Pavel Petrov and Kostas Smoriginas will perform a selection of Russian arias and melodies.
Both from the cancelled production of Eugene Onegin, this duo will take us on a journey through 19th century musical Russia, with excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s opera and melodies by Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Kabalevsky among others.
Young and brilliant Belarusian tenor, Pavel Petrov, who was to play the role of Lensky, will sing alongside Kostas Smoriginas, our Onegin, an exceptional Lithuanian bass who already performed Don Giovanni 3 years ago on our stage.
For reasons beyond our control, the concert is cancelled. Our ticket office is at your disposal for the refund of tickets.
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Lithuanian-born Kostas Smoriginas is one of today’s most promising bass-baritones. He made his debut at the Berliner Staatsoper as Escamillo (Carmen) and has since performed the role with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle (recorded for EMI Classics), the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Santa Fe Music Festival, the Dresden Semperoper, and with the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing. Recent successes include debuts at the Opernhaus Zurich and Theater an der Wien, Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde at the Cologne Opera and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons at Carnegie Hall, Escamillo in Barrie Kosky’s production and Kasper Holten’s new production at the Bregenz Festival, Heerrufer in David Alden’s new Lohengrin and Tchelakov in a new production of Boris Godunov – all three at Covent Garden -, Figaro in Dresden, the Count in Le nozze di Figaro in Malmö, the title roles of Aleko and the Demon at La Monnaie, and his debut as the High Priest in Samson et Dalila in Vilnius.
At the Opéra de Lausanne: Don Giovanni (2017).
Originally from Belarus, Pavel Petrov is the winner of the Operalia 2018 First Prize and the Don Plácido Domingo Ferrer de la Zarzuela Prize. He is also a finalist in the Hans Gabor Belvedere and Reine Sonja international competitions. His engagements include Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) at the Wiener Staatsoper, Opéra de Paris, Graz and Semperoper Dresden, Lenski (Eugene Onegin) at Teatro Massimo Palermo, Klagenfurt and Lausanne, Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) at the Paris Opera and in Graz, Pong (Turandot) at Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House, Alfredo (La traviata) at the Verona Arena, Ferrando (Così fan tutte) in Australia and Chaplitsky (The Queen of Spades) at the Salzburg Festival. Highlights of his 2023/24 season include Alfredo in Florida and concerts with the Orchestre de Paris, the Spanish National Orchestra, the Washington Symphony Orchestra and London’s Royal Philharmonic conducted by Vasily Petrenko. He was a member of the Belarus Bolshoi Theatre between 2012 and 2016. During the 2015/16 season, he was also a member of the Zurich Opera Studio. He graduated from the Belarusian State Music Academy and studied under Piotr Ridiger. He has taken part in master classes given by Dmitry Vdovin, Adrian Kelly, Hedwig Fassbender and Fabio Luisi.
At the Opéra de Lausanne: Eugène Onéguine (2022)