PÄRNU OPERA DAYS | Opera Gala
Part of the 2024 Pärnu Opera Days festival
PROGRAMME
Part I
Balys DVARIONAS (1904–1972)
Festive overture (By the Amber Shore) for orchestra (1945)
Dalia’s aria; Skudutis’ ballad from the opera Dalia (1958)
Soloists: Beata Ignatavičiūtė (soprano), Mindaugas Jankauskas (tenor)
Jurgis KARNAVIČIUS (1884–1941)
Young nobleman’s song; Gražina’s aria from
the opera Gražina (1932)
Soloists: Mindaugas Rojus (baritone), Rita Petrauskaitė (soprano)
Kazimieras Viktoras BANAITIS (1896–1963)
Kastytis’ aria from the opera Jūratė and Kastytis (1955)
Soloist Mindaugas Jankauskas (tenor)
Vytautas KLOVA (1926–2009)
Ūdrys’ aria from the opera Pilėnai (1955); Vytautas’ aria from the opera Two Swords (1965)
Giedrius KUPREVIČIUS (g. 1944)
Herkus Mantas’ aria “Mana gentis” (My tribe) from the opera Prussians, Act II (1997)
Soloist Mindaugas Rojus (baritone)
Eduardas BALSYS (1919–1984)
Dance “Liaudis linksminasi” (The folks are making merry) from the ballet Eglė, Queen of the Grass Snakes (1960)
Part II
Amilcare PONCHIELLI (1834–1886)
Overture to the opera I Lituani (1874)
Charles GOUNOD (1818–1893)
Margueritte’s aria “Ah, je ris de me voir” (The Jewell Song) from the opera Faust, Act III (1859)
Soloist Rita Petrauskaitė (soprano)
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Vodník’s aria “Běda! Běda!.. Celý svět nedá ti nedá” from the opera Rusalka, Act II (1901)
Soloist Evert Sooster (bass)
Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797–1848)
Tonio’s cavatina “Ah! mes amis” from the opera La fille du régiment, Act I (1840)
Soloist Mindaugas Jankauskas (tenor)
Ruggero LEONCAVALLO (1857–1919)
Intermezzo from the opera Pagliacci (1892)
Giuseppe VERDI (1813–1901)
Hélène’s bolero “Merci, jeunes amies” from the opera Les Vêpres siciliennes, Act V (1855)
Soloist Beata Ignatavičiūtė (soprano)
Gioachino ROSSINI (1792–1868)
Figaro’s cavatina “Largo al factotum” from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I (1816)
Soloist Mindaugas Rojus (baritone)
Giuseppe VERDI (1813–1901)
Quartet “Bella figlia dell‘amore” from the opera Rigoletto, Act III (1851)
Soloists: Rita Petrauskaitė (soprano), Oksana Auškalnytė-Mockuvienė (mezzo-soprano), Mindaugas Jankauskas (tenor), Evert Sooster (bass-baritone)
