Opening Gala

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
“Menuetto e trio, Allegretto” from Symphony No. 97 in C major, Hob. I:97
Lech Festival Orchestra

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
„Di Provenza il mar, il suol“
Aria of Giorgio Germont from the opera La Traviata
Domen Križaj – Baritone

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
„Quando me’n vo”
Musetta’s Waltz from the opera La Bohème
Slávka Zámečníková – Soprano

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
„Son io mio Carlo… Per me giunto”
„O Carlo, ascolta… lo morró”
Aria and death of Marquis Posa from the opera Don Carlo
Domen Križaj – Baritone

Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
„L’amour, l‘amour! … Ah! Lève-toi, soleil!”
Cavatina of Roméo from the opera Roméo et Juliette
Pavel Kolgatin – Tenor

„Avant de quitter ces lieux“
Prayer of Valentin from the opera Faust
Domen Križaj – Baritone

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
„Près des remparts de Séville“
Seguidilla of Carmen from the opera Carmen
Štěpánka Pučálková – Mezzo-soprano

„Les dragons d’Alcala“
Entr’acte from the opera Carmen
Lech Festival Orchestra

„Les tringles des sistres tintaient“
Chanson Bohème of Carmen from the opera Carmen
Štěpánka Pučálková – Mezzo-soprano

„Au fond du temple saint“
Duet Nadir/Zurga from the opera Les pêcheurs de perles
Pavel Kolgatin – Tenor
Domen Križaj – Baritone

Intermission

Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
“Dance of the Comedians” from the comic opera The Bartered Bride
Lech Festival Orchestra

“Alone at last… How strange and still everything around me is”
Recitative and aria of Marie from the comic opera The Bartered Bride
Slávka Zámečníková – Soprano

Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 53
Allegro ma non troppo – Adagio ma non troppo – Finale: Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo
Dalibor Karvay – Violin

Lech Festival Orchestra
Musical Direction: Tetsuro Ban