An opera gala that matches every superlative: Some of the world’s best opera singers from the classical music scene are presenting a variety of the most popular Bel Canto Arias. They will be accompanied by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Harmonia Symphony Orchestra, a youth orchestra from Peru, under the baton of Ukrainian conductor Andrii Yurkevych. The opera gala took place in 2015 in the Vienna State Opera, and was also a fundraising event with the motto: Juan Diego Flórez and Friends in Concert for Sinfonía por el Perú.
The non-profit organization Sinfonía por el Perú was founded in 2011, and has the goal of making a positive difference to the lives of thousands of underprivileged children and young people all over Peru through music education. Juan Diego Flórez directs the Sinfonía por el Perú, and comes himself from the Latin American country. To help support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, the Peruvian tenor has also established the Friends of Juan Diego Flórez Foundation.
The finale of the opera gala, which Flórez introduces with a touching acceptance speech, could hardly be more thrilling. All the Bel Canto stars join in the famous Neapolitan hit Non ti scordar di me, by Ernesto De Curtis. An unforgettably beautiful opera gala.
Ildar Abdrazakov - Bass
Celso Albelo - Tenor
Alessio Arduini - Baritone
Anna Bonitatibus - Mezzo-Soprano
Juan Diego Flórez - Tenor
Aida Garifullina - Soprano
Vittorio Grigòlo - Tenor
Valentina Naforniţa - Soprano
Michele Pertusi - Bass
Luca Pisaroni - Bass
Clemens Unterreiner - Baritone
At a glance:
(00:00) Overture (Jacques Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne)
(06:02) Au mont Ida (Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hélène) | Juan Diego Flórez (Tenor)
(10:40) Madamina (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni) | Luca Pisaroni (Bass)
(17:07) Voi che sapete (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro) | Anna Bonitatibus (Mezzo-Soprano)
(20:40) Hai già vinta la causa! (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro) | Alessio Arduini (Baritone)
(25:59) Se inclinassi a prender moglie (Gioachino Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri) | Juan Diego Flórez (Tenor), Ildar Abdrazakov (Bass)
(31:12) La calunnia (Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia) | Michele Pertusi (Bass)
(36:38) Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém (Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka) | Valentina Naforniţa (Soprano)
(44:13) È il sol dell'anima (Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto) | Aida Garifullina (Soprano), Juan Diego Flórez (Tenor)
(53:00) Ella giammai m'amò (Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos) | Ildar Abdrazakov (Bass)
(1:02:47) Votre toast (Georges Bizet: Carmen) | Clemens Unterreiner (Baritone)
(1:07:53) Jota (José Serrano: El Trust de los Tenorios) | Celso Albelo (Tenor)
(1:10:59) Quando m'en vo (Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème) | Aida Garifullina (Soprano)
(1:14:36) E lucevan le stelle (Giacomo Puccini: Tosca) | Vittorio Grigòlo (Tenor)
(1:19:30) Sì, mi chiamano Mimì (Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème) | Valentina Naforniţa (Soprano)
(1:25:39) Pourquoi me réveiller (Jules Massenet: Werther) | Juan Diego Flórez (Tenor)
(1:30:12) Juan Diego Flórez: Acceptance speech
(1:33:57) Finale: Non ti scordar di me (Ernesto De Curtis) | Tutti
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