The opening Gala Concert of the season – the prominent opera personalities will pay tribute to the legendary Slovak bassist.
PROGRAMME:
A. P. Borodin: Prince Igor, Polovtsian dances
P. I. Tchaikovsky Eugen Onegin, Lyubvi vse vozrasty pokorny (Gremin: Jozef Benci)
E. Suchoň: Svätopluk intro and a monologue, Sme na mieste [We are on the spot], Záboj (Svätopluk: Peter Mikuláš)
A. Dvořák: Rusalka, Polonesia
A. Dvořák: Rusalka, No One in This World Can Give You (Vodyanoy: Franz Hawlata)
Intermission
Ch. Gounod: Faust, overture
Ch. Gounod: Faust, Le veau d'or est toujours debout (Mefisto: Michal Onufer)
G. Verdi: Don Carlo, intro, aria and double canticle Ella giammai m´amo... Il Grand´Inquisitor! (Philipo II: Peter Mikuláš, The Great Inquisitor: Jozef Benci, The Count Lerma: Peter Račko)
G. Verdi: Falstaff, Scene 1 Act 1 Falstaff! - Olà! (Falstaff: Željko Lučić, Pistola: Michal Onufer, Bardolfo: Peter Račko, Caius: Sam Utley)