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The superb soprano Simona Šaturova is hailed by critics as “nothing short of a Mozart miracle”. In Prague, she is famous for her roles at the National Theatre; she’s also been a guest of the Nachtigall Artists concerts. In December 2016 we admired her art alongside the Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecień. This time, her concert partner will be a tenor – Atalla Ayan from Brazil. He performed at the Nachtigall Artists concert in October 2013 alongside the star of Angelou Gheorghiu. The review in Hudební rozhledy (HR 1/2014) wrote „Atalla Ayan was an equal stage partner to Gheorghiu and manifested that his vocal abilities have a great future.” This “prophecy” came true; the young Brazilian today performs at such upfront opera houses as Covent Garden in London (this season as Rodolfo in La bohème), Bavarian State Opera in Munich, La Scala Milan, Paris National Opera, etc. In July 2011, he performed at the Metropolitan Opera concerts in Central Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park; the review at New York Times compared his voice to “young Plácido Domingo”. Atalla Ayan returned to Met in the spring of 2017 as Alfredo (La traviata) and Christian (Cyrano de Bergerac).
Simona Houda-Šaturová is a sought-after interpreter of Mozart repertoire, as well as the repertoire of the Italian Bel canto. She is also an esteemed concert singer. Concerts and opera productions took her to Semperoper in Dresden, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Frankfurt Opera, Megaron Concert Hall in Athens, Carnegie Hall, Konzerthaus and Musikverein in Vienna, Tonhalle Zürich, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Herkules-Saal in Munich, and to festivals in Salzburg, Edinburg and Lucerne. Simona is a frequent guest of Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Aalto Theater in Essen, as well as the National Theatre in Prague.
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813–1901)
Questa o quella (The Duke of Mantua)
Rigoletto, Act I
E il sol dell’anima (Gilda & The Duke of Mantua)
Rigoletto, Act I
Caro nome (Gilda)
Rigoletto, Act I
Overture
TBA
CHARLES GOUNOD (1818–1893)
Je veux vivre (Juliette)
Roméo et Juliette, Act I
JULES MASSENET (1842–1912)
En fermant les yeux (Des Grieux)
Manon, 2. dějství Act II
Toi! Vous! ... N'est-ce plus ma main (Des Grieux & Manon)
Manon, Act III
Interval
FRIEDRICH VON FLOTOW (1812–1883)
M’appari tutt’amor (Lyonel)
Martha, Act III
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Preludio
La traviata, Act III
Parigi, o cara (Alfredo & Violetta)
La traviata, Act III
Overture
Luisa Miller
Ma se m'è forza perderti (Riccardo)
Un ballo in maschera, Act III
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797–1848)
Ah! Tardai troppo – O luce di quest'anima (Linda)
Linda di Chamounix, Act I
Una furtiva lagrima (Nemorino)
L’elisir d’amore, Act II
Caro elisir (Nemorino & Adina)
L’elisir d’amore, Act I
Program is subject to change
