HCM City (VNA) - The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera(HBSO) is set to launch a concert featuring dance, arias, and orchestral worksfrom well-known operas to welcome the New Year at the city's Opera House onJanuary 9.
The “New Year’s Concert 2021” will open with the overture to the operetta DieFledermaus (The Bat) by Austrian composer Johann Strauss II, featuring the HBSOchoir.
The programme will present Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Yours is My Heart Alone)from Franz Lehár’s romantic operetta in three acts Das Land des Lachelns (TheLand of Smiles), sung by Trung Kiet.
Soprano Pham Khanh Ngoc will perform Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), anorchestral waltz with optional solo soprano voice written in 1882 by JohannStrauss II, while soprano Pham Duyen Huyen will sing Vilja Leid (Vilja Song)from Franz Lehár’s operetta Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow).
Baritone Dao Mac will present Largo al Factotum (Make Way for the Factorum)from Gioachino Rossini’s Il Barbieri d Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).
The concert will also feature Tritsch Tratsch Polka, a high-spirited pieceevoking the Viennese love for gossip, written by Johann Strauss II in 1858,with a performance from the HBSO choir.
As part of the New Year celebration, HBSO dancers will introduce a performanceof La Danza, a patter song by Gioachino Rossini presented by HBSO dancers.
Meritorious Artist Tran Hoang Yen and dancer Phan Thai Binh will perform a loveduet dance routine based on the musical theme of the movie La vita è bella(Life is Beautiful) composed by Nicola Piovani.
The HBSO orchestra will continue the concert with the Intermezzo and Barcarollefrom the opera Les Contes de Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) written byJacques Offenbach in 1881.
Tran Nhat Minh, who holds a Master's of Music in conducting from Moscow’sTchaikovsky Conservatory, will wield the baton for the concert./.