Theconcert will feature arias from pieces like Mozart’s The Marriage ofFigaro; Abduction from the Seraglio and The Magic Flute, alongwith Franz Lehar’s Yours is My Heart Alone and Lips StaySilent. The arias will be performed by Lattke, soprano Dao To Loan andbaritone Vu Manh Dung.
The concert will open with VNSO’s performance of Academic FestivalOverture by Brahms.
A concerthighlight will be duet and trio performances. Lattke and Loan will performLehar’s The Merry Widow and Verdi’s La Traviata. The triowill then sing the famous Neapolitan song O sole Mio. The song wascomposed in 1898 with lyrics by Giovanni Capurro and music by Eduardo di Capua.
This isthe first time Lattke will perform in Vietnam. He is a laureate ofinternational competitions, including first prize at the International RobertSchumann Choir Competition in 2002, first prize at Tampere competition in Finlandin 2005 and first prize at Tolosa competition in Spain in 2005.
Inaddition, Lattke was a member of the renowned vocal soloist ensemble Amarcordfrom 2006 to 2013. He performed on stages and podiums of major concerthalls and music festivals worldwide.
Loan wonfirst prize at the Sao Mai singing contest in 2011. The Vietnam NationalAcademy of Music graduate is attended the Lidal Johnson opera training coursein Oslo Opera House.
Bariton Dungis a soloist in the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet. His opera repertoireincludes Cosi Fan Tutte and The Magic Flute.
VNSO was founded in 1959 and plays around 60 concerts a year worldwide. Thetwo-night concert will be conducted by Japanese maestro Tetsuji Honna.-VNA