PROGRAMME

Part I

Balys DVARIONAS (1904–1972)
Festive overture (By the Amber Shore) for orchestra (1945)
Dalia’s aria; Skudutis’ ballad from the opera Dalia (1958)

Soloists: Beata Ignatavičiūtė (soprano), Mindaugas Jankauskas (tenor)

Jurgis KARNAVIČIUS (1884–1941) – Young nobleman’s song; Gražina’s aria from the opera Gražina (1932)

Soloists: Mindaugas Rojus (baritone), Rita Petrauskaitė (soprano)

Kazimieras Viktoras BANAITIS (1896–1963) – Kastytis’ aria from the opera Jūratė and Kastytis (1955)

Soloist Mindaugas Jankauskas (tenor)

Vytautas KLOVA (1926–2009) – Ūdrys’ aria from the opera Pilėnai (1955); Vytautas’ aria from the opera Two Swords (1965)
Giedrius KUPREVIČIUS (g. 1944) – Herkus Mantas’ aria “Mana gentis” (My tribe) from the opera Prussians, Act II (1997)

Soloist Mindaugas Rojus (baritone)

Eduardas BALSYS (1919–1984) – Dance “Liaudis linksminasi” (The folks are making merry) from the ballet Eglė, Queen of the Grass Snakes (1960)

Part II

Amilcare PONCHIELLI (1834–1886) – Overture to the opera I Lituani (1874)

Charles GOUNOD (1818–1893) – Margueritte’s aria “Ah, je ris de me voir” (The Jewell Song) from the opera Faust, Act III (1859)

Soloist Rita Petrauskaitė (soprano)

Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841–1904) – Vodník’s aria “Běda! Běda!.. Celý svět nedá ti nedá” from the opera Rusalka, Act II (1901)

Soloist Evert Sooster (bass)

Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797–1848) – Tonio’s cavatina “Ah! mes amis” from the opera La fille du régiment, Act I (1840)

Soloist Mindaugas Jankauskas (tenor)

Ruggero LEONCAVALLO (1857–1919) – Intermezzo from the opera Pagliacci (1892)

Giuseppe VERDI (1813–1901) – Hélène’s bolero “Merci, jeunes amies” from the opera Les Vêpres siciliennes, Act V (1855)

Soloist Beata Ignatavičiūtė (soprano)

Gioachino ROSSINI (1792–1868) – Figaro’s cavatina “Largo al factotum” from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I (1816)

Soloist Mindaugas Rojus (baritone)

Giuseppe VERDI (1813–1901) – Quartet “Bella figlia dell‘amore” from the opera Rigoletto, Act III (1851)

Soloists: Rita Petrauskaitė (soprano), Oksana Auškalnytė-Mockuvienė (mezzo-soprano), Mindaugas Jankauskas (tenor), Evert Sooster (bass-baritone)

Beata Ignatavičiūtė (photo: Olesia Kasabova)

Ernesta Stankutė (photo: Olesia Kasabova)

Evert Sooster

KSMT Symphony Orchestra (photo: Olesia Kasabova)

Martynas Staškus (photo: Martynas Aleksa)

Mindaugas Jankauskas (photo: Martynas Aleksa)

Mindaugas Rojus (photo: Olesia Kasabova)

Rita Petrauskaite (photo: Olesia Kasabova)