The festival’s star gala concert welcomes one of the most distinguished personalities of today’s opera. Bryn Terfel, an operatic legend with the charisma of a global star, appears in a program transcending genres and styles, with the Slovak soprano Slávka Zámečníková at his side. The evening features famous opera arias, musical theater melodies, and distinctive Welsh songs, promising an exceptional experience filled with emotion and vocal virtuosity.
programme
Giuseppe Verdi
King for a Day (opera overture)
Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
Aria “Ehi! Paggio!”
Gaetano Donizetti
Don Pasquale
Norina’s aria “Quel guardo il cavaliere … So anch’io”
Gaetano Donizetti
The Elixir of Love
Duet of Adina and Dulcamara “Quanto amore … Una tenera occhiatina“
Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust
Hungarian March
Arrigo Boito
Mefistofeles
Mefistofele’s aria “Son lo spirito che nega“
Charles Gounod
Faust
Méphistophélès’ aria “Le veau d’or“
Marguerite’s aria “Chanson du Roi de Thulé“
Richard Wagner
The Rhinegold Wotan’s aria
“Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge“
Leonard Bernstein
Candide (opera overture)
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
“I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin“
“Bess, You Is My Woman Now“
“Summertime“
Richard Rodgers
South Pacifc
“Some Enchanted Evening“
Richard Rodgers
The Sound of Music
Orchestral medley
Jerry Bock
Fiddler on the Roof
“If I Were a Rich Man“
Performers
Sir Bryn Terfel – bass-baritone
Slávka Zámečníková – soprano
Prague Philharmonia
Eugene Kohn – conductor
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