Cavatina Philharmonic Orchestra — New Year Concert

The New Year is worth starting in style!

The Cavatina Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Stanley Dodds invites you to a unique New Year's Concert — an evening inspired by the famous Viennese tradition, full of brilliance, elegance and timeless melodies. The programme will feature Johann Strauss's most beautiful waltzes and Poles with masterpieces of opera, operetta and symphonic music, creating a concert full of joy, emotion and New Year's atmosphere.

The audience will hear the most famous opera arias, among them the touching “O mio babbino caro” from the opera Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini, the lyrical “Song to the Moon” from Antonín Dvořák's opera Rusałek, the legendary aria “Nessun dorma” from the opera Turandot by Giacomo Puccini and the timeless “Summertime” George Gershwin. There will also be works by Stanisław Moniuszko, whose work, along with the greatest masterpieces of the world repertoire, will occupy an important place in the concert program.

The evening will be rounded off by graceful opera and operetta duets, including the romantic “O soave fanciulla” from Puccini's Bohemian, a glamorous duet from Emmerich Kálmán's Princess of the Czardo and the famous toast “Libiamo ne' lieti calici” from Traviata Verdi.

An integral element of the New Year's concert will also be dazzling orchestral works. In addition to the overture to “Revenge of the Bat”, the waltz “On the Beautiful Blue Danube” and the brilliant Poles of Johann Strauss, the exuberant dances of Antonín Dvořák and Johannes Brahms, as well as impressive compositions by Stanisław Moniuszko, including the famous Mazur from “Halka” will sound.

On stage we will hear two exceptional voices — Iwona Sobotka and Tadeusz Szlenkier.

Iwona Sobotka — soprano
Winner of the Grand Prix and 1st prize of the Queen Elizabeth International Vocal Competition in Brussels (2004), appreciated for her interpretations of opera and Polish vocal repertoire, especially works by Karol Szymanowski. She has performed on the most important stages of Europe, including the Paris Opera, the Komische Oper in Berlin and the Teatr Wielki — the National Opera in Warsaw, as well as with leading orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle.

Tadeusz Szlenkier — tenor
Tenor spinto, graduate of the University of Warsaw and Yale University, winner of the 1st prize of the International Vocal Competition Klassik-Mania in Vienna (2005). He has performed on leading opera stages in Europe and South America, including Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Teatr Wielki — National Opera in Warsaw, National Theatre in Prague and Opéra de Toulon, performing a wide repertoire including Parsifal, Lohengrin, Don Alvar, Cavaradossi and Pinkerton.

Iwona Sobotka/photo: Ośko/Bogunia

Tadeusz Szlenkier/photo by B. Banaszak

It is a concert that combines Viennese charm with operatic pomp and symphonic virtuosity. Great soloists, the Cavatina Philharmonic Orchestra and Stanley Dodds will invite the audience to celebrate the beginning of the year together to the sounds of music that has delighted music lovers around the world for generations.