Songs and Arias with Celia Costea – Dimitris Yakas conducts at piano

Songs and Arias with Celia Costea – Dimitris Yakas conducts at piano

Celia Costea along with Dimitris Yakas
at a special night for the support of
the 6th Aegina International Music Festival

The Romanian soprano of international fame, Celia Costea, who has won Athenian audience with her performance, as Tosca, in the homonym opera of Puccini at the recent production of Greek National Opera, honors the 6th Aegina International Music Festival, offering a night for its financial support.

The internationally acknowledged artist on Saturday 19th of March 2011, at 20:30, at the Theatre Hall of Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, will perform songs by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, as well as arias from beloved operas. Dimitris Yakas will conduct on piano.

PROGRAM

GIUSEPPE GIORDANI: Caro mio ben

BENEDETTO MARCELLO: Quella fiamma che m’accende

ANTONIO VIVALDI: Sposa son disprezzata

ERMANNO WOLF-FERRARI: Rispetto op.11/19

RICHARD STRAUSS: Zueignung op.10/1  (poetry: Hermann v.
Gilm)

NICOLAE BRETAN: Ce te legeni, codrule ? (Woods’ Whispers)

FRANCIS POULENC: Les chemins de l’ amour  (poetry: Jean Anouilh)

ANTON RUBINSTEIN: Notch (Night)

THEODOROS SPATHIS: You don’t love me (poetry: Dionysios Solomos)

GIOACCHINO ROSSINI: La regata veneziana :
1)    Anzoleta avanti la regata
2)    Anzoleta co passa la regata
3)    Anzoleta dopo la regata

GIACOMO PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro –
from the opera GIANNI  SCHICCHI

GIACOMO PUCCINI: Vissi d’ arte –
from the opera TOSCA

GEORGE GRIGORIU: Muzica
from the opera DANUBE WAVES

The Association of Aegina International Music Festival Friends thanks warmly the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation for its contribution to the realization of the Concert.