EVENTS 1 - Cypriot Myth Meets Viennese Music
Where: PATTIHIO THEATRE LIMASSOL
When: 26/10/2022
Tickets: Zone Α: €15 | Zone Β: €10
Duration: 80-85'
About the event:
Τhe Cyprus Symphony Orchestra and the Austrian Embassy in Nicosia present the concert "CYPRIOT MYTH MEETS VIENNESE MUSIC"
Austria & Cyprus celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations
Solon Michaelides: Suite Archaïque
Aria of Nausica from the opera Ulysses (1951), transcription for clarinet (orch.: Mikis Michaelides)
“The Prayer of the Humble One” for baritone (1953)
Alkis Baltas: Arodafnousa - Fantasia on a Cypriot Medieval melody
Johann Strauss: From the operetta Die Fledermaus:
Overture
Csárdás – soprano
Franz Lehár: From the operetta Die Lustige Witwe:
‘Da geh´ich zu Maxim’ - baritone
‘Lippen Schweigen’ - soprano & baritone duet
Johann Strauss: Rettungs Jubel Marsch (Rescue Jubilee March), op. 126
Simona Eisinger soprano
Günter Haumer baritone
Yiorgos Kountouris presentation
Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
Günter Neuhold
More about the event:
Under the baton of Günter Neuhold, this beautiful musical synergy features two outstanding Austrian lyrical singers, the soprano Simona Eisinger and the baritone Günter Haumer.
Inspired by the respective musical traditions of Cyprus and Austria, this festive programme includes music by Solon Michaelides, Alkis Baltas, Johann Strauss and Franz Lehár: Cyprus myth and history-inspired works such as the Suite Archaïque and Aria of Nausica by Solon Michaelides and Alkis Baltas’ Fantasia “Arodafnousa”, alongside graceful and exuberant Viennese music, including delightful highlights from the operettas Die fledermaus and Die lustige witwe.
In collaboration with the Austrian Embassy in Nicosia
Free entrance to people with disabilities.
Information: 22 463144, www.cyso.org.cy
