudriavim, po goram gorbatim” – Varvara's ditties from Act 1 | Larisa Pominova

L. Delibes: Lakmé – “Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs” – duet of Lakmé and Mallika from  Act 1 | Olesia Gordeeva, Viktoriia Martemianova


C. Gounod: Romeo et Juliette – “Je veux vivre” – Juliet's waltz from Act 1 | Evgeniia Kravchenko

 
G. Verdi: Rigoletto – "Bella figlia dell'amore" – quartet from Act 3| Sergei Aleshchenko, Aleksei Pashiev, Olesia Gordeeva, Larisa Pominova