A celebration of voices in Kuopio
14 November 2024
Two of the finalists of the Mirjam Helin Singing Contest 2024, Polish soprano Justyna Khil and Armenian baritone Aksel Daveyan, will visit the Kuopio Music Centre Concert Hall in February 2025.
Time and place
Thu 2 Feb 2025 at 6 pm at the Kuopio Music Centre Concert Hall
The evening will be a celebration of voices with two finalists of the 2024 International Mirjam Helin Song Competition: Polish soprano Justyna Khil and baritone Aksel Daveyan from Armenia. The soloists bring us stories of love, longing, disappointment and happiness that are larger than everyday life, from operas such as Carmen, The Queen of Spades, La Bohème and The Barber of Seville. The evening ends with the astonishing late romantic Symphony No. 2 by Wilhelm Stenhammar, one of Sweden’s most important composers.
Program
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from the opera Eugene Onegin
- George Bizet: ”C’est des contrabandiers… Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante” Michaela’s aria from the opera Carmen
- W.A. Mozart: ”E Susanna non vien… Dove sono” Countess Rosina’s aria from the opera Le Nozze di Figaro
- Gioacchino Rossini: “Largo al factotum” Figaro’s aria from the opera The Barber of Seville
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky: “Ya vas lyublyu” Yeletski’s aria from the opera Queen of Spades
- Giacomo Puccini: Mimi and Marcello’s duet from the opera La Bohème
- Wilhelm Stenhammar: Symphony No 2 in g minor Op. 34
Performing
- Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
- Johannes Gustavsson, conductor
- Justyna Khil, soprano
- Aksel Daveyan, baritone