New Year’s Eve Gala

Conductor: Andriy Yurkevych

Director: Jarosław Kilian

Chorus master: Marcovalerio Marletta

Lighting: Maciej Igielski

Hosted by: Katarzyna Stoparczyk, Piotr Polk

Soloists:

Artur Ruciński – baritone
Olga Busuioc – soprano
Edyta Piasecka – soprano
Tadeusz Szlenkier – tenor
Krzysztof Bączyk – bass
and
Matthias Rexroth – alto

Dancers of the Polish National Ballet: Anna Hop, Remy Lamping, Paulina Magier, Daria Majewska, Ewa Nowak, Agata Ziółkowska, Piotr Bednarczyk, Michał Chróścielewski, Vadzim Kezik, Łukasz Tużnik, Michał Tużnik, Bartosz Zyśk

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera

Programme

Part 1

GEATANO DONIZETTI
Don Pasquale
Libretto: Giovanni Ruffini
Choir of Servants from act 3
Che interminabile andirivieni
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

Don Pasquale
Malatesta’s aria from act 1
Bella siccome un angelo
Artur Ruciński

GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL
Serse
Libretto: unknown author
after Niccolò Minata, Silvio Stampiglii
Serse’s aria from act 1
Ombra mai fù
Matthias Rexroth

GIUSEPPE VERDI
I Vespri Siciliani
Libretto: Augustin Eugène Scribe, Charles Duveryrie
Elena’s bolero from act 5
Mercè, dilette amiche
Edyta Piasecka

GEATANO DONIZETTI
Don Pasquale
Libretto: Giovanni Ruffini
Malatesta and Don Pasquale’s duet from act 3
Cheti, cheti, immantinente
Artur Ruciński
Krzysztof Bączyk

PABLO SOROZÁBAL
La tabernera del puerto
Libretto: Federico Romero, Guillermo Fernández-Shaw
Leonardo’s aria from act 2
No puede ser
Tadeusz Szlenkier

ARRIGO BOITO
Mefistofele
Libretto: composer
Faust’s aria from act 1
Son lo spirito che nega
Krzysztof Bączyk

EDUARD STRAUSS
Carmen-Quadrille, Op. 134
Orchestra of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

EMMERICH KÁLMÁN
The Csárdás Princess
Libretto: Leo Stein, Béla Jenbach
Sylva’s aria from act 1
Heia, Heia, in den Bergen
Olga Busuioc

JOHANN STRAUSS
The Blue Danube, Op. 314
Dancers of the Polish National Ballet
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

Part 2

JOSEPH HELLMESBERGER, jr.
Danse Diabolique
Orchestra of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

GEORGES BIZET
Carmen
Libretto: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy
Chorus and Escamillo’s cuplé from act 2
Vivat! Vivat le torero! – Votre toast
Artur Ruciński
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

RUSSIAN ROMANCE SONG
Black Eyes (Ochi chernye)
Lyrics: Jewhen Hrebinka
Krzysztof Bączyk

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Canzonetta spagnuola (En medio a mis dolores)
Song
Matthias Rexroth

SALVATORE CARDILLO
Ungrateful Heart
Song
Lyrics: Riccardo Cordiferro
Tadeusz Szlenkier

JOHANN STRAUSS
Klipp-Klapp Galopp, Op. 466
Dancers of the Polish National Ballet
Orchestra of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

Die Fledermaus
Libretto: Karl Haffner, Richard Genée
Rosalinde’s csárdás from act 2
Klänge der Heimat
Edyta Piasecka

Die Fledermaus
Orlofsky’s cuplé from act 2
Ich lade gern mir die Gäste ein
Matthias Rexroth

Die Fledermaus
Rosalinde and Eisenstein’s „watch” duet from act 2
Dieser Anstand
Edyta Piasecka, Tadeusz Szlenkier

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO
The Haunted Manor
Libretto: Jan Chęciński
The Sword-Bearer’s aria from act 2
Kto z mych dziewek serce której
Artur Ruciński

RUPERTO CHAPĺ
Zarzuela Las hijas de Zebedeo
Libretto: José Estremera
Carceleras Al pensar en el dueño...
Olga Busuioc

ERNESTO DE CURTIS
Non ti scordar di me
Song
Lyrics: Domenico Furnò
Artur Ruciński
Olga Busuioc
Edyta Piasecka
Tadeusz Szlenkier
Krzysztof Bączyk
Matthias Rexroth

HANS CHRISTIAN LUMBYE
Champagne Galopp, Op. 14
Orchestra of Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera