Festive New Year's Concert – «About Last Night»

Description

Vocal music gives the New Year's concert a festive character with two solo voices. Marina Viotti marks a great reunion: the mezzo-soprano was once part of the Lucerne Theater ensemble and is now internationally successful. A discovery is the Kazakh bass Mark Kurmanbayev, who advances his career with engagements in Geneva, Aix-en-Provence, and Naples, among others. The program, festively adorned with evergreens, combines opera and song with jazz, chanson, and cabaret. The title «About Last Night» refers to love adventures, confusions, encounters, and those stories that resonate after a long night. Excerpts from «Carmen» and «Die Fledermaus», Arthur Hamilton's «Cry Me a River», Erik Satie's «Je te veux», and Mozart's «La ci darem la mano» tell of approach, longing, and seduction. Finally, the evening culminates in the champagne song and the Emperor Waltz by Johann Strauss – sparkling, elegant, and with the best New Year's mood. On January 2, the program will be repeated in a family-friendly version shortened to about one hour. Cast
Conductor: Vincenzo Milletarì
Mezzo-soprano: Marina Viotti
Bass: Mark Kurmanbayev Program
Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868)
Overture to the opera L’Italiana in Algeri | 8’ Aria «Cruda sorte» from the opera L’Italiana in Algeri | 5’ Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)
Aria «Séguedille» from the opera Carmen | 4’ Aria «Votre Toast» from the opera Carmen | 5’ Selection from Carmen Suite No. 1 | 10’ Erik Satie (1866 – 1925)
«Je te veux» | 5’ Arthur Hamilton (1926 – 2025)
«Cry Me a River» | 4’ Norbert Glanzberg (1910 – 2001)
«Padam, Padam» | 4’ Jacques Offenbach (1819 – 1880)
«Galop infernal» («Infernal Can-can») from the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld | 2’ «Je t’adore brigand» from the operetta La Périchole | 3’ William Bolcom (*1938)
«Song of Black Max» from Cabaret Songs | 4’ Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943)
Aria «Ves’ tabor spit» from the opera Aleko | 5’ Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)
Aria «Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix» from the opera Samson et Dalila, op. 47 | 5’ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Duet «La ci darem la mano» from the opera Don Giovanni, KV 527 | 3’ Johann Strauss II (1825 – 1899)
«Im Feuerstrom der Reben» («Champagne Song») from the operetta Die Fledermaus | 3’ Emperor Waltz, op. 437 | 10’

Highlights

• Festive New Year's concert with Marina Viotti and Mark Kurmanbayev
• Program combines opera, jazz, chanson, and cabaret
• Repeat on January 2 in a family-friendly version

General Information

The New Year's concert «About Last Night» takes place at the KKL Lucerne and offers a mix of vocal music and festive atmosphere. With well-known melodies from operas and jazz pieces, an entertaining program is presented that deals with themes of love and encounters.

Location

Europaplatz 1, 6005 Luzern, Switzerland

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