Julia Lezhneva (soprano) performing Mozart

PERFORMERS:
Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Mikhail Antonenko

PROGRAMME:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 in D major, KV 385 (“Haffner”)
Motet Exsultate, jubilate, KV 165
Overture to Le nozze di Figaro
Non so più, Cherubino’s aria from Le nozze di Figaro
Parto, parto, Sesto’s aria from La clemenza di Tito
Overture to Don Giovanni
Lho perduta, me meschina, Barbarina’s cavatina from Le nozze di Figaro
Temerari...Come scoglio, Fiordiligi’s recitative and aria from Così fan tutte
Ch’io mi scordi di te, concert aria, KV 505

About the Concert

Julia Lezhneva is world famous as a first-class performer of baroque music. Since 2011, Decca label has released 7 albums with her performing virtuoso pieces by Vivaldi, Handel, Porpora, Graun, Hasse, and Mozart. Lezhneva mainly prepares concert programmes, however, sometimes she also appears in opera productions. Among the parts she has played on opera stage are Zerlina and Fiordiligi in Mozart’s opera. It was no surprise that for the first joint performance with Mariinsky Orchestra – the academic orchestra, not the period instrument orchestra – they chose the music by Mozart. Mikhail Antonenko, Julia Lezhneva’s musical ally and unchanging accompanier with whom she tours all over the world, will be conducting the performance. Last year, with Antonenko as a conductor, Lezhneva recorded a Decca label CD.

Age category 6+