Aleksandrs ANTOŅENKO – tenor
Conductor Gintars RINKEVIČIUS
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Program:
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY, Franz LEHAR, Ruggero LEONCAVALLO, Zil MASNE, Gioachino ROSSINI, Richard WAGNER, Giuseppe VERDI, Arvīds ŽILINSKIS
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The world-renowned tenor Aleksandrs Antoņenko in cooperation with the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius will crown the 2021 Liepāja International Stars Festival with a monumental program of popular opera music.
Alexander Antoņenko will take on the role of Antin in the famous aria of Žilinskis' Golden Horse, turn into the storm torn Otello and the passionate Herman, he will also be the noble mystic Loengrin, the jealous traveling theater director Canyon and at the end will be Lehar's miraculous song Dein ist mein ganzes Herz from the operetta "Land of Smiles".
Only the orchestra's performance will feature the shining overture of Rossini's opera Wilhelm Tell, the beautiful interlude of Masne's opera Taida, the winging introduction of the third act of Wagner's opera Loengrin, and instrumental fragments of Tchaikovsky's and Leoncavallo's operas.
Supported by: the Ministry of Culture of the Latvian Republic, the State Culture Capital Foundation and Liepāja city.
