Name: ANTE JERKUNICA as Sparafucile by Seattle Opera in RIGOLETTO
Duration: 1 min 4 s
Description: Croatian bass Ante Jerkunica returns to Seattle Opera as Sparafucile in Verdi’s RIGOLETTO. Hoping to drum up some business, this thug-for-hire repeats his name to Rigoletto (Lester Lynch), holding a low F as he slowly exits the stage. (“Va,” Rigoletto tells him several times, “Go!”). Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Photo by Philip Newton.

Seattle Opera presents Verdi's masterpiece, "Rigoletto," in 2019.  
Verdi’s tense and brutal tale of a web of lechery, betrayal, and revenge runs the emotional gamut in true operatic fashion. Hugely popular ever since its Venice premiere, the indelible melodrama boasts memorably complex characters and an action-packed plot propelled by a parade of iconic, unflaggingly brilliant tunes. For more information, go to seattleopera.org/rigoletto.

RIGOLETTO

The Ride of the Valkyries is the second of the four opera, "Ring Cycle" by Richard Wagner.  It was written in 1851 and is one of Wagner's best known musical compositions.

Photo:  "In Old Norse mythology, the maiden attendants of Odin, who, at his command, rode over battlefields and bore the souls of the bravest of the slain to Valhalla, Odin's great hall." -Foster, 1921

The Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner

In the famous “Rigoletto” quartet the voices of Liparit Avetisyan (the Duke), Emily Fons (Maddalena), Madison Leonard (Gilda), and Lester Lynch (Rigoletto) come together in one of opera’s greatest ensembles. The Duke woos Maddalena, who laughs at him; unseen by them, his ex-lover, Gilda, wails and her father, Rigoletto, mutters words of vengeance. Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Photo by Sunny Martini.
Elise Bakketun, photo

RIGOLETTO Quartet

The voices of Emily Fons (Maddalena), Ante Jerkunica (Sparafucile), and Soraya Mafi (Gilda) team up in this trio from the final scene of “Rigoletto.” Gilda decides to sacrifice her life so her beloved Duke can live, while Maddalena and Sparafucile prepare to kill her. The girl begs her father to forgive her, and prays to God to forgive her murderers, then enters the run-down inn. All hell then breaks loose as the orchestra plays the most violent storm music in all Verdi. Carlo Montanaro conducts the chorus and orchestra of Seattle Opera. Photo by Sunny Martini.

RIGOLETTO: Storm Scene

This is "March", the third track from this album and it is taken from the collection of "The Nutcracker" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

In this 2SACD album, you can enjoy the Bolshoi Experience when listening to Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker performed by the Children’s Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow conducted by Alexander Vedernikov.
The musicians of this album are:
Children’s Choir of the Bolshoi Theatre,
Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow,
Alexander Vedernikov - conductor,
Julia Molchanova - chorus master,
Dmitry Khakhamov - concert master.

You can listen and buy this album at:
http://www.pentatonemusic.com/tchaikovsky-nutcracker-vedernikov

Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Eugene Onegin

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14: March

Alexander Vedernikov & Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre perform Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (March)

Programmed using Vienna Symphonic Library tools

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op. 46 / Morning Mood (performed using Vienna Symphonic Library)

Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz

Opera/Classical/Dance/Can Can/Open/Symphony Orchestra/Oveture

OFFENBACH: Overture (Can Can) from "Orpheus In The Underworld"

SAINT-SAËNS: Dance Macabre (Waltz)

"Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" is a famous musical composition for the organ. Composed by the Baroque maestro Bach, the piece is regarded as being the virtuoso's signature. Renowned for its regal and majestic resonance, dramatic command and titular opening motif, this piece  reveals the mastery of the performer's "touch" upon the organ's keys through its poignant and swiftly paced arpeggios. In western culture, the piece has developed an association with horror movies.

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 - Bach

Antonin Dvorak~ Symphony No. 9 in E minor op. 95 "From the New World" 

Antonin Dvorak ~ Symphony No. 9, 4th movement - Allegro Con Fuoco

Croatian bass Ante Jerkunica returns to Seattle Opera as Sparafucile in Verdi’s RIGOLETTO. Hoping to drum up some business, this thug-for-hire repeats his name to Rigoletto (Lester Lynch), holding a low F as he slowly exits the stage. (“Va,” Rigoletto tells him several times, “Go!”). Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Photo by Philip Newton.

ANTE JERKUNICA as Sparafucile

American baritone Lester Lynch has several Seattle Opera credits to his name; but now he returns in one of his favorite roles, the nasty clown and loving father caught in an impossible nightmare of corruption and tragedy. In the arioso “Deh, non parlare al misero” he tells his daughter about her mother, who loved him despite his poverty and deformity and who died. Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Photo by Philip Newton.

LESTER LYNCH as Rigoletto

British soprano Soraya Mafi, a native of Manchester, returns to Seattle for her role debut as Gilda. In her famous aria “Caro nome,” this naïve, sheltered girl dreams about the name of the boy she likes as she prepares for bed. Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Photo by Sunny Martini.

SORAYA MAFI as Gilda

Tenor Yongzhao Yu, who hails from Shanghai, China, makes his Seattle Opera debut as that seductive but faithless playboy, the Duke of Mantua in RIGOLETTO. In this familiar tune he decorates the words “Woman is fickle, like a feather in the wind” with a melody illustrating that very feather blown about in the wind. Carlo Montanaro conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera. Photo by Sunny Martini.

YONGZHAO YU as the Duke of Mantua

Georges Bizet [ L'Arlésienne: Farandole ]

Bizet  [ L'Arlésienne: Farandole ]

A live recording from the Memphis Repertory Orchestra's debut CD release concert on March 2, 2013. The concert was given in the brand new Nancy Crosby Theater in the Salvation Army Kroc Center in Memphis, TN. 
Will Haapaniemi - Violin
William R. Langley - Music Director

http://memphisreporchestra.bandcamp.com
http://memphisreporchestra.com

Night on Bald Mountain

Founded in 1963, Seattle Opera is a leading American opera company. The company presents the classics of the European repertoire as well as new works of American opera. Frequent productions of Wagner's RING, beginning in 1975, established the company's worldwide reputation. Seattle Opera usually presents five opera productions each year.

ANTE JERKUNICA as Sparafucile

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