MAIDA HUNDELING AS BRÜNNHILDE, SALOME, TURANDOT AND JENŮFA

We await you, dear audience, at the opening of the new concert season of the Rijeka Symphony Orchestra!

The phenomenal German soprano Maida Hundeling, whom the Rijeka audience has met and celebrated as Elektra, Isolde, Aida and Tosca, will impress you on October 2 with performances as Brünnhilde, Salome, Turandot and Jenůfa, alongside the Rijeka Symphony Orchestra conducted by chief conductor Valentin Egel!

Program

Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883): Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – Overture

Richard Wagner: Die Walküre / The Valkyries (excerpts)

Act II – Overture and Scene Two: Hojotoho
Brünnhilde: Maida Hundeling
Wotan: Luka Ortar

Act III – Scene One: Walkürenritt / Ride of the Valkyries
Gerhilde: Morana Pleše Petruševski
Helmwige: Maida Hundeling
Ortlinde: Darija Auguštan
Waltraute: Gabrijela Deglin
Siegrune: Mirna Vidović
Rossweisse: Emilia Rukavina
Schwertleite: Ivanica Vunić
Grimgerde: Sofija Cingula

Richard Strauss (1864-1949): Salome
Tanz der sieben Schleier / Dance of the Seven Veils

Finale
Salome, Princess of Judea: Maida Hundeling
Herodes, King of Judea: Jan Vacík
Herodias, Salome’s mother and Herodes’s wife: Sofija Cingula

***Intermission***

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924): Turandot
Act II: In questa reggia… Gli enigmi sono tre, una è la vita / In this Palace… The Riddles are Three, Life is One
Calaf, Prince of Tartary: Aljaž Farasin
Altoum, Emperor of China: Martin Marić
Liù, a slave girl: Gabrijela Deglin
Rijeka Opera Choir

Leoš Janáček (1854-1928): Žarlivost – Ouverture / Jealousy – Overture

Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa
Act II: Mamičko, mám těžkou hlavu (Scene Six and Molitva / Prayer)
Jenůfa: Maida Hundeling

Act III – Finale (Scene Twelve)
Jenůfa: Maida Hundeling
Laca Klemen: Jan Vacík

The concert lasts approximately two hours and is performed with one intermission.

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