LITHUANIAN OPERA SOLOISTS PERFORM

The first CD, featuring the LNOBT's soloists, is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Lithuanian opera

Inesa LINABURGYTE
Irena MILKEVICIUTE
Sigute STONYTE
Romute TUMULIAUSKAITE
Vytautas JUOZAPAITIS
Vladimiras PRUDNIKOVAS
Bronius TAMASAUSKAS
Eugenijus VASILEVSKIS

1. Richard Wagner, Tanhäuser - Elisabeth's aria (Sigute Stonyte)
2. Anton Rubinstein, Demon - Demon's arioso (Eugenijus Vasilevskis)
3. Pietro Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana - Santuzza's aria (Inesa Linaburgyte)
4. Georges Bizet, Carmen - Carmen's habanera (Inesa Linaburgyte)
5. Vincenzo Bellini, Norma - Norma's cavatina (Irena Milkeviciute)
6. Giacomo Puccini, Tosca - Tosca's aria (Irena Milkeviciute)
7. Jules Massenet, Werther - Werther's aria (Bronius Tamasauskas)
8. Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor - Lucia's aria (Romute Tumuliauskaite)
9. Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos - Marquis Posa's death scene (Vytautas Juozapaitis)
10. Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos - Philippe's scene and aria (Vladimiras Prudnikovas)


The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Orchestra
Conductors: Vytautas Virzonis (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), Jonas Aleksa (9, 10), Martynas Staskus (1)


Lithuanian Radio, 2000

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) MESSA DA REQUIEM

Soloists:
Sigute STONYTE (soprano)
Inesa LINABURGYTE (mezzo-soprano)
Algirdas JANUTAS (tenor)
Vladimiras PRUDNIKOVAS (bass)
1. Requiem aeternam
2. Dies irae
3. Offertorio
4. Sanctus
5. Agnus Dei
6. Lux aeterna
7. Libera me

The Lithuanian National Theatre Chorus (dir. Ceslovas Radziunas) and Orchestra
Liutauras BALCIUNAS, conductor
The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Lithuania’s biggest and oldest professional opera theatre, is constantly expanding its repertoire by including not only new opera productions but also large-scale symphonic works. This CD presents Giuseppe Verdi’s MESSA DA REQUIEM, recorded during its first performance on April 8, 2000, which was dedicated to the memory of all the theatre’s artists on occasion of its 80th anniversary.

Piotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) THE QUEEN OF SPADES

Excerpts from the opera: scenes, arias and choruses

Hermann – Vytautas Kurnickas
Lisa – Sigute Stonyte
The Countess – Inesa Linaburgyte
Yeletsky – Vytautas Juozapaitis
Tomsky – Dainius Stumbras
Tchekalinsky – Audrius Rubezius
Sourin - Liudas Norvaisas
Tchaplinsky – Ceslovas Nauseda
Narumov – Vladas Bagdonas
Masha – Regina Silinskaite
Liutauras Balciunas, conductor

Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Chorus (dir. Ceslovas Radziunas) and Orchestra. Produced by the Lithuanian Radio and Television from the recording made during the performance of 11 May 2001.

Violeta URMANA and Virgilijus NOREIKA

The Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Orchestra
Liutauras Balciunas, conductor

1 CD

1. Giuseppe Verdi. Il forza del destino: Overture
2. Giuseppe Verdi. Un ballo in maschera: Amelia’s scene and aria
3. Giuseppe Verdi. Otello: Otello and Desdemona’s duet
4. Giuseppe Verdi. Otello: Otello’s death scene
5. Giacomo Puccini. Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo
6. Giacomo Puccini. Tosca: Tosca’s aria
7. Giacomo Puccini. Tosca: Cavaradossi’s aria
8. Giacomo Puccini. Madama Butterfly: Butterfly and Pinkerton’s duet

2 CD

1. Amilcare Ponchielli. I lituani: Overture
2. Amilcare Ponchielli. I lituani: Aldona’s aria
3. Amilcare Ponchielli. I lituani: Corrado and Aldona’s duet
4. Amilcare Ponchielli. I lituani: Corrado’s arioso
5. Balys Dvarionas. Festive Overture
6. Balys Dvarionas. Dalia: Skudutis’ ballad
7. Balys Dvarionas. Dalia:Dalia’s aria-ballad
8. Balys Dvarionas. Dalia: Jurgelis and Dalia’s duet
9. Franz Lehįr. The Merry Widow: Hanna and Danila’s duet
10. Paul Abraham. Victoria: Victoria and Cun Ligt’s duet

Recorded during the concert at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre on June 6, 2001.

KURT WEILL’S WOMEN, performance based on Kurt Weill’s songs

Performers: Rosita Civilyte, Raimonda Tallat-Kelpsaite, Janina Misciukaite, Birute Dambrauskaite
Arturas Anusauskas (piano improvisations), Instrumental Group of the LNOBT Orchestra
SEPTYNIOS MIRTINOS NUODEMES / THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS / DIE SIEBEN TODSÜNDEN
Ballet chanté
Performers: Rosita Civilyte, Kestutis Alciauskis, Egidijus Dauskurdis, Laimonas Pautienius, Edmundas Seilius
The LNOBT Orchestra
Liutauras Balciunas, conductor

In 2001, the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre presented the premiere of somewhat unusual genre and style – “Kurt Weill’s Women”, based on the music by the famous composer. The first part of this performance is made up of Weill’s most popular songs. The second part is Weill’s and Bertold Brecht’s ballet chanté (ballet with songs) called “Die sieben Todsünden” (“The Seven Deadly Sins”). The CD “Kurt Weill’s Women” presents the recording of this performance.
Recorded at BONIFA Studio in 2002.

Bronius Kutavicius (b. 1932) LOKYS / THE BEAR opera,2 CD

Libretto by Ausra Marija Sluckaite-Jurasiene
Based on a short story by Prosper Mérimée
The Professor - Vladimiras Prudnikovas
The Count Semeta - Vytautas Juozapaitis
The Countess - Inesa Linaburgyte
Julija, Count’s fiancée - Irena Zelenkauskaite
The Doctor - Audrius Rubezius
The One-eyed Old Woman - Veronika Povilioniene
The Marshal - Arunas Malikenas
The Count’s Double - Giedrius Zalys
Pranciskus, a mute servant – Ceslovas Stonys

The Soloist in the epilogue – Vida Sinkeviciute
The Reciter in the epilogue – Miroslav Stasilo
The LNOBT Chorus (dir. Ceslovas Radziunas) and Orchestra
Martynas Staskus, conductor

Bronius Kutavicius’ opera „Lokys" was produced in cooperation with the Vilnius Festival in 2000, recorded at the Vilnius Recording Studio in 2001, and released by ONDINE (Finland) in 2002.