Italian or French? Pearls of opera literature

25.07.2023. I Church of the Assumption of Mary, Jelsa I 9:00 p.m

Martina Menegoni, Dagmar Drechslerova, Martina Barišić, Gabrijela Hrženjak, Petra Cik, Hana Ilčić, Magdalena Rogošić, Mislav Lucić.

Artistic director: Simon Dešpalj (Orlando – Florida, USA, 1974) graduated in conducting in 1999 at the Academy of Music in Zagreb with prof. Vjekoslav Šutej.

He started working as a conductor and choirmaster in 2000 at the Croatian National Theater in Osijek, since 2004 he has been employed at the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb, and since 2010 he has been the title assistant at the Music Academy in Zagreb in the Department of Singing. In 2013, he was accepted as an assistant professor and permanently employed at the Academy of Arts in Osijek for the courses Study of Opera Roles and Conducting, and in 2016 he moved to the Academy of Music in Zagreb in the same position. In 2022, he will be promoted to the title of associate professor at the same institution.

He conducted orchestras in Croatia (Zagreb Academy of Music, INK Pula, Zagreb Philharmonic, Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, Zadar Chamber Orchestra, Croatian Chamber Orchestra), at the Osijek Summer of Culture, at HNK Osijek and HNK Zagreb; he performed at concerts and seminars throughout Croatia and in Slovenia, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Serbia, Kosovo, Israel, France and Montenegro.

Program:

Ch. W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, aria Amor – Hana Ilčić
W. A. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, duet Suzanne and Marzelline – Petra Cik and Magdalena Rogošić
G. Donizetti: Elisir d’amore, aria Nemorina – Mislav Lucić
G. Verdi: Rigoletto, Gilda aria – Gabrijela Hrženjak
G. Bizet: Carmen, Habanera – Martina Menegoni
G. Bizet: Carmen, aria Micaela – Martina Barišić
Ch. Gounod: Romeo et Juliette, aria Juliette – Hana Ilčić
C. Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila, aria Dalila – Martina Menegoni
G. Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, aria Lauretta – Petra Cik
Ch. Gounod: Sapho, tercet Sapho, Glycere and Phaona -Dagmar Drechslerova, Martina Barišić and Mislav Lucić
A. Tomas: Hamlet, madness of Ophelia – Gabrijela Hrženjak
G. Bizet: Carmen, tercet Frasquite, Mercedes and Carmen and aria Carmen from the card scene – Hana Ilčić, Magdalena Rogošić and Martina Menegoni
Ch. Gounod: Sapho, aria Sapho – Dagmar Drechslerova
Artistic director: Associate Professor of Art. Simon Dešpalj