July 28, 2019, 8 PM
Great Hall of the Dzintari Concert Hall

GALA Concert. Italian opera arias

Performers: opera soloists Aleksandrs Antoņenko (tenor), Egils Siliņš (bass baritone), Deniz Uzun (mezzo-soprano, Germany), Alisa Zinovjeva (soprano), Jūrmala festival choir, Jūrmala festival orchestra, conductor Vello Pähn (Estonia)

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Performers

Aleksandrs Antoņenko

Aleksandrs Antoņenko

Tenor

The most prominent Latvian tenor Aleksandrs Antoņenko has conquered the world's most famous opera-theatres and concert halls over the last ten years, performing nearly 30 roles for tenors. Since 2004, he has become the most internationally renowned Latvian tenor, who has successfully debuted in Berlin's operas, Dresden Semperoper, Oslo and Stockholm Royal Opera, Geneva, Paris, Rome and Munich Opera Houses, Vienna State Opera, London Covent Garden and New York's Metropolitan Opera House. Led by conductor Riccardo Mutti, Antoņenko’s debut as Otello in the prestigious Salzburg Festival in 2008 was a tremendous success.  A year later, he successfully debuted at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, where A. Antonenko now returns regularly, playing the leading tenor roles.

Jūrmala festival orchestra

Jūrmala festival orchestra

Andriy Yurkevych

Andriy Yurkevych

Conductor

Andriy Yurkevych

Andriy Yurkevych

Conductor

Andriy Yurkevych (Ukraine) is the music director of the Prague Opera, which is part of the Czech National Theatre. Born in Zboriv (Ukraine), graduated in Orchestral Conducting in 1999 at the Lyssenko Musical Academy of Lviv (Ukraine), department Orchestral Conducting, under the guidance of Yuriy Lutsiv. Since 1996 he has been resident conductor at the National Opera Krushelnytska in Lviv where he made his debut in several operas and ballets. In 2002 Andriy Yurkevych moves to Italy and since that time he continues his career abroad. Sometimes he returns to Ukraine for special creative projects.

Andriy Yurkevych posseses the title of Honored artist of Ukraine and Moldova.

Inga Kalna

Inga Kalna

Soprano

Inga Kalna

Inga Kalna is a bright interpreter of baroque, classicism and, in recent years, romantic repertoire, which is in demand in Europe. Her soprano is rich and colorful, her coloratura technique is amazing, her sense of style is precise and competent. As a freelance artist, Inga Kalna performs at Hamburg State Opera, Vienna State Opera, Paris National Opera, Brussels La Monnaie, Milan La Scala, Salzburg Festival and other prestigious concert venues and festivals. Inga Kalna's repertoire includes the lyrical soprano parts, chamber music and extended works of almost all operas by the most prominent Western European composers, including the sacred works of Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Berlioz, Verdi and Mahler's Fourth Symphony.

Dorothee Bienert

Dorothee Bienert

Mezzo-soprano

Dorothee Bienert

Dorothee Bienert

Mezzo-soprano

Born in Oldenburg, she has been a permanent member of the ensemble at the Landestheater Detmold since the 21/22 season.

Jānis Apeinis

Jānis Apeinis

Baritone

Jānis Apeinis

Baritone Jānis Apeinis graduated from the Vocal Department of Jāzeps Vītolas Latvian Academy of Music (2002) and his master's degree (2004) with prof. Arvīdas Imanta Luste.