Kristine Opolais áriakoncertje / BTF 2020

Verdi: I vespri siciliani – ouverture

Verdi: La forza del destino – Pace, pace mio Dio!

Verdi: La traviata – De’ miei bollenti spiriti

Verdi: La traviata – Prelude to Act 1

Verdi: La traviata – Un dì, felice, eterea

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur – Intermezzo

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur – Io son l’umile ancella

Giordano: Fedora – Intermezzo

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi – O mio babbino caro

Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana – Intermezzo

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur – Poveri fiori

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur – Maurizio! Signore!

Puccini: Madama Butterfly – Intermezzo

Puccini: Madama Butterfly – Addio, fiorito asil

Puccini: Madama Butterfly – Un bel dì vedremo

Featuring: Jose Simerilla Romero – voice, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

Conductor: Gianluca Marcianò

The Latvian Kristine Opolais is one of the brightest singer stars of the past decade, who sings at the world’s leading opera houses and has a penchant for Puccini. She has appeared at the Staatsoper in Vienna, the Staatsoper Berlin, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Zurich Opera House, the Covent Garden in London, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Her performances at the latter venue were streamed live to the delight of opera lovers the world over. Also, she has a historic achievement to her name: in 2014 she sang her debut in two roles with only 18 hours between them.

Covent Garden is also close to her heart, where she sang the title role of Tosca in the 2018/2019 season, making The Telegraph call her “the leading Puccini soprano of today.”

The singer has appeared in concert with some of the world’s foremost conductors and orchestras, at the Salzburg Festival, the BBC Proms, the Tanglewood Festival, the Musikverein in Vienna, and Carnegie Hall.

This concert of the Budapest Spring Festival is presented by Müpa Budapest.