Name: Opera Gala With Celine Byrne
Start: 2023-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
Location: National Concert Hall (NCH)

Organization

Direzione d'orchestra

Proinnsias Ó Duinn

Cantante

Celine Byrne

Voice

Soloist

voice

National Concert Hall

Orchestra

National Symphony Orchestra

Opera Gala With Celine Byrne

Dublino

Irlanda

National Concert Hall (NCH)

Main Auditorium

Public

España

Il ragazzo ebreo

La Maja y el Ruiseñor

Por una Cabeza (arr. John Williams)

Alborada del gracioso

Les Filles de Cadix

Giuditta

Il Carnevale Romano Op. 9 H 95

Faust

Tannhäuser

Manon Lescaut

Turandot

La Wally

Approvato

An evening of Spanish zarzuela and tangos, French song, exquisite operetta and emotion-filled opera arias with star soprano Celine Byrne whose voice has been described as ‘extraordinary’ (The Irish Times), ‘magnificent’ (Irish Independent) and ‘perhaps the most beautiful voice I’ve ever heard’ (The Arts Desk).

Proinnsías Ó Duinn, now into his seventh decade conducting the National Symphony Orchestra, makes a welcome return to the podium. 

Spain in all its sun-kissed, sultry splendour is celebrated in Pablo Luna’s vivacious De España vengo and Carlos Gardel’s Tango (Pour Una Cabeza) arranged by John Williams, while Delibes borrows Spanish-accented passion for the vivacious vocal splendour of Les filles de Cadix even as a hint of the shadows cast by the Iberian sun is heard in Granados’ ‘La Maja y el Ruiseñor’ (Goyescas), a plaintive tale of a maiden and a nightingale.

The tumultuous highs and lows of the heart are on display in the coquettish Viennese sensuality of Lehár’s ‘Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss’ (Giuditta), the noble celebration of Wagner’s ‘Dich, teure Halle’ (Tannhäuser), the forlorn resignation and leave-taking of ‘Ebben? Ne andrò Iontana’ from Catalani’s La Wally, and in the haunting agony of Puccini’s ‘In quelle trine morbide’ (Manon Lescaut) and chill horror of Turandot’s ‘Tu, che di gel sei cinta’.

With its dazzling display of coloratura brilliance, Gounod’s sparkling ‘Jewel Song’ from Faust promises to be an unmissable highlight.

English

Crediti di rappresentazione (Cast e team di produzione )

Cast

Ensemble