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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 SigurðarsonMir ist so wunderbar from Fidelio
Gunnar Björn Jónsson
Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir
Kristín Sveinsdóttir

CHOIRS
Langholtskirkja Choir, Magnús Ragnarsson, Choir Conductor
The Motet Choir, Stefan Sand, Choir Conductor

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.