3rd International Opera Workshop Waiblingen - Final Concert

About this event

From October 3 to 7, 2022, the International Opera Workshop Waiblingen took place for the third time at the Waiblingen Civic Center under the artistic direction of Melanie Diener and Thomas Hampson. The final concert with the two mentors and all scholarship holders rounded off the intensive week on October 8, 2022, in the Ghibellinensaal of the Waiblingen Civic Center.

The 13 singers selected to receive a scholarship for the 3rd International Opera Workshop Waiblingen 2022 represent vocal ranges from soprano to baritone and come from all over the world, including Azerbaijan and Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ukraine, among others.

The focus of this year's opera workshop and thus also of the final concert was works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A selection of the most popular and vocally demanding titles of the composer, arias will range from "The Magic Flute," "Cosi fan tutte," "Don Giovanni," "Marriage of Figaro" and the "Abduction from the Seraglio" to ensembles from "Idomeneo" and "La clemenza di Tito."

The artists were accompanied by the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, which was awarded the prize "Innovative Orchestra 2019" for its interactive live streaming format NETZ-WERK-ORCHESTER, unique in Germany, under the direction of the internationally renowned conductor, solo répétiteur of the Stuttgart State Opera and head coach of the Stuttgart International Opera Studio, Vlad Iftinca.

This stream is available to watch until December 31, 2023.

Artists

Thomas Hampson, baritone

Melanie Diener, soprano

Vlad Iftinca, conductor

Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Reutlingen

Scholarship holders:

Asiya Allahverdova, mezzo-soprano

Jan Bukowski, baritone

Linsey Coppens, mezzo-soprano

Lubov Karetnikova, soprano

Daehwan Kim, tenor

Leo Hyunho Kim, baritone

Kabelo Lebyana, baritone

Julia Portela Piñón, mezzo-soprano

Yuliya Pogrebnyak, soprano

Matteo Ivan Rasic, tenor

Virginia Reed, mezzo-soprano

Anna Voshege, soprano

Patricia Westley, soprano

Programme

1. Concert – approx. 90 min programme

Repertoire

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

1. Le nozze di Figaro, Ouvertüre

2. Così fan tutte, La mia Dorabella

3. Così fan tutte, È la fede delle femmine

4. Così fan tutte, Una bella serenata

5. Così fan tutte, Un’ aura amorosa

6. Così fan tutte, Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo

7. Die Zauberflöte, Ach, ich fühl’s

8. Die Zauberflöte, Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön

9. La Clemenza di Tito, Parto, parto

10. La Clemenza di Tito, Quello di Tito è il volto

11. Idomeneo, Principessa, ai tuoi sguardi / S’io non moro

12. Entführung aus dem Serail, Martern aller Arten

13. Le Nozze di Figaro, Crudel! Perchè finora

14. Le Nozze di Figaro, Hai gia vinta la causa / Vedro mentr’io sospiro

15. Don Giovanni, Ah taci, ingiusto core

16. Don Giovanni, Crudele / Non mi dir

Richard Strauss:

1. Der Rosenkavalier, Hab mir’s gelobt

2. Der Rosenkavalier, Spür nur dich