OPERA GALA

Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra – “Georgian Sinfonietta”

Giorgi Kuzanashvili / Theorbo, Baroque Guitar

Alexander Vasadze / Harpsichord, Organ

Conductor – Ayyub Guliyev

Soloists:

Ilham Nazarov / countertenor, Azerbaijan

Farida Mamedova / soprano, Azerbaijan

Programme

Henry Purcell (1659 – 1695) – Orchestral Suite from the opera “Fairy Queen”

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759) – Concerto Grosso, N 1, op. 6

Georg Friedrich Händel – “Scherza, infida” from the opera “Ariodante”

Ilham Nazarov / countertenor, Azerbaijan

Nicola Porpora (1686 – 1768) – “Alto Giove” from the opera “Polifemo”

Ilham Nazarov / countertenor, Azerbaijan

Riccardo Broschi (c. 1698 – 1756) – “Son qual nave” from the opera “Artaserse”

Farida Mamedova / soprano, Azerbaijan

Georg Friedrich Händel – “Ah, mio cor” from the opra “Alcina”

Farida Mamedova / soprano, Azerbaijan

Georg Friedrich Händel – “Fermati, Armida son fedel” from the opera “Rinaldo”

Ilham Nazarov / countertenor and Farida Mamedova / soprano

Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643) – “Pur ti miro” from the opra “L’incoronazione di Poppeia”

Ilham Nazarov / countertenor and Farida Mamedova / soprano