New Year’s Opera gala 30-12-2020
Co-production with Megaron – the Athens State Orchestra
Wed. 30 December 2020 20:30
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall
Music-lovers' enthusiastic response to the opera galas we have staged in recent years to celebrate the upcoming New Year has made them an integral part of Athens' festive season. Under the baton of the talented Kornilios Michailidis, distinguished opera singers Christina Poulitsi, Tasis Hristogiannopoulos and Hristoforos Staboglis demonstrate their exceptional vocal talents in popular arias and duets from the magic world of Italian opera.
Event Programme
MANUEL DE FALLA
(1876–1946)
"Spanish Dance", from the opera "La Vida breve"
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
(1918-1990)
Overture from the operetta “Candide”
GIUSEPPE VERDI
(1813-1901)
La Forza del Destino, The Power of Fate, overture
PAVLOS CARRER
(1826–1896)
"April appeared", aria and cabaletta from the opera "I Kyra Frossyni"
GIUSEPPE VERDI
(1813-1901)
“O patria.. o tu Palermo”, from the opera "I Vespri Siciliani"
VINCENZO BELLINI
(1801—1835)
“Qui la voce… Vien, diletto”, from the opera "I Puritani"
“Il rival… Suoni la tromba”, from the opera "I Puritani"
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
(1918-1990)
"Glitter and be gay", from the operetta "Candide"
GEORGES BIZET
1838–1875
“Galop (le bal)”, from the suite "Jeux d’enfants"
AMBROISE TOMAS
(1811-1896)
"Doute de la lumière," Hamlet and Ophelia duet from the opera "Hamlet"
GAETANO DONIZETTI
(1797–1848)
“Quanto amore ed io spietata” from the opera "L’Elisir d’Amore”
“Cheti, cheti immantinente”, from the opera "Don Pasquale"
Event Programme
Featuring
CONDUCTOR
Kornilios Michailidis
SOLOISTS
Christina Poulitsi, soprano
, baritone
Christoforos Stamboglis, Zaccaria
