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Nothing may be reproduced in any manner without written permission. © 2016 Performance Media & Gail McGrath & Associates, Inc. is a Woman Owned Business LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO PAVEL ANTONOV PAVEL Dmitri Hvorostovsky In Recital Ivari Ilja, piano Exclusive Sponsor Ann Ziff February 26, 2016 | 3 LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY, baritone IVARI ILJA, piano Friday, February 26, 2016 7:30 p.m. Program I Mikhail Glinka “K Molli” (“To Molly”) (1804-1857) “Kak sladko s toboju mne byt’” (“How sweet it is to be with you”) “Ne govori, chto serdcu bol’no” (“Say not that it grieves the heart”) “Somnenije” (“Doubt”) “Bolero” II Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov “Na kholmakh Gruzii” (“On the hills of Georgia”), Op. 3, No. 4 (1844-1908) “O jesli b ty mogla” (“Oh, if thou couldst for one moment”), Op. 39, No. 1 “Drobitsja, i pleshchet, i bryzzhet volna” (“The wave breaks into spray”), Op. 46, No. 1 “Ne veter, veja s vysoty” (“Not the wind, blowing from the heights”), Op. 43, No. 2 “Chto v imeni tebe moyom?” (“What is my name to thee?”), Op. 4, No. 1 “Zvonche zhavoronka pen’ye” (“The lark sings louder”), Op. 43, No. 1 Intermission III Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky “Blagoslavljaju vas, lesa” (“I bless you, forests”), Op. 47, No. 5 (1840-1893) “Solovej” (“The nightingale”), Op. 60, No. 4 “Sred’ shumnogo bala” (“Amid the din of the ball”), Op. 38, No. 3 “Pervoye svidanije” (“The first meeting”), Op. 63, No. 4 IV Richard Strauss “Allerseelen” (“All Souls’ Day”), Op. 10, No. 8 (1864-1949) “Befreit” (“Released”), Op. 39, No. 4 “Zueignung” (“Dedication”), Op. 10, No. 1 “Morgen” (“Morning”), Op. 27, No. 4 “Cäcilie” (“Cecilia”), Op. 27, No. 2 Management for Mr. Hvorostovsky and Mr. Ilja: Askonas Holt Ltd. Lincoln House, 300 High Holborn London WC1V 7JH, United Kingdom Program content and order subject to change without previous notice. b•a Stage Manager John W. Coleman February 26, 2016 | 5 PROFILES | LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO PAVEL ANTONOV PAVEL DMITRI Abbado, Valéry Gergiev, Bernard Haitink, IVARI ILJA HVOROSTOVSKY James Levine, the late Lorin Maazel, Zubin Born in Tallinn, Estonia, Previously at Lyric Opera: Mehta, and Yuri Termikanov. the pianist studied at the Title role/Eugene Onegin Hvorostovsky retains a strong musical Tallinn State Conservatory (2007-08); Renato/Un and personal contact with Russia. He became with Professor Laine Mets ballo in maschera (2002- the first opera singer to give a solo concert and at the Moscow Tchai- 03); Germont/La traviata with orchestra and chorus on Red Square in kovsky Conservatoire with (1998-99, 1993-94); Moscow; this concert was televised in more Professor Vera Gornosta- Valentin/Faust (1995-96). than 25 countries. The baritone has gone on yeva and Professor Sergey to sing a number of prestigious concerts in Dorensky. The internationally acclaimed Russian baritone Moscow as a part of his own special series, Ilja is an internationally recognized was born and studied in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. “Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Friends.” He has accompanist and ensemble musician. His In 1989, he won the prestigious BBC Cardiff invited such celebrated artists as sopranos collaborations with renowned singers Dmitri Singer of the World Competition. From the Renée Fleming, Barbara Frittoli, Sumi Jo, and Hvorostovsky, the late Irina Arkhipova, Maria start, audiences were bowled over by his Sondra Radvanovsky, tenors Jonas Kaufmann Guleghina, and Elena Zaremba have been cultivated voice, innate sense of musical line, and Marcello Giordani, and bass Ildar particularly successful and acclaimed. Together and natural legato. After his Western operatic Abdrazakov. In 2005 and 2015 Hvorostovsky they have performed many of the great concert debut at the Opéra de Nice as Prince Yeletsky/ undertook historic tours throughout the cities stages of the world, including Carnegie Hall, Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades, his career of Russia at the invitation of President Putin, Alice Tully Hall, and Avery Fisher Hall in exploded to take in regular engagements at the singing to crowds of hundreds of thousands New York, as well as the Kennedy Center in world’s major opera houses and appearances of people to commemorate the soldiers of Washington, Davies Symphony Hall in San at renowned international festivals. He made the Second World War. He has established Francisco, Milan’s La Scala, London’s Queen his American operatic debut at Lyric in an important collaboration with the Russian Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall, Moscow’s 1993-94 in La traviata. Hvorostovsky rapidly popular composer Igor Krutoi, with very Bolshoi Theatre, the great halls of the St. became a favorite at major houses worldwide, successful concerts in Moscow, St Petersburg, Petersburg Philharmonic and the Moscow including the Royal Opera House-Covent Kiev, and New York. Conservatory, the Hamburg State Opera, Garden, New York’s Metropolitan Opera, the The baritone’s extensive discography the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Suntory Hall in Opéra National de Paris, the Bavarian State spans recitals and complete operas. He has also Tokyo, Vienna’s Musikverein, and Salzburg’s Opera in Munich, the Salzburg Festival, La starred in Don Giovanni Unmasked, an award- Mozarteum. Scala in Milan, and the Vienna State Opera. winning film (by Rhombus Media) based on Ilja has also presented solo recitals in Roles for which the baritone is most noted the Mozart opera, tackling the roles of both France, United Kingdom, Germany, Estonia, include Count di Luna/Il trovatore, Posa/Don Don Giovanni and Leporello. Recent CD Russia, Sweden, and Finland. He has Carlo, Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Renato/ recordings include “Wait for Me” (Russian performed as a soloist with several symphony Un ballo in maschera, Prince Yeletsky, and war songs with orchestra, conducted by orchestras such as Estonian National Eugene Onegin. Constantine Orbelian) and Simon Boccanegra Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Symphony A celebrated recitalist in demand (with Barbara Frittoli, Ildar Abdrazakov, and Orchestra, and the St. Petersburg Symphony worldwide – from the Far East to the Middle Stefano Secco, also with Orbelian conducting), Orchestra, among others. East, from Australia to South America – both of which have been met with much The pianist’s repertoire mostly consists Hvorostovsky has appeared at such venues critical acclaim. For a complete discography, of romantic music, primarily the works of as Wigmore Hall, London; Queen’s Hall, please visit his website, hvorostovsky.com. Frédéric Chopin, Johannes Brahms, Robert Edinburgh; Carnegie Hall; La Scala; the Hvorostovsky returned triumphantly to Schumann, but also Wolfgang Amadeus Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow; the the Metropolitan Opera earlier this season Mozart, Sergei Prokofiev, Benjamin Britten Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona; Tokyo’s in Il trovatore. Other highlights will include and others. Suntory Hall; and the Musikverein in Vienna. Otello at the Salzburg Easter Festival, both Un Since 2003 Ilja has repeatedly toured with The singer performs in concert with top ballo in maschera and Simon Boccanegra at the Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the U.S., Europe, orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic Vienna State Opera, and concert and recital Hong-Kong, Japan, and elsewhere. and the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Among appearances in Budapest, Graz, Vienna, Linz, the renowned conductors with whom he has and Zagreb. regularly collaborated are the late Claudio 6 | February 26, 2016 PROGRAM NOTES By Janet E. Bedell MIKHAIL GLINKA (1804–1857) NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV(1844–1908) Mikhail Glinka is often called the father of Russian music, for his Rimsky-Korsakov is known in America today primarily for his color- distinctive style established a new ideal for Russian composers and saturated orchestral tone poems Sheherazade, Russian Easter Festival profoundly influenced the works of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Overture, and Capriccio espagnol, as well as for his edited and re-orchestrated even early Stravinsky. His two operas, A Life for the Tsar (1836) and Ruslan versions of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov and Borodin’s Prince Igor, now and Lyudmila (1842), infused stories from Russian history and legend with somewhat out of favor. In Russia, he is known more properly for his own compelling melodies drawn from Slavic folk and liturgical sources. operas, which reveal the scope of his talents and his imagination much Nevertheless, Glinka was as thoroughly cosmopolitan