DomStufen-Open Air 2020
The entire evening is dedicated to opera gloriosa. Look forward to excerpts from famous operas by Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini. Experience arias and ensembles from Nabucco, The Troubadour, La Traviata, Manon Lescaut, and Madame Butterfly. International singing stars and impressive choirs are the performers of this Italian opera evening against the impressive backdrop of Erfurt Cathedral.
Program and Cast
Overture
to La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi
Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra
Zaccaria's Aria "Come notte al sol fulgente"
from Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi
Wieland Satter | Kakhaber Shavidze
Opera choir of the Erfurt Theater
Duet Abigail – Nabucco “Oh di qual onta aggravasi / Deh perdona”
from Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi
Yulianna Bawarska (Abigail)
Federico Longhi (Nabucco) | Siyabulela Ntlale (Nabucco)
Choir of the Scottish refugees “Patria oppressa”
from Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi
Opera choir of the Erfurt Theater
Macduff's aria “Ah, la paterna mano”
from Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi
Yu Shao | Brett Sprague
Aria by Leonora “Tacea la notte placida / Di tale amor”
from Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
Yulianna Bawarska (Leonora)
Cornelia Ketelhut (Ines) | Ibolya Rudas (Ines)
only 10th/12th/16th/23rd/29th July / August 2nd
Aria by Germont “Di provenza il mar”
from La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Siyabulela Ntlale
only 18th/25th/31st July
Aria by Conte Luna “Il balen del suo sorriso / Per me ora fatale”
from Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi
Federico Longhi (Luna)
Borislav Rashkov (Ferrando) | Dmitry Ryabchikov (Ferrando)
Erfurt Theater Opera Choir
Humbling Chorus
from Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
Erfurt Theater Opera Choir
Intermezzo Sinfonico
from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni
Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra
Manon's Aria "Sola, perduta"
from Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini
Yulianna Bawarska
Filippo's Aria "Ella giammai m'amò"
from Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi
Wieland Satter | Kakhaber Shavidze
Chorus of Jewish Prisoners (Prisoners' Chorus) "Va' pensiero"
from Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi
Erfurt Theater Opera Choir
Drinking Song "Libiamo"
from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
Yulianna Bawarska (Violetta)
Yu Shao (Alfredo) | Brett Sprague (Alfredo)
Erfurt Theater Opera Choir