Program

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin, Op. 24

Polonaise

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, The Golden Cockerel

The Queen of Shemakha’s aria (Hymn to the Sun)

Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Iolanta, Op. 69

King's Arioso, "Uzheli rokom osuzhden"

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades, Op. 68

II: Yeletsky’s aria

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Oprichnik

Natasha’s Aria

Gioachino Rossini, Semiramide

Arsace’s recitative and cavatina

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades, Op. 68

II: Yeletsky’s aria

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Enchantress

II: Scene & Prince's Arioso "Kol s delom ty, v drygoye vremya"

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, The Tsar's Bride

Marfa’s Aria

Richard Strauss, Ariadne Auf Naxos, Op. 60

Prologue: Ariadne auf Naxos, Herr

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades, Op. 68

III, 2: "Uzh polnoch' blizitsya" (Liza)

Richard Wagner, The Valkyrie, WWV 86B

III, 3 - "Leb’ wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!"

Umberto Giordano, Andrea Chénier

III: "Nemico della patria"

Giuseppe Verdi, La forza del destino

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Oprichnik

Morozova’s scene and aria

Giuseppe Verdi, Un ballo in maschera

Renato's aria

Giuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra

Gabriele Adorno's Recitative and Aria

Charles Gounod, Romeo and Juliet

IV, 17: Scene and Air "Dieu! quel frisson court dans mes veines?"

XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition: Voice Final

#TCH16

Cast

Aigul Khismatullina — Soprano

Maria Motoligina — Soprano

Georgios Alexandros Stavrakakis — Bass

Gihoon Kim — Baritone

Oksana Mayorova — Soprano

Maria Barakova — Mezzo-soprano

Enkhbold Ankhbayar — Baritone

Migran Agagzanyan — Tenor

Program notes

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A closer look: featured composers

Richard Wagner

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Giuseppe Verdi

Richard Strauss

Further listening: featured works

The Valkyrie, WWV 86B

Richard Wagner (Composer)

Eugene Onegin, Op. 24

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)

The Queen of Spades, Op. 68

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Composer)

Un ballo in maschera

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer)

La forza del destino

Giuseppe Verdi (Composer)

Ariadne Auf Naxos, Op. 60

Richard Strauss (Composer)