Program Information
Friday, October 19
at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
WORLD ORCHESTRA FOR PEACE
Valery Gergiev, Conductor
Lady Solti, Presenter
Soloists to include:
Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano
René Pape, Bass
Alumni of the Solti Accademia and Solti Foundation US
THE SOLTI CENTENNIAL CONCERT
Program to include:
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
RICHARD STRAUSS Don Juan, Op. 20
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART and GIUSEPPE VERDI Selected Opera Arias and Ensembles
GUSTAV MAHLER Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor
BÉLA BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
Presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with World Orchestra for Peace.
This concert has been made possible by a generous gift from Yoko Nagae Ceschina.
Carnegie Hall announced today that soprano Angela Gheorghiu will join the World Orchestra for Peace on Friday, October 19 at 8:00 p.m. for their performance in tribute to the late conductor Sir Georg Solti, just two days before the exact 100th anniversary of his birth.
The remaining details for this program remain unchanged with Maestro Valery Gergiev leading the orchestra in its first New York performance. Ms. Gheorghiu joins previously announced soloist, bass René Pape, and alumni musicians of the Solti Accademia and Solti Foundation US for a program to include works by Mozart, Verdi, Mahler, Bartók, and Richard Strauss. Lady Solti appears as presenter.
For information about this performance, the public may contact CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800.
Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.
Ticket Information
Subscriptions for Carnegie Hall’s 2012-2013 season are currently on sale. Single tickets for this and all other Carnegie Hall presentations go on sale on August 27, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. Tickets are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 154 West 57th Street, or can be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website, carnegiehall.org.
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