French Vocal Music

Part I

Charles GOUNOD

“La siesta”
duet on an anonymous Spanish text

Daria Brusova (soprano)
Anna Iurkus (mezzo-soprano)

“Au Rossignol”
to lyrics by Aphonse de Lamartine

Roman Kollert (tenor) — 12.02
Mark Kim (tenor) — 14.02
Lyudmila Khersonskaya (violin)

“Au printemps”
to lyrics by Jules Barbier

Albina Tonkikh (soprano)
Valeria Torunova (mezzo-soprano)

“Medje”
to lyrics by Jules Barbier

Bogdan Guenok (baritone)
Stepan Khudyakov (cello)

“Le soir”
to lyrics by Aphonse de Lamartine

Ilya Legatov (tenor) — 14.02

“Barcarola”
to lyrics by Giuseppe Zaffira

Daria Brusova (soprano)

“Repentir”
to lyrics by Alfred William Phillips

Zarina Bagaeva (soprano)
Anna Iurkus (mezzo-soprano)
Mikhail Gaiduk (trumpet)

Jules MASSENET

“Les fleurs”
duet to lyrics by Jacques Normand

Elene Gvritishvili (soprano) — 12.02
Roman Kollert (tenor) — 12.02
Anna Iurkus (mezzo-soprano) — 14.02
Bogdan Guenok (baritone) — 14.02

“Marquise”
to lyrics by Armand Silvestre

Mark Kim (tenor)
Stepan Khudyakov (cello)

“Madrigal”
to lyrics by Armand Silvestre

Elene Gvritishvili (soprano)
Valeria Voshchennikova (harp)

“Joie!”, op. 2 No. 5
duet to lyrics by Camille Distel

Lilit Davtyan (soprano) — 12.02
Valeria Torunova (mezzo-soprano) — 12.02

“Élégie”
to lyrics by Louis Gallet

Demian Onufrak (bass) — 12.02
Zhasur Khaidarov (bass) — 14.02
Stepan Khudyakov (cello)

Manon’s aria from the opera Manon

Lilit Davtyan (soprano) — 12.02
Daria Brusova (soprano) — 14.02

Dulcinée’s aria from the opera Don Quichotte

Valeria Torunova (mezzo-soprano) — 12.02
Anna Iurkus (mezzo-soprano) — 14.02

Duet of Thaïs and Athanaël from the opera Thaïs

Zarina Bagaeva (soprano)
Maxim Lisiin (baritone)
Lyudmila Khersonskaya (violin)


Part II

Henri DUPARC

“Élégie”
to lyrics by Thomas Moore

Bogdan Guenok (baritone)
Lyudmila Khersonskaya (violin)

“Chanson triste”
to lyrics by Henri Cazalis (as Jean Lahor)

Zarina Bagaeva (soprano) — 12.02
Elene Gvritishvili (soprano) — 14.02

“La vie antérieure”
to lyrics by Charles Baudelaire

Zhasur Khaidarov (bass) — 12.02
Demian Onufrak (bass) — 14.02

“Sérénade florentine”
to lyrics by Henri Cazalis (as Jean Lahor)

Maxim Lisiin (baritone)

“Le manoir de Rosemonde”
to lyrics by Robert de Bonnières

Ilya Legatov (tenor) — 14.02
Mikhail Gaiduk (trumpet) — 14.02

“L’invitation au voyage”
to lyrics by Charles Baudelaire

Bogdan Guenok (baritone) — 12.02
Maxim Lisiin (baritone) — 14.02
Valeria Voshchennikova (harp)

Ernest SHAUSSON

“Les papillons”, ор. 2 No. 3
to lyrics by Théophile Gautier

Albina Tonkikh (soprano) — 12.02
Elene Gvritishvili (soprano) — 14.02

“Le temps de lilas”, ор. 19
to lyrics by Maurice Bouchor

Anna Iurkus (mezzo-soprano) — 12.02
Valeria Torunova (mezzo-soprano) — 14.02
Stepan Khudyakov (cello)

“Le colibri”, ор. 2 No. 7
to lyrics by Paulus Bourget

Elene Gvritishvili (soprano) — 12.02
Albina Tonkikh (soprano) — 14.02

“Réveil”, op. 11 No. 2
duet to lyrics by Honoré de Balzac

Anna Iurkus (mezzo-soprano)
Albina Tonkikh (soprano)

“La nuit”, op. 11 No. 1
rondel to lyrics by Théodore de Banville

Elene Gvritishvili (soprano)
Valeria Torunova (mezzo-soprano)

Jacques OFFENBACH

Prince Caprice’ aria from opéra féerie Le voyage dans la Lune

Daria Brusova (soprano)

Drunken wedding scene from the opera La Périchole

Valeria Torunova (mezzo-soprano) — 12.02
Anna Iurkus (mezzo-soprano) — 14.02

Waltz of Edwige from the opera Robinson Crusoé

Lilit Davtyan (soprano) — 12.02

Barcarola from the opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann

all soloists
Valeria Voshchennikova (harp)
Stepan Khudyakov (cello)

Piano part: Sergei Konstantinov, Tovuz Abbasova, Nikolai Edukin, Evgeny Zakharov

Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra artists:
Lyudmila Khersonskaya (violin)
Mikhail Gaiduk (trumpet)
Valeria Voshchennikova (harp)
Stepan Khudyakov (cello)

Teacher-coach: Ruzanna Lisitsian