Musical Preparation: Alla Brosterman, Elena Matusovskaya and Irina Soboleva
Concert Director: Irkin Gabitov
Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
The programme includes:
Part I
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Overture from the opera The Tsar’s Bride
Anton Rubinstein
Epitalama from the opera Nero
Performed by Alexander Gergalov
Giacomo Puccini
Gianni Schicchi’s aria from the opera Gianni Schicchi
Performed by Alexander Gergalov
Giuseppe Verdi
Elena’s bolero from the opera I vespri siciliani
Performed by Zhanna Dombrovskaya
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Levko’s song from the opera May Night
Performed by Zhanna Dombrovskaya
Gaetano Donizetti
Nemorino’s romance from the opera L’elisir d’amore
Performed by Dmitry Voropaev
Gaetano Donizetti
Nemorino and Adina’s duet from Act I of the opera L’elisir d’amore
Performed by Zhanna Dombrovskaya
and Dmitry Voropaev
Part II
Giacomo Puccini
Intermezzo from the opera Manon Lescaut
Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut’s aria from Act IV of the opera Manon Lescaut
Performed by Nataliya Tymchenko
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida’s scene and romance from Act I of the opera Aida
Performed by Nataliya Tymchenko
Gioachino Rossini
Basilio’s aria from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performed by Mikhail Petrenko
Alexander Borodin
Konchak’s aria from the opera Prince Igor
Performed by Mikhail Petrenko
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello’s aria from Act IV of the opera Otello
Performed by Vladimir Galouzine
Francesco Cilea
The Princesse de Bouillon’s aria from Act II of the opera Adriana Lecouvreur
Performed by Olga Borodina
Modest Musorgsky
Marina and the Pretender’s duet from the opera Boris Godunov
Performed by Olga Borodina
and Vladimir Galouzine