The ‘spectacular opening’ (Salzburger Nachrichten) of the Grafenegg Festival 2018 presented at the Midsummer Night's Gala lots of famous opera aria and orchestral hits from Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Bellini, Offenbach, Elgar and more. The Tonkunstler Orchestra under Yutaka Sado was joined by the ‘terrific singer’ (Kurier) Pretty Yende, her ‘congenial partner’ (Kurier) Joseph Calleja and the wonderful cellist Harriet Krijgh. ‘A feast for the ears’ (Kurier).
Rossini: La gazza ladra Overture
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Verdi: Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida)
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Bellini: O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani)
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Offenbach: Les Larmes de Jacqueline (No. 3 from Harmonies des bois, Op. 76)
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Harriet Krijgh (cello), Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczi March
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Harriet Krijgh (cello), Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Giménez: Me llaman la primorosa (from El Barbero de Sevilla)
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Bernstein: Maria (from West Side Story)
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra: Waltz
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Arditi: Il Bacio
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Verdi: Aida: Ballabile
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Puccini: E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca)
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Verdi: Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata)
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1
Tonkunstler Orchestra
Yutaka Sado
Pretty Yende (soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor)
