Featuring Aida Garifullina, Albina Shagimuratova, Vladislav Sulimsky, Mikhail Kazakov, Yuri Vorobiev, Ilya Bannik and Mikhail Vekua
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductors: Valery Gergiev, Renat Salavatov
The programme includes:
Mikhail Glinka
Overture from the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila
Charles Gounod
Juliette’s waltz from the opera Roméo et Juliette
Jules Massenet
Élégie (Ô, doux printemps d’autre fois...)
Giacomo Puccini
Cavaradossi’s aria from the opera Tosca
Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia’s aria from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Robert’s aria from the opera Iolanta
Léo Delibes
Bolero
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Overture from the opera The Maid of Pskov
Modest Musorgsky
Boris’ monologue from the opera Boris Godunov (revised version by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vocalise, Op. 34 No 14
Giacomo Puccini
Calaf’s aria from the opera Turandot
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tomsky’s ballade from the opera The Queen of Spades
Arrigo Boito
Mefistofele’s aria (“Whistle Aria”) from the opera Mefistofele
Alexander Alyabiev
The romance The Nightingale
Charles Gounod
Méphistophélès’ couplets from the opera Faust