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INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITY OPERA GALA With The World Renowned Leading Verdi Baritone PAOLO GAVANELLI | |  | The magnificent Italian baritone, Paolo Gavanelli returns to the National Concert Hall, Dublin and to the City Hall, Cork fresh from his astounding success as Rigoletto at the Royal Opera Covent Garden earlier this year. In this King of baritone roles he gave a “spell-bonding performance” and “a formidable portrayal…genuinely touching”. In fact The Sunday Times said that this was “The greatest Rigoletto London has seen in 30 years”
Paolo Gavanelli has been at the top of his career for some years now, In constant demand all over the world he performs the popular baritone roles in the great opera houses such as Munich, Berlin, London. Tokyo and New York where he returns to the Metropolitan Opera House later this year to appear as Rigoletto.
Gavanelli will be joined by the young, highly acclaimed Italian tenor, Nicola Rossi Giordano who has been making a huge name for himself on world stages and who made such a big impression on Irish audiences when he appeared here a year ago. Having made his debut already at the Royal Opera Covent Garden he will return there next year, due to huge public demand. He will also make his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York in 2007. Just before Nicola comes to Ireland he will also make his debut in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino in Berlin.
Paolo and Nicola will perform with the Pro Arte Orchestra, conducted by Colman Pearce in a programme of arias, duets and orchestral pieces from the popular operas by such composers as Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Bellini, Bizet and many more.
This is a great opportunity to see one of the world’s finest baritones and young exciting tenors on his way to the top perform both at the National Concert Hall, Dublin and the City Hall, Cork it is a great privilege for Cork to have this performance as a highlight of the closing sequence of it’s year as European Capital of Culture.
Special guests in Cork because of the Cork 2005 celebrations, are the Fujiwara Opera Chorus, the professional chorus from the Japanese State Opera who will add an extra dimension to what promises to be an outstanding evening’s entertainment.
The Cork performance is sponsored by Cork Airport as their tribute to Cork 2005 European Capital of Culture and both performances are supported by Piper Heidsieck Champagne, Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals and the Unicorn Restaurant, Dublin and are in association with Sunday Independent, Irish Examiner, RTE lyric fm, Cork 2005, Cork City Council, Herbert Park Hotel, Dublin, Kingsley Hotel,Cork
Tickets on sale from Monday September 5th at:
The National Concert Hall, Dublin Tel 01 4170000 and
Cork Opera House, Tel 021 4270022 (Telephone booking fee applies)
€ 20.00 € 35.00 € 45.00 €60.00
Concessions for members of choirs, musical societies, the unemployed, OAPs and students. |
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