Lou Kosma, ConductorOctober 12, 2019, Saturday 7:30 pm
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In November, 2013 Chinese tenor YANG XU was selected to attend the Central Conservatory of Music’s Top Innovative Talent Development Program. Between 2013 and 2018 he opened ten solo concerts in China. In 2014 Mr. Xu was accepted as an exchange student with the Royal Danish Academy of Music. That year he won first prize in the “Unge stemmer” competition in Denmark. He returned to China in 2015 and won “Special Award” as the youngest winner of the competition “The Chinese Golden Bell Award for Music”. Several opera performances followed this award. He graduated from the The Conservatory of Music in Beijing in 2018 and is currently a graduate student at the Royal Danish Conservatory in Denmark. Mr. Xu is a recipient of the 2019 Bel Canto Institute Orchestral Performance Award.
Program
Featuring
Hyunji Kim, mezzo-soprano
Yang Xu, tenor
Overture to Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi
O dischiuso è il firmamento from Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi
Hyunji Kim, soprano
Firenze è come un albero fiorito from Gianni Schicchi Giacomo Puccini
Yang Xu, tenor
La Preghiera from Norma Vincenzo Bellini
Hyunji Kim
Dance of the Slaves from Aída Giuseppe Verdi
Una furtiva lagrima from L'Elisir d'amore Gaetano Donizetti
Yang Xu
O Pallida from L'Amico Fritz Pietro Mascagni
Hyunji Kim
Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana Pietro Mascagni
La donna è mobile from Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi
Yang Xu
Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian” Felix Mendelssohn
Tickets for Barre are $20 ($15 for senior and $5 for students) and can be purchased either in advance from barreoperahouse.org or at the door.
Mezzo-soprano HYUNJI KIM received her undergraduate degree from the Yon Sai University in Korea, after which she received a Master’s Degree from Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Currently she is in the Professional Study program at Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Kim has performed solo and in ensembles at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall in New York City, as well as with the University of Korea. Hyunji Kim is a recipient of the 2019 Bel Canto Institute Performance Award and the 2019 Bel Canto Institute Orchestral Performance Award.