PERFORMERS:
Hibla Gerzmava (soprano)
Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano)
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo
PROGRAMME:
Giuseppe Verdi
Overture to I vespri siciliani
Surta è la notte... Ernani, involami, Elvira’s recitativo and aria from Ernani
Gaetano Donizetti
Fia dunque vero... O mio Fernando, Leonora’s recitativo and aria from La favorita
Giuseppe Verdi
Tacea la notte placida, Leonora’s aria from Il trovatore
Hector Berlioz
D’amour l’ardente flamme, Marguerite’s romance from La Damnation de Faust
Vincenzo Bellini
Overture to Norma
Mira, o Norma, duet of Norma and Adalgisa from Norma
Giuseppe Martucci
Notturno, Op. 70 No. 1
Francesco Cilea
Acerba voluttà, Princess de Bouillon’s aria from Adriana Lecouvreur
Ecco: respiro appena... Io son l’umile ancella, Adriana’s aria from Adriana Lecouvreur
Giacomo Puccini
Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
Pietro Mascagni
Voi lo sapete, o mamma, Santuzza’s romance from Cavalleria rusticana
Giacomo Puccini
Vissi d’arte, Tosca’s aria from Tosca Jacques Offenbach
Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour, barcarolle from Les Contes d’Hoffmann
The concert will feature the use of an acoustic shell