”A Romantic Summer Night”

Fri & Sat 15 & 16 May, 8pm
Hanoi Opera House

Opera & Ballet Performance:

Magnificat by John Rutter
Chopiniana – Les Sylphides

Director: Pham Anh Phuong

Conductor: Graham Sutcliffe

Singers: Thang Long (Soprano), Vanh Khuyen (Soprano), Phuong Dung (Soprano), Kieu Tham (Soprano), Nguyen Vu (Tenor)

and Choir & Orchestra of Vietnam National Opera&Ballet, the Hanoi International Choir and dancers of the Vietnam National Ballet Company.

Program

Part I

Magnificat

by John Rutter , performed by Choir & Orchestra of Vietnam National Opera & Ballet, with the Hanoi International Choir

1. Magnificat anima mea (My soul doth magnify the Lord)

2. Of a Rose a lovely Rose
Solo: Vanh Khuyen, Thang Long, Phuong Dung, Kieu Tham, Nguyen Vu

3. Quia fecit mihi magna (For he that is mighty hath magnified me)

4. Et misericordia (His mercy is on them)
Solo Soprano Vanh Khuyen

5. Fecit potentiam (He hath showed strength)

6. Esurientes (He hath filled the hungry)
Solo Soprano Thang Long

7. Gloria patri (Glory be to the Father)

Interval

Part II

Chopiniana – Les Sylphides

Chopiniana, was first staged in St Petersburg on 10 Feburary 1907 Choreographed by Michel Fokine with music of Frédéric Chopin orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov. Fokine reshaped the work for two years prior to its 1909 staging as Les Sylphides for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris by legendary ballerina Pavlova. The work continued to evolve, but retained its essence as a one-act ballet evoking the Romantic spirit of the sylph in an abstract work. Les Sylphides is often confused with La Sylphide, another ballet of similar name but however the two ballets are unrelated.

Music: F. Chopin
Choreographer: F. Fokine
Stage Choreographer: People’s artist Kieu Ngan
and dancers of the Vietnam National Ballet Company

Tickets: VND 250000, 200000, 150000

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