12th Charity Concert “Music Works Miracles” — Sir Bryn Terfel

Bryn Terfel County

PFBGianLuca Marciano Orchestra — conductor Bryn Terfel — baritone

Programa:

Giuseppe Verdi — Overture to the opera Sicilian Vespers [9'] Arrigo Boito — Son Io spiro che nega — aria of Mephistopheles from the opera Mephistopheles [4'] Charles Gounod — Le veau d'or (Song of the Golden Calf) from the opera Faust [4'] Jacques Offenbach — Overture to the opera Orpheus in Hell [9'] Giuseppe Verdi — Credo from the opera Otello [5'] Kurt Weill — Die Moritat von Mackie Messer from The Opera for Three Pence [3'] George Gershwin — It ain't necessarily so from the opera Porgy and Bess [3']

Break [20']

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Overture to the opera Cosi fan tutte [4'] Non piu andrai to the opera The Marriage of Figaro [4'] Aria Io ti lascio, o cara, addio KV 245 [7'] Rodgers & Hammerstein — Overture to the musical South Pacific [5'] Some Enchanted Evening from the musical South Pacific [3'] Jerry Bock — Gdynia I would be rich from the musical Fiddler on the Roof [5']

Sir Bryn TerfelThe famous bass baritone who enchants audiences all over the world with his powerful voice and great presence. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, winning two prestigious awards: the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Award and the Gold Medal in 1989. At the same time, he also won the Lieder Prize in the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, which brought him international recognition and launched his great career. He made his debut in 1990 at the Welsh National Opera, quickly gaining the attention of listeners and critics, who appreciated his rich, sonorous voice and dramatic interpretations. The following years brought performances on major opera stages, including the Royal Opera House, the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera. Sir Bryn Terfel's repertoire spans a wide range of roles, from Figar Mozart to Falstaff Verdi, proving his versatility. The artist has received many accolades, including Grammy Awards and the British title of nobility for services to music. In May 2023, he performed at the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London.

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Gianluca Marciano, photo by Hadi Jbeily

Gianluca MarciaPrincipal conductor of the Orchestra della Magna Grecia in Taranto and Matera (Italy), artistic director of the Al Bustan Festival and the Chelsea Opera Group, praised by the Sunday Times for his theatrical and idiomatic conducting. It comes from Lerici. He made his debut in 2006 at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Since then, his constant collaboration with opera houses in Oviedo, Minsk and Ljubljana, as well as in the United Kingdom (English National Opera, Grange Park Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North and Longborough Opera Festival) continues. During his career, Marcianò has successfully collaborated with most of the most outstanding musicians of our time, including: Sir Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson, Elina Garancha, Sumi Jo, Joseph Calleja, Simon Keenlyside, Sondra Radvanovsky, Olga Peretyatko, Danielle De Niese, Gautier Capuçon, Renaud Capuçon, Arabella Steinbacher and many, many others. He has conducted in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Polish Baltic Philharmonic, as well as in Tbilisi, Moscow, Beijing and Tokyo.

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Co-organization: Association for the Assistance of Surgeonically Ill Children

Proceeds from the concert will go to the charity of the Association.