Archive: FESTIVAL OPENING

Grafenegg Wolkenturm

Piotr Beczała

Rene Pape

Krassimira Stoyanova

Clémentine Margaine

Cast

Tonkunstler Orchestra
Krassimira Stoyanova , soprano
Clémentine Margaine , mezzosoprano
Piotr Beczała , tenor
Rene Pape , bass
Yutaka Sado , conductor

Program Text

TOSHIO HOSOKAWA
Fanfare, Commissioned by Grafenegg Festival (World Premiere)*

GIUSEPPE VERDI
Overture to the Opera «La forza del destino»

Messa da Requiem for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra
(Performance without choir and without the movements Introitus and Sanctus; the Libera me is shortened)

*with support of the Friends of Grafenegg

Introduction/Abstract

Tonkünstler-Orchester · Krassimira Stoyanova · Clémentine Margaine · Piotr Beczała · Rene Pape · Yutaka Sado

HOSOKAWA · VERDI

As one of the singers of the Wiener Singverein was infected with the Corona virus before the rehearsals in Grafenegg, despite two vaccinations and a strict prevention concept, today's concert unfortunately has to do without a choir, in agreement with the provincial sanitary directorate. Nevertheless, we have decided to perform Verdi's Requiem - but without a choir and in a slightly shortened form. The concert will be supplemented by the Overture to the opera «La forza del destino».