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Juliana Grigoryan and Amartuvshin Enkhbat
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In February 2025, Prague will host a starry opera gala. The phenomenal Mongolian baritone Amartuvshin Enkhbat, who receives offers from the most famous opera houses, accepted the invitation of the Nachtigall Artists agency, and found a place in his busy calendar for one performance in Prague.
In 2012, his victory in the Operalia world competition opened his way among world opera elite. Yet, it still took some time before the opera houses noticed him. Other competition successes followed, including the Francesco Viñas International Competition in Barcelona as well as the famous BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Consequently, invitations to the Metropolitan Opera in New York followed (Giorgio Germont in La traviata), La Scala in Milan (Rigoletto and Macbeth), and in April 2024 Amartuvshin Enkhbat will perform as Scarpia in Tosca at the Vienna State Opera.
In October 2023, “Amartuvshin Enkhbat’s Rigoletto conquers Covent Garden”. That was the title of the review of the performance on Bachtrack.com which described his as “a huge bear-growl of a voice, with power to burn and dark colours not often found in a baritone. But clear Italian diction shines through the darkness and when Enkhbat chooses to smooth things out, he does so with a seductive, velvety legato.“
His concert partner will be Juliana Grigoryan. Do you remember this lovely Armenian soprano? At the invitation of our Association of Friends of Musical Talents, she performed together with Petr Nekoranec and Prague Philharmonia on 26th June 2023 in Smetana Hall, and she returned in November 2023 for a joint concert with the Polish tenor Piotr Beczała. Since September 2023, Juliana has been a member of the Lindemann Program at the New York Metropolitan Opera, where she will make her debut on 13th March 2024 - in the role of Liù in Franco Zeffirelli's legendary production of Turandot. She sang this role in December 2022 at the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, where she will return in May 2024 as Puccini's Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi). "Liù and Lauretta are roles that will always have a very special place in my heart", said Juliana in an interview for Operaplus.cz
The artists will be accompanied by PKF – Prague Philharmonia under the baton of Francesco Ivan Ciampa. Obviously, this will be another night to remember!
Program and cast
Juliana Grigoryan – soprano
Amartuvshin Enkhbat – baryton
Prague Philharmonia
Francesco Ivan Ciampa – conductor
Program
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857–1919)
Si può? (Tonio)
Pagliacci, Act I
Amartuvshin Enkhbat
FRANCESCO CILEA (1866–1950)
Adriana Lecouvreur, Preludio, Act IV
Ecco, respiro appena – Io son l’umile ancella (Adriana Lecouvreur)
Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I
Juliana Grigoryan
UMBERTO GIORDANO (1867–1948)
Nemico della patria (Gérard)
Andrea Chénier, Act III
Amartuvshin Enkhbat
VINCENZO BELLINI (1801–1835)
Norma, Overture
Casta diva (Norma)
Norma, Act I
Juliana Grigoryan
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813–1901)
Di Provenza il mar (Giorgio Germont)
La traviata, Act II
Juliana Grigoryan
Madamigella Valéry – Sono io (Giorgio Germont & Violetta)
La traviata, Act II
Amartuvshin Enkhbat & Juliana Grigoryan
Interval
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Bolero, Mercé, Dilette Amiche (Elena)
I Vespri Siciliani, Act V
Juliana Grigoryan
Macbeth, Preludio
Pietà, rispetto, amore (Macbeth)
Macbeth, Act IV
Amartuvshin Enkhbat
La forza del destino, overture
Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (Rigoletto)
Rigoletto, Act II
Amartuvshin Enkhbat
Parla... siam soli... Tutte le feste al tempio (Rigoletto & Gilda)
Rigoletto, Act II
Amartuvshin Enkhbat & Juliana Grigoryan
Program is subject to change
Municipal House
Municipal House (Czech: Obecní dům) is a civic building that houses Smetana Hall, a celebrate concert venue, in Prague, Czech Republic. Its address is Náměstí Republiky 5, next to the Powder Gate in the center of the city.
The Royal Court palace used to be located on the site of the Municipal House. From 1383 until 1485 the King of Bohemia lived on the property. After 1485, it was abandoned. It was demolished in the early 20th century. Construction of the current building started in 1905. It opened in 1912.[citation needed] The building was designed by Osvald Polívka and Antonín Balšánek.
The Municipal House was the location of the Czechoslovak declaration of independence.
The building is of the Art Nouveau architecture style. The building exterior has allegorical art and stucco. There is a mosaic called Homage to Prague by Karel Špillar over the entrance. On either side are allegorical sculpture groups representing The Degradation of the People and The Resurrection of the People by Ladislav Šaloun. Smetana Hall serves as a concert hall and ballroom. It has a glass dome.
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