STAR SINGERS ON STAGE CONCERT TOUR 2017/18 CREATING AND MANAGING PRODUCTIONS WORLDWIDE GuliAnd Management is dedicated to all aspects of music performances from concerts to fully staged opera and operetta productions, special events, tours, broadcasts. The founders and partners of GuliAnd have been working together for many years. We have extensive international business network for the sake of successful productions. Our company is one of the most well-known producers of opera events with the new opera star generation in the industry. GuliAnd sets up and promotes individual concerts in theatres, arenas, stadiums and open air venues. In addition, we produce television programs as well as documentaries. It has been our great pleasure to present many colourful events with numerous internationally acknowledged artists in the past years. The PÉCS – PLÁCIDO DOMINGO CLASSICS festival was founded by the city of Pécs and GuliAnd Management in 2017. GuliAnd is registered in the United Kingdom and has an affiliated company in the United States as well as in Hungary. PÉCS2010 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE GuliAnd Management introduced a new tradition with the “Voices” in 2009. Photo© Kaori Suzuki PLÁCIDO DOMINGO’S OPERALIA THE WORLD OPERA COMPETITION hosted by the Astana Opera within the framework of the EXPO-2017 Future Energy programme and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of kazakhstan, the 25th edition of the World Opera Competition, including its final, was one of the highlights of Astana’s cultural calendar this summer, held from 24-29 July. ARYSTANBEK MUKHAMEDIULY Minister of Culture and Sports of Kazakhstan BIG STANDING OVATIONS GuliAnd presents this regular events with Plácido Domingo’s Operalia, The World Opera Competition award winning singers at the United Kingdom, Austria, Hungary and Germany. In addition, our team is expanding to Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as to Serbia in 2017. ERWIN SCHROTT ROLANDO VILLAZON JOSEPH CALLEJA ELIZABETH FUTRAL PRETTY YENDE PLÁCIDO DOMINGO’S OPERALIA The World Opera Competition was founded in 1993 by Plácido Domingo in Paris, in order to discover the most promising young opera singers of today. The competition has helped launch the careers of several important artists, such as Joseph Calleja, Giuseppe Filianoti, Rolando Villazón, José Cura, Joyce DiDonato, Elizabeth Futral, Inva Mula, Ana María Martínez and Erwin Schrott among others. ASTANA 2017 The 25th season of the event will involve 40 participants from 17 different countries competing for the title of best opera singer. ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN Astana is the second biggest city of Kazakhstan which is located on the North part of the country. The richness of the country is reflected on the big shiny and very exclusive constructions of the city. Beside the Pyramid of Peace and Accord in 2013 a new opera house has opened. It has designed in a mix of Greco-Roman classicism and Baroque. The opening of ‘Astana Opera’ is a great event in the cultural life of not only Kazakhstan, but of the world. It is a unique theatre with rare decoration, richness and elegance. A SMASHING SUCCESS! Győr city – Széchenyi square PACKED SQUARES! THE NEW OPERA STAR GENERATION Every year GuliAnd organises a concert tour with the representatives of the young opera generation. The idea of the “Voices” production came from 2009 when Plácido Domingo’s Operalia was hosted by PÉCS2010 European Capital of Culture. There were more than 18,000 spectators. Since 2013 the actual “Voices” premieres have been organised in the most important city of North West Hungary, Győr. The concert tour premier event is organised annually, after the current Plácido Domingo’s Operalia, The World Opera Competition. WE ARE THRILLED TO PRESENT CONCERTS WITH OPERALIA AWARD WINNING YOUNG OPERA STARS TH THE VOICES! CONCERT 5 IN THE CITY OF GYŐR One of the most prestigious Hungarian opera events STAR SINGERS ON STAGE PLÁCIDO DOMINGO’S OPERALIA Winners of 2017, Astana, Kazakhstan presented by CITY OF GYŐR Amphitryon MR ZSOLT BORKAI Mayor of Győr WELL WISHER We are extremly proud to have DR ANDRÁS BARANYI Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary in Kazakhstan as our patron. THE EUROPEAN TOUR WILL BEGIN 2ND SEPTEMBER 2017 GYŐR, SZÉCHENYI SQUARE PLACIDO DOMINGO’S OPERALIA AWARD WINNING ARTISTS ON STAGE Star guest MARINA COSTA–JACKSON Plácido Domingo’s Operalia and Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition award winning artist is an Italian-American soprano with “an authentic Italianate sound and temperament to burn” (Opera News). She has taken the stage for Oper Köln, Welsh National Opera, Opéra National De Paris, Metropolitan Opera. OPERALIA - ASTANA 2017 BIRGIT NILSSON PRIZE WINNER BORIS PRÝGL Bass-baritone Boris Prýgl ranks among the most talented young singers. As a guest-soloist of the Slovak National Theatre, Boris’s stage experiences include the roles of Nazarene and Jew (Salome), Leporello (Don Giovanni), Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Don Fernando (Fidelio), Pietro (Simon Boccanegra), Brander (La Damnation de Faust), and Betto (Gianni Schicchi). After winning the Birgit Nilsson Prize in Astana, he will first be on stage in the City of Győr. HUNGARIAN DEBUT OF SOUTH KOREAN BRILLIANT VOICE KONU KIM Opera tenor Konu Kim graduate of the Kyung Hee University in Seoul. While still a student, he debuted at the Seoul Art Centre in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera. In 2015 he debuted at the Korean National Opera in the leading role of Nadir in Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles. He is a prizewinner of numerous competitions, including the Plácido Domingo’s Operalia the World Opera Competition. He shared the first place award at Operalia’s 2016. The invited Operalia prize winner artists are singing in the most significant opera houses and concert halls. Metropolitan Opera – New York Teatro alla Scala – Milan Wiener Staatsoper – Vienna Royal Opera House – London Bolshoi Theatre – Moscow Teatro Real – Madrid Special guest BERNADETT WIEDEMANN The outstanding Hungarian mezzo-soprano has built great repertoire, her speciality is singing Verdi and Wagner heroine roles. She is a celebrated artist of the most prestigious opera houses as well as concert halls in Japan, Brazil and in almost all countries of Europe. She is a member of the Hungarian State Opera since 1993. THE GYŐR FILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA IS CONDUCTED BY RISTO JOOST Risto Joost has gained widespread recognition for his work both in the opera pit and on concert stage. He has conducted many internationally acclaimed orchestras such as the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, MDR Leipzig Symphony, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra among others. Joost is Conductor of the Estonian National Opera, Artistic Director of the MDR Leipzig Radio Choir and Artistic Director of Tallinn Philharmonic Society and Birgitta Festival. GuliAnd Management offers a variety of sponsorship packages, all of which can be tailored to suit your company. Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Friends MORE THAN 9,000 PEOPLE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE „VOICES OF 2017!” CONCERT IN GYŐR GET INVOLVED We would be delighted to have you on board. We invite you to become a supporter of the VOICES OF 2017! concert. It would be great pleasure to welcome you at GuliAnd’s event. Dr Andrew Zsigmond Honorary Chairman Andreas Z. Magony Chief Executive Gyula Mesterházy Executive director MANAGEMENT Co-founder, Chief Executive ANDREAS Z. MAGONY Co-founder, Executive Director GYULA MESTERHÁZY Honorary Chairman DR ANDREW ZSIGMOND Chief Operating Officer MÁRTON KOVÁCS Chief Adviser DR PÁL VARGA KORITÁR Business Partner BALÁZS HORVÁTH – Liverpool Production Partner DR MÁRTON MÉHES – Vienna Marketing and PR BILL ELMS – Liverpool DR SABINE UNTERWEGER – Vienna Graphic Designer GYULA KŐFARAGÓ Production Manager VICTOR OBERTING CONTACTS 35 Rodney Street Liverpool, L1 9EN United Kingdom Company number 08594349 Tax identification number in Austria 68 567/4947 1052 Budapest Haris köz 6. Hungary Company number 01-09-983864 [email protected] +44 747 165 9201 +43 650 771 7417 + 361 308 7441 www.guliand.co.uk LIVERPOOL VIENNA PÉCS BUDAPEST LONDON GYŐR NEW YORK LOS ANGELES MEXICO CITY »C’EST LA VOICE«.