The PRSO and Renée Fleming in Český Krumlov
The 18th International Music Festival Český Krumlov will be held from 17 July to 22 August, and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra will perform at two prestigious concerts.
On 18 July it will accompany the American soprano star Renée Fleming, conducted by John Keenan. The concert will be BROADCASTED LIVE by Czech Radio 3 - Vltava!!! The programme for the gala concert in the Brewery Gardens is as follows (source: the festival's website):
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture from Le Nozze di Figaro
Gioacchino Rossini
D'amor al dolce impero,
Armida's aria from Act 2 of Armida
Pietro Mascagni
Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Ich soll ihn niemals, niemals mehr sehn,
aria from Act 1 of Die Kathrin
Antonín Dvořák
Song to the Moon,
Rusalka's aria from Act 1 of Rusalka
Gioacchino Rossini
Overture from Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Giuseppe Verdi
Salce, salce / Ave Maria,
Desdemona's arias from Act 4 of Otello
Giuseppe Verdi
Mercé, dilette amiche,
Elena's bolero from Act 5 of I Vespri Siciliani
Georges Bizet
Overture from Act 3 of Carmen
George Gershwin
Summertime, a song from Act 1 of Porgy and Bess
Frederick Loewe
I Could Have Danced All Night,
a song from the musical My Fair Lady
You can find a profile of Renée Fleming at
http://www.festivalkrumlov.cz/en/current-year/artists-2/fleming
Then on 14 August the PRSO will perform with the outstanding violinists Pavel Šporcl and Shlomo Mintz; Mintz will on this occasion also appear as a violist and conductor.
You can find a profile of Shlomo Mintz at
http://www.festivalkrumlov.cz/en/current-year/artists-2/mintz
