Opera gala: great arias from Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Bellini, Lehár and others

(00:00) Gioachino Rossini: Overture from L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI (08:10) Gioachino Rossini: “La calunnia è un venticello” from IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Štefan Kocán, bass) (13:22) Giuseppe Verdi: “Sempre libera” from LA TRAVIATA (Marina Rebeka, soprano & Pavol Breslik, tenor) (17:28) Jules Massenet: “Pourquoi me réveiller” from WERTHER (Piotr Beczala, tenor) (20:32) Umberto Giordano: “Nemico della patria” from ANDREA CHÉNIER (Franz Grundheber, baritone) (26:07) Umberto Giordano: “La mamma morta” from ANDREA CHÉNIER (Angela Marambio, soprano) (33:23) Richard Wagner: “Mannenruf” from GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (Matti Salminen, bass & Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin) (44:26) Giacomo Puccini: “O mio babbino caro” from GIANNI SCHICCHI (Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano) (47:09) Gioachino Rossini: “Cruda sorte“ from L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI (Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano) (51:08) Gaetano Donizetti: “Una furtiva lagrima” from L’ELISIR D’AMORE (Pavol Breslik, tenor) (55:57) Giacomo Puccini: “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” from LA BOHÈME (Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano) (1:01:06) Vincenzo Bellini: “Ah! Non credea mirarti… Ah! Non giunge” from LA SONNAMBULA (Nino Machaidze, soprano & Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin) (1:09:45) Franz Lehár: “Lippen schweigen” from DIE LUSTIGE WITWE (Pavol Breslik, tenor) (1:13:08) Franz Lehár: “Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert” from GIUDITTA (Piotr Beczala, tenor) (1:17:07) Franz Lehár: “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS (Nino Machaidze, Angela Marambio, Marina Rebeka & Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano; Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano; Piotr Beczala & Pavol Breslik, tenor; Franz Grundheber, baritone; Štefan Kocán & Matti Salminen, bass)

Asmik Grigorian sings | O mio babbino caro | from Gianni Schicchi by Puccini

The Lithuanian soprano, Asmik Grigorian, was born in 1981, in a family of famous singers Irena Milkevičiūtė and Gegam Grigorian. In 1999 she joined the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in singing class, where she completed master’s studies in 2006. She was a founding member of Vilnius City Opera and has twice been awarded the Golden Stage Cross (the highest award for singers in Lithuania), in 2005 for her debut as Violetta and in 2010 for her performance as Mrs. Lovett Sweeney Todd. She won the Young Female Singer prize at the International Opera Awards (2016). Asmik Grigorian sang in the Lithuanian opera in Vilnius, in the Latvian National Opera in Riga, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, with the BBC Philarmonic Orchestra and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, in Operhaus Köln, at the Komische Oper Berlin, Oper Graz, and Staatsoper Hamburg among others. Her latest success came in Salzburg festival (2018) with Salome’s tittle role where “her portrayal of Strauss’ heroine has been met with unanimous praise from critics across the world.”

This aria was recorded during a concert in Vilnius, 2018.12.07

Opera gala | great arias from Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Bellini, Lehár and others

Listen to some of the most beloved arias by Rossini, Verdi, Massenet, Giordano, Wagner, Puccini, Donizetti, Bellini and Lehár! These masterpieces of opera are performed by internationally renowned singers: Agnes Baltsa – mezzo-soprano Piotr Beczala – tenor Pavol Breslik – tenor Franz Grundheber – baritone Štefan Kocán – bass Nino Machaidze – soprano Angela Marambio – soprano Marina Rebeka – soprano Matti Salminen – bass Krassimira Stoyanova – soprano They are accompanied by the Choir and Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, conducted by Lawrence Foster.