2012.12.03 Gala concert Smetana Hall, Prague: Julian Kovatchev, conductor
Smetana Hall, Prague
Gala Concert
3.12.2012 7:30pm
Simon Keenlyside,
Prague Symphony Orchestra,
Julian Kovatchev, conductor
For the first time in Prague – British baritone Simon Keenlyside! Musical America Vocalist of the Year 2011 and holder of two Laurence Olivier Awards enthrals opera audiences in Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna and Bavarian State Operas, Paris, Salzburg, etc. as Don Giovanni, Figaro, Count Almaviva, Hamlet, Rodrigo, Macbeth, Rigoletto, Onegin, Wozzeck… In Prague, he will present a bouquet of the most remarkable baritone arias.
Programme
Pagliacci LEONCAVALLO
*Si può? (The prologue)
* Intermezzo
Tannhäuser WAGNER
* O du, mein holder Abendstern
La forza del destino VERDI
* Ouverture
Don Carlos VERDI
* Per me giuto … Io morrò, ma lieto il core
Pikovaya Dama TCHAIKOVSKY
*Ya vas lyublyu
Guillaume Tell ROSSINI
* Ouverture
Rigoletto VERDI
* Cortigiani, vil razza dannata
Mignon THOMAS
* Ouverture
Hamlet THOMAS
* O vin, dissipe la tristesse
Encores:
Kismet FORREST & WRIGHT / BORODIN
Stranger in Paradise
Fiddler on the roof JERRY BOCK
If I were a rich man
Photo Gallery
Sound bites
{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }
Hi! I’m very excited about this concert! But I can’t find where to buy tickets… I’ve searched on the link provided above as well as on the Prague Municipal House website but couldn’t find anyway to book for this concert… Is it just me being a douche or are tickets maybe not available yet?
Hi Meghann
SOME TIME there should be on this site
http://www.nachtigallartists.cz/en/eshop
a possiblity to order a ticket …. but I also have no idea when they will start selling them … I also look every other day …
best wishes
Petra
The pictures are fantastic, Petra . . . thanks so much!
Maybe Simon is “shopping” around this “Gala-Concert-with-Impromptu-Sketches” program, as it’s quite similar to the Grange Park concert . . . perhaps we can look forward to more of these delightful showcases of Simon’s vast talents!
Marilyn
Yes it looks as if it was very similar to the Grange concert and therefore….. nothing short of an utterly fantastic evening!!
Great pics Petra – thank you so much for sharing them with us. Simon sang ” If I were a rich man” at the Grange and it was just brilliant – even did a little dance in the middle of it too. No doubt you enjoyed the same treat last night.
~ Jane
WOW! What a fantastically talented person Simon is. Wish he would do a concert in Vienna as well.Inci