Iceland Symphony Orchestra

PROGRAM

Gioachino Rossini The Barber of Seville, Overture

J. Offenbach: Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann

Giacomo Puccini Che gelida manina from La Bohème

Giuseppe Verdi L'onore! Ladri! from Falstaff

Antonín Dvorák Song to the moon from Rusalka

Georges Bizet Les triangles des sistres tintaient úr Carmen

Georges Bizet Toreador Song from Carmen

Giuseppe Verdi La Forza del Destino, Overture

Giuseppe Verdi Bella figlia d'amore from Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi Va, pensiero from Nabucco

Giacomo Puccini Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut

Carl Zeller Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol from The Bird Seller

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Deh, vieni alla finestra from Don Giovanni

Ludwig van Beethoven Mir ist so wunderbar from Fidelio

Gioacchino Rossini Tutto cangia, il ciel s'abbella from William Tell

CONDUCTOR

Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason

SOLOISTS

Ólafur Kjartan Sigurðarson_Mir ist so wunderbar from Fidelio_

Gunnar Björn Jónsson

Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir

Kristín Sveinsdóttir

CHOIR

Langholtskirkja Choir

CHOIR CONDUCTOR

Magnús Ragnarsson

Ólafur Kjartan Sigurðarson, Artist in Residence with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra in the current season, has been scaling the heights of the opera world in recent years, with no end in sight. In recent seasons, Ólafur has appeared in leading roles on the biggest stages of the opera world; at La Scala Opera House in Milan and at the Wagner Festival in Bayreuth, Germany.

Here, Ólafur Kjartan invites you to a truly grand soirée — this is an opera gala of the highest caliber, where distinguished guests, the singers Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir, Gunnar Björn Jónsson and Kristín Sveinsdóttir, take on various roles and perform alongside Ólafur and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conducting the performance is Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason.

This concert is filled with passionate arias and glorious duets from the greatest operatic gems, such as those by Verdi, Puccini, Giordano and Bizet — a must for those who love beautiful singing and operatic music.