A Grand Opera Gala: Great Opera Moments from Great Operas (Acts I & II)

Monday, July 23, 2018
Pan-European Philharmonia (Warsaw)
Megaron Musikis (The Athens Concert Hall)
Athens, Greece
“Great Opera Moments from Great Operas - A Grand Evening”
Act I
VERDI: Overture from La forza del destino (Orchestra)
VERDI: “Ecco L’orrido campo” from Un Ballo in Maschera (Ms. Lappalainen)
VERDI: “La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto (Mr. Pasolini)
VERDI: “Di Provenza il mar” from La Traviata (Mr. Persson)
VERDI: “Non m’inganno” and “Qual voce!” from Il Trovatore (Act I Trio) (Ms. Lappaleinen, Mr. Persson, & Mr. Pasolini)
VERDI: “Di quella pira” from Il Trovatore (with short introduction) (Mr. Pasolini and TB Chorus)
VERDI: “Mira, di acerbe lagrime” and “Vivrà!...contende il giubilo” from Il Trovatore (Ms. Lappalainen & Mr. Persson)
VERDI: “Va, Pensiero” from Nabucco (Chorus)
PUCCINI: “Nessun dorma” from Turandot (Mr. Pasolini & Chorus)
Act II
VERDI: Nabucco (Overture)
VERDI: “Salce! Salce!” and “Ave Maria” from Otello (Ms. Lappalainen)
BIZET: “Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre” from Carmen (Toreador Song) (Mr. Persson & TB Chorus)
BIZET: “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” from Carmen (The Flower Song) (Mr. Pasolini
BIZET: “Au fond du temple saint” from Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers Duet) (Mr. Persson & Mr. Pasolini)
MASCAGNI: “Regina Coeli” from Cavalleria Rusticana (Ms. Lappalainen & Chorus)
PUCCINI: “Recondita armonia” from Tosca (Mr. Pasolini)
PUCCINI: “Te Deum” from Tosca (Mr. Persson & Chorus)
GIORDANO: “Vicino a te s’acqueta” from Andrea Chenier (Ms. Lappalainen & Mr. Pasolini)
Bis:
VERDI: “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” from La Traviata (Cast and chorus)
PETER TIBORIS, Conductor (United States)
GIOVANNI PACOR, Principal Guest Conductor (Italy)
Featured soloists: EILANA LAPPALAINEN, Soprano (Canada)
GIAN LUCA PASOLINI, Tenor (Italy)
CARRY PERSSON, Bass-Baritone (Sweden)
Supporting cast:
SUSANNE BURGESS, Soprano
CAITLIN REDDING, Mezzo-soprano
Participating Choruses
Chœur d'Enfants d'Île-de-France, Paris, France (Francis Bardot, Director)
Rincon/University High School Concert Choir, Tucson, AZ (Mareena Boosamra-Ball, Director)
Northeast Louisiana Chorus, Monroe, LA (Deborah Chandler, Director)
Bethel College Voices of Triumph, Mishawaka, IN (Jeshua Franklin, Director)
Second Presbyterian Church Sanctuary Choir, Indianapolis, IN (Michelle L. Louer, Director)
Winston-Salem Youth Chorus / Salem College Choirs and Palmetto Voices, Winston-Salem, NC (Sonja Sepulveda, Director)
DAVID R. THYE, Chorus Master (United States)

[@patrickbridelance5815]

Quelle tristesse le chant de la soprano dans la lignée de Florence Foster Jenkins. Effroyable !

[@rosernabona9364]

I agree a grand opera gala , great opera moments from great operas Thank you very much

[@ferraragi]

ORRIBILE!!!. Concerto inascoltabile e da dimenticare subito!!!!!

[@dpf4186]

Verdi, have mercy on them and forgive you Verdi, abbi pietà di loro e perdonali. While good orchestra and choir Mentre bene l'orchestra e il coro.

[@angelamartinezcamarero301]

Sin palabras Extratosferico..virtuosos puristas todos, Orquesta, Coros, Director..la Música es vida. Ángela

[@2alberich2]

Orrore!

[@gmquaranta4322]

Mai udito qualcosa di più osceno di questo concerto. Incommentabili le voci degli interpreti e la direzione orchestrale davvero fantozziana! Che coraggio e che pelo sullo stomaco offrire uno spettacolo simile! E' un'offesa ai compositori! Osceno sotto ogni punto di vista e il pecorume ad applaudire!!! Schifezza assoluta!!! Abbiate la decenza di toglierlo da KZbin!!!!

[@ruigodway1]

~você é o "famoso".., Quem ??

[@sergiokibizer8317]

@@ruigodway1 E tu chi sei? Una persona con ridotte capacità auditive? o un presuntuoso ignorante nel campo musicale? Chi si accontenta, gode.

[@luiszarate6442]

Es war doch gewaltige! It’s just great with a majestic backdrop enveloping fabulous singers!!!

[@robertjordan3527]

After 5 minutes I could finally understand a word she uttered. That was supposed to be Italian, I think.

[@jkgou1]

Merry Christmas You guys bring joy to the world

[@rosernabona9364]

Beautiful Arias Wonderful.

[@will74lsn]

I was listening to Diana Damrau..and somehow youtube brought me here to enjoy Ms. Lappalainen, thank you KZbin! lol

[@jimmcdonald7863]

I love all this great music and singers. Bravo

[@cemilterzi8410]

Harikulade

[@user-qn5yw4ib5r]

What a gread show to watch and listen to！ E×cellent！

[@rosernabona9364]

Congratulations

[@s-fchtry7805]

Is this concert a joke?

[@WarinPartita6]

Thanks​ so​ much​ for​ sharing​ this​ wonderful​ operatic joy

[@vincentgrenier6462]

Grotesque!!!

[@leonardomejiayepez9707]

La selección de arias y oberturas es magnífica.

[@user-rd9uz8jl7o]

Www

[@Rodrigo-rx3nf]

The forza's iverture is the most beutiful thing, love it

[@jadalmatamoros6368]

I can't believe how cruel some ppl can be, most of the ppl interested in opera and classical music are very sensitive and should be more loving in their comments, there are many things that make an artist not just a perfect voice , singing isn't always easy but we can enjoy other aspects of concerts like this, I'm just glad that they are able to put together concerts and let ordinary people get a test of this fantastic world called Opera. Thank you so much to the ppl who participated and made this event possible not matter how long ago it happen. Hope they're able to continue spreading their love for music

[@draganvidic2039]

This soprano will scare away everyone in the audience who are newcomers to opera.

[@jadalmatamoros6368]

@@draganvidic2039 you ll be surprised but ppl that aren't experts in opera and have no music training think that opera singers sound like this by nature , just listen to the audience's applause , they don't see all the defects and mistakes

[@draganvidic2039]

JAdal Matamoros Hope you’re right. But this is disrespectful. Poor orchestra too for example.

[@jadalmatamoros6368]

@@draganvidic2039 I understand, they are probably used to these artists, I don't think is their first collaboration, they look like very season artist. We are lucky we have many artists nowadays that are great and we can enjoy their art live or video or listen to great ones from the past!

[@lenapietersen4229]

Search for Mme. Galupe-Borszkh on KZbin (I think she could be Lappalainen's alter ego)

[@mcsquared3152]

Where was that soprano found ? She should've been singing "Ecco l'orrido voce" to be self-descriptive. Poor Verdi (and us...).

[@BFPINHO]

Obrigado por compartilhar e no s permitir desfrutar de agradáveis músicas.

[@irinasat5819]

щиро дякую получив велику насолоду , з повагою любов"ю до засновника каналу і причетним до нього людям всім хто дивиться і слухає цю прекрасну оперну виставу.

[@pavelv.3976]

The tenor is o.k. despite of his age.. But the old lady and her colleague are ridiculous. Singer comes from verb "to sing" not "to squawk" :) I remembered the movie Florence Foster Jenkins... I don't know why.....

[@Marlene55M]

I understand what you mean.... :D

[@horteroque1147]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@bryangl1]

Except you're wrong about the tenor who forces notes and rarly ends up in pitch.

[@pavelv.3976]

@@bryangl1 I wrote... Despite of his age. You understand me Sir?

[@bryangl1]

@@pavelv.3976 Yes, I understand you. And the Florence Foster Jenkins reference was very appropriate. Haven't thought of her for many years.

[@halinadietrich5268]

Lappalainen -soprano tragedija...

[@lovekojl997]

Weren't there any soprano available???? Sounded like the whole stage was shaking with her voice!

[@anastasio.tebaldi]

She's married to the conductor... :-)

[@robertsentieys6234]

Oh God !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GianfrancoFrancia]

imho : Orchestra strepitosa, bravissimi !!! Orchestrali diretti in modo superbo dal Maestro Tiboris, e mi è piaciuta anche la conduzione del Maestro Pacor. Anche la parte corale, molto buona. BRAVI La soprano, imho appena sufficiente. Il tenore e il baritono apprezzabili.

[@oktaykvanc464]

Kıymetli, her daim.

[@rosernabona9364]

Es recorda al gran Luciano Pavarotti

[@Agorante]

Is she bald? What does she look like when that grotesque blonde wig is off? Questions, questions. She's a contender for the title of "Worst Soprano Alive". Maybe even "Worst Soprano Possible".

[@nenitapoblete5973]

Brillante espectáculo...!!!

[@raymonddooley2623]

I do not recognize the aria from Balllo as sung here. This "singer" is giving opera a bad name.

[@wenjunhsieh82]

8

[@zbigniewlipski4448]

Wspaniały wybór melodii operowych Verdiego, Bizeta, Pucciniego...

[@giorgiopucciariello31]

Mamma mia!!

[@FMolTo]

Lappalainen sólo convence en la envoltura

[@vitonardi3892]

Catastrofico !

[@MrSwifts31]

Oh dear is the Soprano a Drag Queen?

[@mattihakkinen4367]

Ite oot

[@lenapietersen4229]

Search for Mme. Galupe-Borszkh on KZbin (I think she could be Lappalainen's alter ego)

[@user-qo6md3gc4d]

[@user-gu9ni9cf4c]

Волна струнныхив продолжении им накатываютдуховые ,но все отражают общую картину

[@poetapolitistiki6477]

please provide more details. Did not Greek choirs take part? Konstantinos Evangelatos Composer, Professor of Composition and Choir Conducting.

[@leonardomejiayepez9707]

También considero que no fue el repertorio adecuado para la soprano

[@PaulWEvans]

What's worse, the conductor's tuxedo or her singing?????

[@cliffgaither]

@PaulWEvans :: The pants❕️ The pants❕️

[@acitipo]

El tenor es el único que me gusta.

[@jedijust9940]

Damn these comments are mean af

[@buhnedej]

At @51:30 three ladies yawn behind a conductor. And its Nessun Dorma lol.

[@peterdevita6308]

If only you could hear the soprano's ECCO L"ORRIDO CAMPO from VERDI'S UN BALLO IN MASCHERA sung by a great soprano................ It is stunning

[@operabilia]

Oh yes! Milanov, Callas, Millo in her best days (and Tomowa-Sintow was a superb Amelia too)

[@kennethwayne6857]

This is a killer aria and even some great sopranos can be tripped up by it. Ever hear Maria Caniglia on the complete recording with Gigli? I agree that this video's soprano is way below par.

[@ahogbin2644]

One assumes the soprano is some sort of a joke!1

[@lenapietersen4229]

Search for Mme. Galupe-Borszkh on KZbin (I think she could be Lappalainen's alter ego)

[@gerardmignon700]

Elle est carrément monstrueuse. Sa voix aussi. Et en plus je crois qu'elle ne sait pas ce qu'elle chante. Une blonde quoi.

[@draganvidic2039]

This is so sad. I guess people paid for their tickets, maybe even were looking forward to this concert? Then this soprano appears who cannot sing... And she got paid for this.

[@stevenwilliams5360]

i will bet those soloists had one hell of a time having to combat the huge orchestral/choir component with awful accustics for non-miced singing --You c/should have thought that thru more guys/gal. Still, a few nice moments shown thru anyway. Thanks for the entertainment and all your hard work!

[@giovannibiglione9861]

can.tanti orrendi!!!

[@KandaceSingleton-fs9ye]

I liit🔊 have any questions about this item

[@gArroyo1099]

Amazing people words can't explain

[@xavierleclercq3826]

vous chantez Wagner? je ne voudrais pas l'entendre!

[@CrinaPopovici]

Horrorrrrrr!

[@OperaMyWorld]

This was horrible! The tenor was sympathetic! The baritone tried but failed! BUT The soprano was a mess!!

[@arisss01]

i agree with you and nobody speaks or can listen maybe ... SHE is Horrible !!! Please share this video ... nobody should have to sing like this !!!

[@user-zm4hi4pw2b]

Couldn’t agree more... disgrace...

[@ping-luchien7214]

evan bag p

[@ping-luchien7214]

evan bag was

[@Guillaume2606]

I'll try to stay polite and just say: "There are better sopranos, a lot" Update: Lets just say: "The tenor is no Pavarotti!" Update 2: After Mr Persson's attempt to sing I've heard enough

[@larrywoods6318]

Lord have mercy....

[@agiouridisgiannis3641]

WTF is this?????????? At Athens Concert hall??????? Who’s this old lady that she think she is an opera singer???? OMG! Go home darling!

[@thewanderingamerican5412]

old lady? Criticize her singing; but age discrimination?

[@operabilia]

And ... the WINNER FOR SHRIEKING OFF-TUNE SOUNDS ... is MRS OLD BARKING "BLONDE" BOMBSHELL! She must be a grand-daughter of Florence FORSTER-JENKINS. Some of the musicians look quite shocked, rightly so. It has been a gruelling experience indeed! Not a single note is in place: no control, no legato, and poor phrasing ... and singing off-pitch in the FF ... So forget the high-A natural to be sung PPP in Desdemona's "Ave Maria" ... The Andrea Chénier duet is screwed up ...

[@Yves_Ka]

Mme. Galupe-Borszkh

[@elmiguelin2010]

Menos mal que tiene uno muy arraigada su afición, porque con cosas como esta, se puede llegar a perder si no es muy firme. ¡Qué desastre!

[@JayMoney-tw7tg]

29:49

[@aurelitoful]

EUHHH, c'est quoi ce costume, chef ?

[@revmiguel2000]

Horrid soprano in Ballo, actually, hilarious!

[@Rodrigo-rx3nf]

Parece uma sacola de gatos batidos contra a parede

[@riciocaribi4765]

ai una false informazione su i gatti. io ho 40 invece !? 😰 Rci

[@lenapietersen4229]

Search for Mme. Galupe-Borszkh on KZbin (I think she could be Lappalainen's alter ego)

[@luqu3855]

she isn't graceful but her voice, is interesting

[@franciskwa1837]

I have enjoyed this middling performance, especially the d r u m.

[@tamerlano]

She doesn't sing the final high A in the ave maria. Listen.

[@Rodrigo-rx3nf]

the audience when they heard the soprano's first sentence must have thought "my god, will I have to hear this all night?". Probably it was one bad day for her. I hope she has improved ang returned to normal.

[@antonioashkar8895]

51:30

[@vassiliskostopoulos]

Lappalainen is a very good Artist with a huge dramatic voice, steady technique and a very reliable, caring and supportive colleague 💐🌹

[@beatapogorzelska1241]

Really?

[@anastasio.tebaldi]

Since you talk greek, I would say "Ξεχάρβαλάϊνεν" about the voice, unfortunately. She has to start choosing repertoir carefully!

[@bryangl1]

Now uncross the fingers in the other hand hidden behind your back.

[@juliagrigoriangod1]

Dear Maria! I'm singwr and operacomposet, granddaughter of Joan Sutherland and Maria Callas, Mozart and Beethoven, can you protectme against Netrebko & Kisdin, please! I wanna be on stage, and they're stealing the lastknickers from my body,Gariffulinais using my voice. Pleasestop Kissin from wigning contracts in my name, he's not my family. Julia Grigorian ❤

[@josephbasha2941]

ALL this criticism is fair However , try and sing something like it , I at 84 lover of opera and music in all its genre prefer to PRAISE than to downgrade ,it encourage us ALL to do better don,t you think?

[@joseluissanchobragulat7837]

No

[@miuzefreak]

LOLOL poor audience!!!!!

[@clefnoteproductions6695]

I like the tenor. The soprano and baritone are a travesty. I'd love to go to Europe and find a benefactor that would help in assembling a concert like this with better singers

[@Davtal2001]

P

[@lenapietersen4229]

Search for Mme. Galupe-Borszkh on KZbin (I think she could be Lappalainen's alter ego)

[@clefnoteproductions6695]

@@lenapietersen4229 Madame Vera is retired from singing as far as I know, however she does masterclasses and directs opera in her alter ego Ira Siff

[@yoramraviv3784]

@@lenapietersen4229 פ

[@user-su8fq4yr8h]

Volume???

[@Rodrigo-rx3nf]

dead

[@ashleythorpe7933]

No Wagner, no Strauss! Where have the Germans gone???

[@ronmerkin129]

A retired singer and singing or piano teacher, the number of comments faulting the first singer - a soprano - mystify me. OK, hers is not a lyric quality - I'd classify it as more dramatic. But otherwise....and the person who wrote about her "wabbling" sound - in case you haven't heard, classical singers must sing with vibrato. I also find it interesting that no one seems to have heard the struggle the baritone was having on his high notes. My guess is that age wise he's past his prime.....

[@SalemVocals]

That’s not vibrato anymore…

[@natalechkalevkovich3987]

КОШМАР! 20 кг. Лишние!!! Тостуха!!!

[@ritamarangoni112]

43:48

[@ritamarangoni112]

4348 uguale a ciò che dissi. Pietoso.Ascolta: Muti, Abbado, Oren, Karajan , cioè chi sa interpretare .

[@orion8835]

17:42-18:00 No. Bye bye 👋

[@Polymathes]

Bass violin player just after 1:49:41 keeps it professional ... barely!

[@Winnepausakee]

I am wondering, once again, how some who have become professionals are able to be so without having been counseled out of performing. The poor soprano either has no one who she can trust, or will trust no one. That leaves me with the dominant enigma: can she not hear herself or feel her own voice wobble.....hear as she sings or hear herself on recordings? I say this not as a bit of snark, but as a long-term befuddlement.....I am a sort of singer, though NOT a musician and despite my obvious deficits I can, as can many others, "hear" the falseness of the soprano's production. I really wish for her someone who will look after her better and avoid the criticism that is mine. I believe people in their one life deserve better, and yet here she is being applauded which only serves to deny her.....what....careful counsel?

[@paulsomers6048]

Amen. And the baritone needs the same.

[@jsl1952]

some students are way better, those soloist leave much, much to be desired.

[@user-qe2ud1ci9h]

Да,редко можно услышать более плохих певцов!!Особенно сопрано!Где ее нашли?

[@paulovendrami6523]

Suíno dos cativos hebreus- AIDA - VERDI

[@paulovendrami6523]

Hino dos Cativos Hebreus - Ainda - Verdi

[@Rodrigo-rx3nf]

It's pitifull but the soprano's voice is quite bad here...

[@mnverrone]

No, No, No. No PLEASE NO.

[@numetutelare]

Un simile recital è accettabile solo per chi non conosce bene la lirica italiana ...si rasenta il ridicolo, stonati, fuori tempo, dizione allo stato brado e qua e là sguaiata.., il meno peggio è il direttore che ha i problemi suoi a stare dietro a questi "latrati"... la cosa meno squallida è il Va pensiero...

[@olgachechetkina6468]

Concordo completamente!

[@normansmithers7631]

wot!!!!!!! no patricia janeckova? check her out on you tube.

[@charlessanchez7346]

The tenor is fine, the baritone is past his vocal prime. Now, the soprano is an assault to one's senses.

[@petervanbrock2]

I fully agree. I do not know where they spent the money on, but certainly not on the soloists.

[@user-mf3td9iw6f]

Всем пора уже на пенсию!!!

[@ljuboporenta8983]

Terrible.. could not watch

[@user-uz8gu8kk2k]

刻薄的評論

[@yoshiyyachben-moshe6890]

카라얀? 정명훈? 얼굴없이 보면...

[@hans-jurgforrer8847]

armer verdi…. armer ballo und arme amelia…. geht gar nicht !

[@mariannecortsen5014]

My God, that poor soprano is a disaster. How is it possible.....

[@zandzsuquadron4365]

1:20:47可愛い🎵 あぁ、オペラ歌う女の子と恋愛して結ばれたい🎵

[@caninbar]

Lappalainen should retire or teach.

[@paulsomers6048]

Assuming she was far better once upon a time.

[@christiancastro5746]

Wtf

[@agataviscusi741]

Ma perche????????? Tutto cio' !!!!!! NO!!!