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)
Thanks to the contributions of the members of the Friends and Patrons Club of the Slovak National Theatre, we present the opening gala concert of the season, which features a lot of opera stars.