FULL OPERA CONCERT Kaunas 2019 Veronika Dzhioeva, Kostas Smoriginas

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Opera Concert  
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various  
• Venue & Opera Company: Kaunas State Philharmonic, Lithuania  
• Recorded: March 15, 2019
• Type: Concert Live

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

The program consisted of the following arias, duets, and orchestral pieces:

Veronika Dzhioeva (Soprano) Solo Arias
• Giuseppe Verdi: “Ritorna vincitor!” (from Aida)
• Giuseppe Verdi: “Pace, pace, mio Dio” (from La forza del destino)
• Giacomo Puccini: “In questa reggia” (from Turandot)
• Giacomo Puccini: “Sola, perduta, abbandonata” (from Manon Lescaut)
• Giacomo Puccini: “Vissi d’arte” (from Tosca)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: “Uzh polnoch blizitsya” / Lisa’s Arioso (from The Queen of Spades)

Kostas Smoriginas (Baritone) Solo Arias
• Georges Bizet: “Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre” / The Toreador Song (from Carmen)
• Giuseppe Verdi: “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata” (from Rigoletto)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni’s Serenade or Champagne Aria (from Don Giovanni)
• Anton Rubinstein: Arias from The Demon (one of Smoriginas’s internationally celebrated title roles)

Duets & Orchestral Interludes
• Verdi & Puccini Duets: Dramatic soprano/baritone scenes, notably from Tosca and Il trovatore.
• Overtures & Intermezzi: Instrumental pieces performed by the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra to open the concert and transition between vocal sets.
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