Bolshoi Theatre and Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Young Opera Programmes Gala

Part I

Mikhail Glinka
Krakowiak from the opera A Life for the Tsar
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Alexander Borodin
Cavatina of Vladimir Igorevich from the opera Prince Igor
Roman Kollert (tenor)

Mikhail Glinka
Aria of Ivan Susanin from the opera A Life for the Tsar
Gosh Sargsyan (baritone)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Aria of The Swan-Princess from the opera A Tale of Tsar Saltan
Polina Peletskaya (soprano)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Recitative and Arioso of Herman “Forgive me heavenly creature” from the opera The Queen of Spades
Tigran Hakobyan (tenor)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Aria of Joanna from the opera The Maid of Orleans
Valeria Torunova (mezzo-soprano)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Aria of Lensky from the opera Eugene Onegin
Ilya Legatov (tenor) / Roman Kollert (tenor)

Anton Rubinstein
Romance of Demon “On the ocean of air” from the opera The Demon
Gagik Vardanyan (baritone)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Aria of Herman “What is our life?” from the opera The Queen of Spades
Igor Onishchenko (tenor)

Sergei Prokofiev
Aria of Prince Bolkonsky from the opera War and Peace
Bogdan Guenok (baritone)

Gioachino Rossini
Duet of Mathilde and Arnold from the opera Guillaume Tell
Ramilya Baimukhametova (soprano)
Mark Kim (tenor)

Camille Saint-Saënce
Aria of Dalila “Mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix” from the opera Samson et Dalila
Bella Amaryan (mezzo-soprano)

Charles Gounod
Aria of Marguerite “Ah! je ris de me voir…” from the opera Faust
Albina Tonkikh (soprano)

Tigran Chukhajyan
Sextet from the opera Arsache II


Part II

Gioachino Rossini
Cavatina of Figaro “Largo al factotum” from the opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Maxim Lisiin (beritone)

Gioachino Rossini
Rondo of Elene “Tanti affetti in tal momento” from the opera La donna del lago
Elene Gvritishvili (soprano)

Pietro Mascagni
Aria of Turridu “Mamma, quel vino è generoso” from the opera Cavalleria rusticana
Tigran Hakobyan (tenor)

Pietro Mascagni
Duet of Santuzza and Turridu from the opera Cavalleria rusticana
Elen Egiazaryan (soprano)
Tigran Hakobyan (tenor)

Giuseppe Verdi
Aria of Leonora from the opera Il trovatore
Arpi Sinanyan (soprano)

Giuseppe Verdi
Song of the Duke from the opera Rigoletto
Mark Kim (tenor)

Giuseppe Verdi
Aria of Leonora from the opera La forza del destino
Elen Egiazaryan (soprano)

Alexander Spendiaryan
Air de danse from Crimean Sketches, op. 9
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Armen Tigranyan
Husan’s aria from the opera David Beg
Gagik Vardanyan (baritone)

Gioachino Rossini
Final of the opera Guillaume Tell
all soloists

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductors: Alexei Vereshchagin, Harutyun Arzumanyan, Vartan Grigoryan

Director of the Bolshoi Theatre Young Artists Opera Program: Dmitry Vdovin
Director of the Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Young Artists of Opera Program: Levon Javadyan