OPERA STUDIO
2023 Concerts with the AIMS Festival Orchestra
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PLEASE NOTE: NOT ALL VOCAL WORKS LISTED WILL BE PERFORMED.
Orchestra Concert #1
Gioachino, Giuseppe e Giacomo: Italienische Operngala
Gioachino, Giuseppe and Giacomo: Italian Opera Gala
Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 19:30 – Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress
Dirigent: Martin Lukas Meister
Orchestral works:
Gioachino Rossini – Overture from Guillaume Tell
Hugo Alfvén – Midsommarvaka
Vocal works:
Gioachino Rossini from Guillaume Tell
S´allontanano alfine! … Selva opaca – Mathilde: Soprano
O muto asil del pianto – Arnold: Tenor
Gioachino Rossini from Il barbiere di Siviglia
Una voce poco fa – Rosina: Soprano or Mezzo soprano
Ecco, ridente in Cielo – Conte Almaviva: Tenor
Largo al factotum – Figaro: Baritone
La calunnia – Basilio: Bass or Bass-Baritone
All’ idea di quel metallo – Figaro: Barition and Conte Almaviva: Tenor
Dunque io son – Figaro: Baritone and Rosina: Soprano or Mezzo soprano
Ma signor ma un dottor – Sextet Act I: Finale
Gioachino Rossini from La Cenerentola
Non più mesta – Cenerentola: Mezzo soprano
Come un’ape ne’giorni d’aprile – Dandini: Bass-Baritone
Sì, ritorvarla io guiro – Don Ramiro: Tenor
Additional arias and ensembles to be added
Orchestra Concert #2
Magic Moments
Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 19:30 – Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress
Dirigent: Marius Stieghorst
Orchestral works:
Guillaume Connesson – Flammenschrift
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Suite from “Swan Lake”
Vocal works:
Vincenzo Bellini from La sonnambula
Ah, non credea mirarti – Amina: Soprano
Georges Bizet from Carmen
En vain pour éviter – Carmen: Mezzo soprano
Mêlons! Coupons! – Carmen: Mezzo soprano; Mercédes: Mezzo soprano; Frasquita: Soprano
Benjamin Britten from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 64
Be kind and courteous – Tytania: Soprano
Welcome, wanderer…I know a bank – Oberon: Countertenor/Mezzo soprano
Gaetano Donizetti from La favorite
Spirto gentil – Fernand: Tenor
Gaetano Donizetti from Lucia di Lammermoor
Regnava nel silenzio – Lucia: Soprano
Antonín Dvořák from Rusalka
Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém – Rusalka: Soprano
Charles Gounod from Faust
Ah! Je ris de me voir – Marguerite: Soprano
Leoš Janáček from The Cunning Little Vixen (Příhody lišky Bystroušky)
The Forester’s Aria – The Forester (Revírník): Baritone
Jules Massenet from Cendrillon
Ah! Douce enfant – La Fée: Soprano
Enfin, je suis ici – Cendrillon: Soprano
Toi qui m’es apparue – Cendrillon: Soprano; Le Prince Charmant: Soprano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden – Pamina: Soprano
Jacques Offenbach from Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Scintille, diamant – Dappertutto: Bass-baritone
Tu ne chantera plus? – Antonia: Soprano; Miracle: Bass-baritone; Mother: Mezzo soprano
André Previn fromA Streetcar Named Desire
I Want Magic – Blanche: Soprano
Ambroise Thomas from Hamlet
Spectre infernal – Hamlet: Baritone
Giuseppe Verdi from Falstaff
Sul fil d’un soffio etesio – Nanetta: Soprano
Giuseppe Verdi from Macbeth
Tre volte miagola la gatta in fregola (Witches’ chorus) Act III – Soprano I, Soprano II, Alto
Giuseppe Verdi from Un ballo in maschera
Re dell’abisso, affrettati – Ulrica: Contralto
Orchestra Concert #3
Nacht und Träume
Night and Dreams
Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 19:30 – Herz-Jesu-Kirche
Dirigent: Marius Stieghorst
Orchestral works:
Louise Farrenc – Overture #2 in Eb
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 (orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg)
Vocal works:
Orchestrated Schubert Lieder
Im Abendrot D 799
Nacht und Träume D 827 [op. 43/2]
Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen D 343
An die Musik D 547 [op. 88/4]
6 Lieder (An Schwager Kronos)
Du bist die Ruh D 776 [op. 59/3]
An den Mond D 296
Der Tod und das Mädchen D 531 [op. 7/3]
Ständchen D 957,4
An die Laute D 905 [op. 81/2]
Wiegenlied D 498 [op. 98/2]
Ave Maria (Ellens dritter Gesang)
Orchestra Concert #4
Rosen aus dem Süden
Roses from the South
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 19:30 – Schlossbergbühne Kasematten
Friday, August 4, 2023 at 19:30 – Kunsthaus Weiz
Guest Artist: Elisabeth Schwarz
Dirigent: Marzio Conti
Orchestral works:
Johann Strauß Neue Melodien-Quadrille, Op. 254
Johann Strauß Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388
Josef Strauss Auf Ferienreisen, Op. 133
Emile Waldteufel España Op.236
Vocal works:
Johann Strauß from Die Fledermaus
Spiel ich die Unschuld von Lande – Adele: Soprano
Emmerich Kálmán from Die Csárdásfürstin
Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland – Sylva: Soprano
Emmerich Kálmán from Gräfin Mariza
Komm’ mit nach Varazdin – Mariza: Soprano and Zsupan: Tenor
Carl Millöcker from Gasparone
Dunkelrote Rosen – Graf Erminio Saluzzo: Baritone
Franz Lehár from Die lustige Witwe
Wie eine Rosenknospe – Camille de Rosillon: Tenor
Robert Stolz from Blumenlieder
Rote Rose – Soprano
Robert Stolz from Die Rosen der Madonna
Wind, o trag das Wort der Liebe – Soprano and Tenor
Robert Stolz from Venus in Seide
O mia bella Napoli – Tenor or Tenor and Soprano
Robert Stolz
Arrivederci, bella Italia!
Auf der Heide blüh’n die letzten Rosen – Baritone or Tenor or Mezzo soprano
Grüß’ mir Graz an der Mur – Ensemble
Carl Zeller from Der Vogelhändler
Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol – Ensemble
Johann Strauß from Eine Nacht in Venedig
Sei mir gegrüßt, Du holdes Venezia – Herzog von Urbino: Tenor
Komm in die Gondel – Herzog von Urbino: Tenor
Pappacoda ist da – Pappacoda: Baritone
Alles Maskiert (Ensemble)
Neapolitan Songs
Torna a Surriento (Ernesto de Curtis) – Tenor
O sole mio (Eduardo di Capua) (1864 – 1917) – Tenor & Bariton
Granada (Agustín Lara) (1897 – 1970) – Tenor
Orchestra Concert #5
Meistersinger
Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 19:30 – Helmut-List-Halle
Dirigent: Marzio Conti
Orchestral works:
Giuseppe Verdi – Overture from Sicilian Vespers
Ottorino Respighi – Pines of Rome
Meistersinger Finalists will sing before a jury and the Graz public. Prizes will be awarded.
Meistersinger Vocal Competition Rules, repertoire requirements and fee are published on the AIMS website. https://aimsgraz.com/the-program/voice/meistersinger-competition-and-lieder-studio-awards/