Live from Red Square

A big treat for opera buffs: A once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness two of Russia's greatest singers performing in their homeland.

SpectiCast, in association with Omniverse Vision in partnership with U-Live (a part of Universal Music Arts & Entertainment) is excited to screen a very special concert from Moscow's Red Square captured LIVE on Wednesday, 19th June 2013 and available for theatrical exhibition beginning Thursday, August 8, 2013.

Anna Netrebko is one of the world's most highly regarded opera singers. Acclaimed baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky appears regularly on the world's greatest stages. Appearing for the first time together in Red Square, Netrebko and Hvorostovsky will perform for one night only in front of an audience of 7500 people. The exciting program will include popular arias and duets from some of the world's best-loved operas, including Tosca, Eugene Onegin, and Il trovatore. The two Russian singers will be accompanied by conductor Constantine Orbelian, Russia's State Academic Symphony Orchestra 'Evgeny Svetlanov' and a large chorus. Director Frank Hof (whose work includes the memorable Anna Netrebko, Placido Domingo, and Rolando Villazon performance at Berlin's Waldbuhne), will faithfully capture every detail of the event with its stunning backdrop of Red Square, using 18 high definition cameras and 5.1 cinema surround sound.

Full cast list:
· Anna Netrebko soprano
· Dmitri Hvorostovsky baritone
· Constantine Orbelian conductor
· State Academic Symphony Orchestra “Evgeny Svetlanov “
· Academic Grand Choir “Masters of Choral Singing” (Lev Kontorovich, music director)

The programme (subject to change) includes:

Part I

Giuseppe Verdi – La forza del destino
Overture (Orchestra)

Giuseppe Verdi – I vespri siciliani
Merce, dilette amiche (AN)

Giuseppe Verdi – Don Carlo
Io morrò, ma lieto in core (DH)

Giuseppe Verdi – Il trovatore
Vedi! Le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus) (Chorus)

Giuseppe Verdi – Don Carlo
Tu che la vanità (AN)

Giuseppe Verdi – Il trovatore
Il balen del suo sorriso (DH)
Udiste? Come albeggi… Mira, d’acerbe lagrime (AH/DH)

Intermission

Part II

Giacomo Puccini - Tosca
Va, Tosca (Te Deum) (DH/Chorus)

Umberto Giordano – Andrea Chenier
La mamma morta (AN)

Giuseppe Verdi – Nabucco
Va, pensiero (Chorus)

Giuseppe Verdi – Rigoletto
Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (DH)

Francesco Cilea - Adriana Lecouvreur
Io son l’umile ancella (AN)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin
Bolyat moyi skori nozhenki so pokhodushki…Uzh kak po mostu, mostochku (Peasants’ Chorus and Dance) (Chorus)
Polonaise (Act III, No. 19)
Final scene (AN/DH)
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