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Concert in 2 parts
Gala Europa
Gala Europa
 
An international art project on the occasion of Europe Day in Ukraine
 
Gala Europa
 
In cooperation with
 
Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
 
Embassy of Italy to Ukraine
Italian Cultural Institute in Ukraine
 
Embassy of Portugal to Ukraine
 
 
 
Liudmyla MONASTYRSKA (soprano)
Valentyn DYTIUK (tenor)
Daniel PALMIZIO (viola, Italy)
 
Olga FOMICHOVA (soprano)
Iryna PETROVA (mezzo-soprano)
Tetiana PIMONOVA (mezzo-soprano)
Dmytro KUZMIN (tenor)
Oleksandr BOIKO (baritone)
Igor MOKRENKO (baritone)
Dmytro AGEIEV (bass)
 
 The Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the National Opera of Ukraine
 
Conductor: Pedro AMARAL (Portugal)
Choirmaster: Bogdan PLISH
 
Idea and project direction: Nicola Franco BALLONI
 
 
 
GALA CONCERT PROGRAMME
 
І act
 
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
Ninth Symphony
«Ode to Joy»
Symphony Orchestra and Choir
 
 
Gioacchino ROSSINI
(1792-1868)
Opera «L’Italiana in Algeri»
Overture
Symphony Orchestra
Gioacchino ROSSINI
Opera «L’Italiana in Algeri»
Finale of the act I «Va sossopra il mio cervello»
Elvira – Olga Fomichova (soprano)
Zulma – Iryna Petrova (mezzo-soprano)
Isabella – Tetiana Piminova (mezzo-soprano)
Lindoro – Dmytro Kuzmin (tenor)
Haly – Dmytro Ageiev (bass)
Mustafà – Oleksandr Boiko (baritone)
Taddeo – Igor Mokrenko (baritone)
 
 
Giacomo MEYERBEER
(1791-1864)
Opera «L’Africaine»
Vasco da Gama’s aria «Pays merveilleux!  ... Ô paradis»
Valentyn Dytiuk (tenor)
 
 
Vincenzo BELLINI
(1801-1835)
Opera «Norma»
Norma’s cavatina «Casta Diva»
Liudmyla Monastyrska (soprano) and Choir
 
 
Gaetano DONIZETTI
(1797-1948)
Opera «L’Elisir d’Amore»
Nemorino’s aria «Una furtiva lagrima»
Valentyn Dytiuk (tenor)
 
 
Giacomo PUCCINI
(1858-1924)
Opera «Manon LESCAUT»
Intermezzo
Symphony Orchestra
 
 
Giacomo PUCCINI
Opera «Tosca»
Tosca’s aria «Vissi d’arte»
Liudmyla Monastyrska (soprano)
 
 
Giacomo PUCCINI
Opera «Madama Butterfly»
Coro a bocca chiusa
Choir and Symphony orchestra  
 
 
ІI act
 
 
Max Christian Friedrich BRUCH
(1782-1840)
Kol Nidrei, op. 47 (arrangement for Viola and Orchestra)
Daniel Palmizio (viola)
 
Robert SCHUMANN
(1810-1856)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, op. 129
(transcription for Viola by Daniel Palmizio)
Daniel Palmizio (viola)
 
 
Mykola LYSENKO
(1842-1912)
Prayer for Ukraine «God the Great and the One»