Eliška Weissová – soprano
Daniel Čapkovič – baritone / Slovakia
The Philharmonic Hradec Králové
Jan Chalupecký – conductor
Program:
Bedřich Smetana: "Eternal Gods" (Libuš aria from the opera of the same name)
Pietro Mascagni: "Voi lo sapete, o mamma" (Santuzza's aria from the opera The Peasant Cavalier)
Pietro Mascagni: Oh! Il signore vi manda" (duet of Santuzza and Alfio from the opera The Cavalier Peasant)
Giuseppe Verdi: "O Carlo, ascolta" (Rodrigo aria from the opera Don Carlos)
Giuseppe Verdi: “Vienna! T'affretta" (Lady Macbeth's aria from the opera of the same name)
Giacomo Puccini: "Orsu Tosca parlate" (Scarpia and Tosca duet from the opera Tosca)
Giacomo Puccini: "Vissi d'arte" (Tosca's aria from the opera of the same name)
Umberto Giordano: "Nemico della patria?" (Aria by Carlo Gérard from the opera Andrea Chenier)
Giacomo Puccini: "In questa reggia" (Turandot aria from the opera of the same name)
Antonín Dvořák: "We wandered abroad" (duet Juliet and Bohuš from the opera Jakobín)
The conclusion of the festival will belong to soprano Eliška Weissová, who recently shone as Kostelnička at the Vienna State Opera, after already singing the role at the Welsh National Opera in the spring of this year. The Prague audience could recently hear her as Ortruda in Wagner's Lohengrin or the titular Turandot. Slovak bass-baritone Daniel Čapkovič will be the artist's partner at the final gala in Třeboň. They will perform together in solo arias and duets from the world and Czech opera repertoire.
