FULL OPERA UNDER THE STARS Midsummer Vilnius 2021 Kristian Benedikt aka Vaidas Vyšniauskas

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: OPERA UNDER THE STARS Midsummer Vilnius 2019 Kristian Benedikt  
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various  
• Venue & Opera Company: Courtyard of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania  
• Recorded: July 22, 2021
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Kristian Benedikt aka Vaidas Vyšniauskas
• Conductor: Modestas Pitrėnas  
• Orchestra: Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: LRT  
• Date Published: 2022  
• Format: Broadcast
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  The performance prominently showcased the staple roles that built Kristian Benedikt/Vyšniauskas’s international career:
  • • Giuseppe Verdi — Otello
      • • Featured the powerful tragic arias and dramatic entrance pieces of the Moor of Venice, which is Vyšniauskas’s absolute signature role worldwide. [1, 2]

    • Giacomo Puccini — Turandot
      • • Included the definitive, show-stopping tenor aria “Nessun dorma”.

    • Pietro Mascagni — Cavalleria rusticana (Kaimietiška garbė)
      • • Showcased the passionate, high-intensity arias of Turiddu alongside orchestral intermezzos played by the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. [1, 2]

    • Umberto Giordano — Andrea Chénier
      • • Included the politically charged and highly romantic verismo test-pieces for dramatic tenor.

  🎻 Orchestral Interludes
  • Conductor Modestas Pitrėnas and the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra filled the program’s instrumentals with dynamic overtures and opera intermezzos to give the soloist vocal rest periods during the demanding open-air set.
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