New Year’s Eve at the Elbphilharmonie
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra / Olga Peretyatko-Mariotti / Levy Sekgapane / James Conlon
The Elbphilharmonie is not one to take a backseat when the New Year is celebrated with cheerful and lively music. Hamburg’s new concert hall on the river Elbe offers not only a unique space for (musical) festivities, but also the best view of the harbour – and the foyers stay open until midnight. The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra welcomes in the New Year with a grand bel canto gala featuring the most sublime arias by Verdi & Co. Heading the cast of singers is Russian star soprano Olga Peretyatko-Mariotti, whose thrilling voice can also be heard regularly at the Hamburg State Opera.
Peretyatko celebrated her international breakthrough in 2007 at the »Operalia« song competition, which was established by Plácido Domingo. The competition’s current winner, South African tenor Levy Sekgapane, joins the soprano on stage on this evening.
Wielding the baton for the Elbphilharmonie’s resident orchestra is the experienced opera conductor, James Conlon, who has conducted over 250 performances at the New York Met, led the Paris Opera for over 10 years and now presides as Music Director at the Los Angeles Opera since 2006.
Performers
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
Olga Peretyatko soprano
Levy Sekgapane tenor
conductor James Conlon
Programme
Gioachino Rossini
Ouvertüre zu »Semiramide«
La speranza più soave / Arie aus »Semiramide«
Bel raggio lusinghier / Arie aus »Semiramide«
Ecco, ridente in cielo / Arie aus »Il barbiere di Siviglia«
Una voce poco fa /
Ouvertüre zu »Guillaume Tell«
– Interval –
Giuseppe Verdi
Overture to »La forza del destino«
Gaetano Donizetti
Povero Ernesto / Arie aus der Oper »Don Pasquale«
Giacomo Puccini
Quando m’en vo (Wenn ich so gehe) / Walzer der Musetta aus der Oper »La Bohème«
Intermezzo 3. Akt aus der Oper »Manon Lescaut«
Charles Gounod
Ah! Je veux vivre / Walzerlied der Juliette aus »Roméo et Juliette«
Gaetano Donizetti
Ah! Mes amis / Arie aus der Oper »La fille du régiment«
Una parola, o Adina / Arie aus »L’elisir d’amore«
Estimated end time
22:15