Each year the Music Festival Stars of the White Nights brings audiences unforgettable appearances by world-renowned artists. Among this June’s special guests will be the brilliant Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto. This season he has prepared a very special gift for St Petersburg audiences: on 15 June the singer will give a solo recital, and on 17 June he will return to the Historic Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre to perform the title role in Massenet’s Don Quichotte.
Ferruccio Furlanetto will appear at the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre on 15 June. His richly varied recital programme will include selections from both Russian and European repertoire, featuring vocal works and celebrated opera excerpts. The programme will include Vier ernste Gesänge (“Four Serious Songs”) by Brahms, Musorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death, Rachmaninoff’s In the Silence of the Secret Night and Spring Waters, arias from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro, the death scene of Don Quixote from Massenet’s Don Quichotte, the monologue of Boris from Musorgsky’s Boris Godunov, and the aria of King Philip from Verdi’s Don Carlo. At the piano: Natalia Sidorenko.
On 17 June the incomparable Italian bass will return to the stage in a full production, appearing on the Historic Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre as Don Quixote in Massenet’s opera. This production holds particular significance for the artist. He was the original performer of the title role in Yannis Kokkos’ staging, which is still in the repertoire at the theatre today. In addition, in 2012 Ferruccio Furlanetto recorded Don Quichotte with young Mariinsky Theatre soloists and the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev – a recording that was highly praised by critics and received a GRAMMY nomination. The upcoming performance will also feature Anna Kiknadze, Andrei Serov, Kira Loginova, Evelina Agabalaeva, Nikolai Yemtsov and Alexander Trofimov in the principal roles.
The festival Stars of the White Nights is held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The festival’s Artistic Director is Valery Gergiev.
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