From bel canto to verismo: transformatons of beauty

The concert is a cross-section of the major operatic styles of the 19th century, charting the evolution in singing and dramatic aesthetics. The programme takes the audience from bel canto, a style based on immaculate technique, balanced form, and elegant phrasing, to verismo, a genre that prioritises the intensity of emotion, naturalism, and the truth of theatrical expression. The performance delivered by the members of the Opera Academy Young Talent Development Programme combines superb vocal skills and a mature stylistic awareness, bringing out diverse means of musical interpretation characteristic of each era. 

PROGRAMME

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Duet of Fannì and Edoardo Tornami a dir che m'ami  
from La cambiale di matrimonio 

GAETANO DONIZETTI
Doctor Malatesta's aria Bella siccome un angelo
from Don Pasquale

Lucia's aria Spargi d’amaro pianto
from Lucia of Lammermoor

Leonora's aria and recitative Fia dunque vero – Oh mio Fernando! 
from La favorita 

Marie's aria Salut à la France 
from La fille du régiment

VINCENZO BELLINI
Rodolfo's aria Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni
from La sonnambula

Giulietta's recitative and aria Eccomi in lieta vesta… Oh, quante volte
from I Capuleti e i Montecchi

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Amenaida's aria Come dolce all’alma mia
from Tancredi 

The aria Onore, gloria ed alto omaggio
from Il viaggio a Reims

INTERMISSION

GIUSEPPE VERDI
The quartet Bella figlia dell'amore
from Rigoletto 

CHARLES GOUNOD 
Julietta's waltz Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve 
from Roméo et Juliette 

Siébel's aria Faites-lui mes aveux
from Faust

STANISŁAW MONIUSZKO
Skołuba's aria Ten zegar stary
from The Haunted Manor

GEORGES BIZET
Micaëla's aria Je dis, que rien ne m'épouvante
from Carmen

RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
Tonio's aria Si può
from I Pagliacci

PIETRO MASCAGNI
Suzel's aria Son pochi fiori
from L’amico Fritz 

Santuzza's aria Voi lo sapete, o mamma
from Cavalleria rusticana 

RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
Silvio's aria E fra quest'ansie… e allor perché
from I Pagliacci

JACQUES FROMENTAL HALÉVY
Brogny's aria Si la rigueur et la vengeance
from La Juive 

FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI
Baciami to text by Riccardo Mazzola

GIACOMO PUCCINI
Liù's aria Signore, ascolta
from Turandot

Frank's aria Questo amor, vergogna mia 
from Edgar

Angelica's aria Senza mamma
from Suor Angelica

Schaunard's scene Abbasso, abbasso l’autor!..  
from La bohème 
 

PERFORMERS

Kamila Dutkowska soprano
Izabella Fabrycka soprano
Daria Korolova soprano
Adriana Masiak soprano
Marta Mazanek-Matuszewska soprano
Iryna Melnyk soprano
Katarzyna Pawłowska soprano
Viktoriia Shamanska soprano
Anna Ziółek soprano
Dariia Burenko mezzo-soprano
Emilia Rabczak mezzo-soprano
Nataliia Tepla mezzo-soprano
Weronika Wojtkowska mezzo-soprano
Taras Korol tenor
Krzysztof Lachman tenor
Adam Dobek baritone
Wojciech Kaczmarek baritone
Aleksander Kaczuk-Jagielnik baritone
Mateusz Kulczyński baritone
Filip Awksietijuk bass
Ciulkin Grzegorz bass
Sebastian Rutkowski bass

Pianists:
Michał Basista, Tetiana Boilo, Natalia Jadzińska, Julia Klimek, Gabriela Lasota, Bohdana Mandziuk, Mateusz Słowikowski, Weronika Staszek, Nastassia Viadziorchyk

Introduction: Dorota Kozińska