Final – QSSC 2023
Six finalists will sing opera aries with The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, conducted by James Gaffigan. Hosted by Lise Davidsen.
Here is an overview of the program for the final concert at the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet on Saturday, August 26th at 6:00 PM.
Claudio Monteverdi
L’orfeo – Toccata (fanfare for the entry of HM Queen Sonja)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin (overture)
Lise Davidsen wishes welcome and presents the first two singers.
Navasard Hakobyan, baritone, Armenia (b. 1998)
Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermoor
Cruda funesta smania (Enrico)
Nils Wanderer, countertenor, Germany (1993)
Benjamin
Written on Skin
This Says the Boy (The Boy)
Lise Davidsen presents the next two singers.
Jasmin White, contralto, USA (1993)
Handel
Semele
Awake Saturnia…Iris Hence Away (Juno)
Vladyslav Tlushch, baritone, Ukraine (1992)
Bellini
I puritani
Or dove fuggio io mai?…Ah per sempre (Riccardo)
Lise Davidsen presents the final two singers.
Rebecka Wallroth, mezzo-soprano, Sweden (1999)
Mozart
La clemenza di Tito
Parto, parto (Sesto)
Aksel Daveyan, baritone, Armenia (1995)
Tchaikovsky
Iolanta
Kto mozhet sravnit’sia (Robert)
INTERMISSION (approx. 18:50-19:15)
Claudio Monteverdi
L’orfeo – Toccata (fanfare for the entry of HM Queen Sonja)
Lise Davidsen presents the first two singers and their arias.
Jasmin White
Wagner
Das Rheingold
Weiche, Wotan! Weiche! (Erda)
Aksel Daveyan
Gounod
Faust
Avant de quitter ces lieux (Valentin)
Lise Davidsen presents the next two singers and their arias.
Rebecka Wallroth
Sibelius
Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte
Navasard Hakobyan
Tchaikovsky
Pique Dame
Ja vas lyublyu (Yeletsky)
Lise Davidsen presents the final two singers and their arias.
Nils Wanderer
Handel
Tolomeo
Stille amare (Tolomeo)
Vladyslav Tlushch
Thomas
Hamlet
Ò vin, dissipe la tristesse (Hamlet)