Arias and Scenes from Popular Operas

Part I

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART

Duet of Fiordiligi and Dorabella “Ah guarda sorella”
from the opera Così fan tutte
Maria Motolygina (soprano)
Ulyana Biryukova (mezzo-soprano)

Duet of Guglielmo and Dorabella “Questa picciola offerta... Il core vi dono”
from the opera Così fan tutte
Ulyana Biryukova (mezzo-soprano)
Nikolai Zemlyanskikh (baritone)

Recitative and Aria of Count Almaviva “Hai già vinta la causa... Vedrò mentre io sospiro”
from the opera Le nozze di Figaro
Dmitry Cheblykov (baritone)

Recitative and aria of Susanna “Giunse alfin il momento... Deh, vieni, non tardar”
from the opera Le nozze di Figaro
Elmira Karakhanova (soprano)

Duet of Donna Anna and Don Ottavio “Ah, soccorrete, amici...Fuggi, crudele, fuggi!”
from the opera Don Giovanni
Maria Motolygina (soprano)
Alexei Kursanov (tenor)

Canzonetta of Don Giovanni “Deh, vieni alla finestra” from the opera Don Giovanni
Nikolai Zemlyanskikh (baritone)

Aria of Leporello “Madamina, il catalogo è questo” from the opera Don Giovanni
Alexei Kulagin (bass)

Aria of Don Giovanni “Fin ch’han dal vino” from the opera Don Giovanni
Dmitry Cheblykov (baritone)

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Duet of Leonore and Rocco “Nur hurting fort, nur frisch gegraben” from the opera Fidelio
Maria Motolygina (soprano)
Alexei Kulagin (bass)

Otto NICOLAI
Recitative and Aria of Frau Fluth “Nun eilt herbei... Verführer!”
from the opera Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Elizaveta Narsia (soprano)

Carl Maria von WEBER
Aria of Caspar “Schweig’! Damit dich Niemand warnt” from the opera Der Freischütz
Alexei Kulagin (bass)


Part II

Charles GOUNOD
Duet-madrigal “Ange adorable, ma main coupable” from the opera Roméo et Juliette
Elmira Karakhanova (soprano)
Alexei Kursanov (tenor)

Jules MASSENET
Aria of Charlotte “Va! Laisse couler mes larmes” from the opera Werther
Ulyana Biryukova (mezzo-soprano)

Charles GOUNOD
Duet of Marguerite and Faust “Il se fait tard, adieu” from the opera Faust
Maria Motolygina (soprano)
Alexei Kursanov (tenor)

Georges BIZET

Toreador’s Song “Votre toast, je peux vous le render” from the opera Carmen
Dmitry Cheblykov (baritone)

Duet of Carmen and Escamillo “Si tu m’aimes, Carmen” from the opera Carmen
Ulyana Biryukova (mezzo-soprano)
Dmitry Cheblykov (baritone)

Mikhail GLINKA
Aria of Ruslan “O field, field!.. From time eternal darkness”
from the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila
Alexei Kulagin (bass)

Stanisław MONIUSZKO
Recitative and Cavatina of Halka “Ha! dzieciatko nam umiera... O mój malenki!”
from the opera Halka
Maria Motolygina (soprano)

Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Recitative and aria of Gryaznoy “The beauty drove me crazy… Where did the old prowess go”
from the opera The Tsar’s Bride
Rauf Timergazin (baritone)

Scene of Lyubasha and Gryaznoy “Why are you? ... So you no longer love your Lyubasha”
from the opera The Tsar’s Bride
Rauf Timergazin (baritone)
Maria Barakova (mezzo-soprano)

Piano part: Mzia Bakhtouridze, Vera Grigorieva, Sergei Konstantinov, Anna Denisova