In Theatres 26/10/2024

An Evening of Operatic Arias

An Evening of Operatic Arias

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Genre

Music

Run time

1h 30min

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Teatru Manoel presents a unique evening of operatic arias performed by

Nico Darmanin, tenor

Elena Brazhnyk, soprano

Adrian Kelly, piano

Programme:

Languir per una bella

From L’Italiana in Algeri

Gioachino Rossini, libretto Angelo Anelli

Caro Elisir

From L’Elisir d’Amore

Gaetano Donizetti

Quel guardo il Cavaliere

From Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti

Un furtiva lagrima

From L’Elisir d’Amore

Gaetano Donizetti

O luce di quest’anima

From Linda di Chamounix

Gaetano Donizetti

Linda! Linda! … da quel di che tincontrai

From Linda di Chamounix

Donizetti

Deserto in terra

From Don Sebastiano

Gaetano Donizetti

Tornami a dir che m’ami

From Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti

Ah non credea mirarti

From La Sonnambola

Vincenzo Bellini

Ah! perche non posso odiarti

From La Sonnambola

Vincenzo Bellini

Son geloso del sefiro errante

From La Sonnambola

Vincenzo Bellini

Je suis Titania

From Mignon

Ambroise Thomas

Asile hereditaire

Air D’Arnold from Guillaume Tell

Gioachino Rossini

Duration is 90 minutes including one interval.

Nico Darmanin

Since making his Royal Opera House debut in 2013 in Les Vepres Siciliennes under Pappano, Maltese tenor Nico Darmanin has established himself as a leading exponent of bel canto repertoire.

He returns to his beloved Malta and Teatru Manoel for this special performance of operatic arias together with soprano Elena Brazhnyk and accompanied on piano by conductor Adrian Kelly.

Nico Darmanin’s current and recent engagements include, among others, Conte Almaviva (Teatro la Fenice, Opera National de Lorraine, Welsh National Opera, Opera Holland Park), Don Ramiro (Scottish Opera, The Grange Festival), Ernesto (Opera de Dijon, Welsh National Opera, Estonian National Opera) Alfredo (Opera de Limoges, Opera North, Estonian National Opera), Conte Belfiore (Pesaro Rossini Festival), Don Ottavio (Opera de Bordeaux, Israeli Opera, Nederlandse Reisopera, Oper Vlaanderen) Italian Tenor in Rosenkavalier (Oper Vlaanderen), Le Comte Ory (Dorset Opera), and Rodrigo in Rossini’s Otello (Teatro Manoel, Valletta). On the concert platform, Nico has given recitals in the US and Canada as well as in Europe and has appeared as Nicias (Thais) and Osiride (Mose in Egitto) with Chelsea Opera Group. He also recently performed Raimbaud in Robert le Diable with Minkowski at the Opera National de Bordeaux, a performance that has just been released on disc. His other recordings include music by Arthur Sullivan and a disc of Massenet songs, both with Richard Bonynge. Future plans include engagements with Glyndebourne, his debut at the Teatro Regio in Turin, and a performance and recording of Bertin’s Fausto with the Theatre Champs Elysee.



Elena Brazhnyk

Soprano Elena Brazhnyk has studied chorus conducting at the Kiev National University of Culture and Arts (2002–2007, the class of A. Marhlevsky and N. Krechko) and singing at the National Tchaikovsky Music Academy of Ukraine (2007–2012, the class of E. Miroshnychenko and I. Semenenko). During her studies, she made her opera debut with the role of Marfa (Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tsar’s Bride”). Elena Brazhnyk has participated in the master class of Vilma Vernocchi. In 2016, she debuted in the Estonian National Opera with the role of Gilda in Verdi’s “Rigoletto”. Since July 2022 she is a soloist of the Estonian National Opera. Elena is a finalist of the Klaudia Taev Singing Competition (2015), the laureate of the Harjumaa County Theatre Prize (2024) and the SEB Audience Award (2024).



Adrian Kelly

English conductor Adrian Kelly, who will be accompanying the singers, became a member of the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden following his studies at the University of Cambridge, and was then a coach at the Hamburg State Opera. He is Artistic Director of the Buxton International Festival and Principal Guest Conductor at the Salzburger Landestheater, where he was previously Music Director. He has worked regularly at the Salzburg Festival and has also worked with conductors such as Antonio Pappano, Mark Elder, Peter Schneider, Nicola Luisotti, Philippe Jordan and Simone Young. He has been musical director of the Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival since 2015.

Genre

Music

Run time

1h 30min

Teatru Manoel presents a unique evening of operatic arias performed by

Nico Darmanin, tenor

Elena Brazhnyk, soprano

Adrian Kelly, piano

Programme:

Languir per una bella

From L’Italiana in Algeri

Gioachino Rossini, libretto Angelo Anelli

Caro Elisir

From L’Elisir d’Amore

Gaetano Donizetti

Quel guardo il Cavaliere

From Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti

Un furtiva lagrima

From L’Elisir d’Amore

Gaetano Donizetti

O luce di quest’anima

From Linda di Chamounix

Gaetano Donizetti

Linda! Linda! … da quel di che tincontrai

From Linda di Chamounix

Donizetti

Deserto in terra

From Don Sebastiano

Gaetano Donizetti

Tornami a dir che m’ami

From Don Pasquale

Gaetano Donizetti

Ah non credea mirarti

From La Sonnambola

Vincenzo Bellini

Ah! perche non posso odiarti

From La Sonnambola

Vincenzo Bellini

Son geloso del sefiro errante

From La Sonnambola

Vincenzo Bellini

Je suis Titania

From Mignon

Ambroise Thomas

Asile hereditaire

Air D’Arnold from Guillaume Tell

Gioachino Rossini

Duration is 90 minutes including one interval.

Nico Darmanin

Since making his Royal Opera House debut in 2013 in Les Vepres Siciliennes under Pappano, Maltese tenor Nico Darmanin has established himself as a leading exponent of bel canto repertoire.

He returns to his beloved Malta and Teatru Manoel for this special performance of operatic arias together with soprano Elena Brazhnyk and accompanied on piano by conductor Adrian Kelly.

Nico Darmanin’s current and recent engagements include, among others, Conte Almaviva (Teatro la Fenice, Opera National de Lorraine, Welsh National Opera, Opera Holland Park), Don Ramiro (Scottish Opera, The Grange Festival), Ernesto (Opera de Dijon, Welsh National Opera, Estonian National Opera) Alfredo (Opera de Limoges, Opera North, Estonian National Opera), Conte Belfiore (Pesaro Rossini Festival), Don Ottavio (Opera de Bordeaux, Israeli Opera, Nederlandse Reisopera, Oper Vlaanderen) Italian Tenor in Rosenkavalier (Oper Vlaanderen), Le Comte Ory (Dorset Opera), and Rodrigo in Rossini’s Otello (Teatro Manoel, Valletta). On the concert platform, Nico has given recitals in the US and Canada as well as in Europe and has appeared as Nicias (Thais) and Osiride (Mose in Egitto) with Chelsea Opera Group. He also recently performed Raimbaud in Robert le Diable with Minkowski at the Opera National de Bordeaux, a performance that has just been released on disc. His other recordings include music by Arthur Sullivan and a disc of Massenet songs, both with Richard Bonynge. Future plans include engagements with Glyndebourne, his debut at the Teatro Regio in Turin, and a performance and recording of Bertin’s Fausto with the Theatre Champs Elysee.



Elena Brazhnyk

Soprano Elena Brazhnyk has studied chorus conducting at the Kiev National University of Culture and Arts (2002–2007, the class of A. Marhlevsky and N. Krechko) and singing at the National Tchaikovsky Music Academy of Ukraine (2007–2012, the class of E. Miroshnychenko and I. Semenenko). During her studies, she made her opera debut with the role of Marfa (Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tsar’s Bride”). Elena Brazhnyk has participated in the master class of Vilma Vernocchi. In 2016, she debuted in the Estonian National Opera with the role of Gilda in Verdi’s “Rigoletto”. Since July 2022 she is a soloist of the Estonian National Opera. Elena is a finalist of the Klaudia Taev Singing Competition (2015), the laureate of the Harjumaa County Theatre Prize (2024) and the SEB Audience Award (2024).



Adrian Kelly

English conductor Adrian Kelly, who will be accompanying the singers, became a member of the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden following his studies at the University of Cambridge, and was then a coach at the Hamburg State Opera. He is Artistic Director of the Buxton International Festival and Principal Guest Conductor at the Salzburger Landestheater, where he was previously Music Director. He has worked regularly at the Salzburg Festival and has also worked with conductors such as Antonio Pappano, Mark Elder, Peter Schneider, Nicola Luisotti, Philippe Jordan and Simone Young. He has been musical director of the Young Singers Project at the Salzburg Festival since 2015.

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6 Years & Over

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2024

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26/10/2024