Curtain Call - Opera Concert Prostejov, 04 November 2022
Simon will no longer sing in this concert on 15 April. He will be replaced by Boris Pinkhasovich.
From the website of the Salzburg Easter Festival:
"The young Norwegian conductor Tabita Berglund makes her Salzburg debut conducting the second Orchestral Concert and, together with the musicians of the local Mozarteum Orchestra, organises an evening of arias and duets from operas such as »Macbeth«, »Andrea Chénier« and »Rusalka«. The singers are Sondra Radvanovsky, SeokJong Baek and Simon Keenlyside."
11 April 2025 - Tabita Berglund has been replaced as conductor for this concert by Finnegan Downie Dear. The programme remains unchanged.
Original Programme
PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY
»Eugen Onegin«
I. Polonaise
II. »Puskai pogibnu ya« (Sondra Radvanovsky)
III. »Kogda bi zhizn« (Simon Keenlyside)
IV. »Kuda, Kuda, vi udalilis« (SeokJong Baek)
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
»Rusalka«
I. »Mesicku na nebi hlubokem« (SR)
PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY
»Pique Dame«
I. Prelude
II. »Utzh polonoch blizitsya« (SR)
III. »Ja vas lyublyu« (SK)
IV. »Ostanowites, umoljaju was« (SR / SB)
Interval
UMBERTO GIORDANO
»Fedora«
I. Intermezzo
II. »Son gente risoluta« (SR)
III. »Amor ti vieta« (SB)
GIUSEPPE VERDI
»Macbeth«
I. »Perfidi!« (SK)
II. »Vieni, t’affretta« (SR)
III. »O figli … Ah, la paterna mano« (SB)
UMBERTO GIORDANO
»Andrea Chénier«
I. »La mamma morte« (SR)
II. »Colpito qui m’avete« (SB)
III. »Nemico della patria« (SK)
IV. »Vicino a te … la nostra morte« (SR / SB)