Canzoni e quartettini / Rossini and Donizetti Gala concert with the Hungarian National Choir

When

Thursday, 28 November 2019

From 19.30until approximately 9.40 pm (with intermission)

Where

Hungarian National Museum,
Budapest

Tickets

HUF 2,500 (seats upon arrival)

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Canzoni e quartettini / Rossini and Donizetti Gala concert with the Hungarian National Choir

Non-season ticket concert

Solos performed by the singers of the Hungarian National Choir

Dóra Bizják alto

Hungarian National Choir (choirmaster: Csaba Somos)

Csaba Somos choirmaster

Host: Antal Tóth

The Italian name (meaning “songs and quartets”) of this concert is a nod to two great Italian masters of the Italian bel canto style. Over the course of the evening, the audience will get to hear arias and ensemble pieces of exceptional beauty by Rossini and Donizetti. They will get to enjoy the candid joyfulness, drama and richness of character of this key style of Italy’s inimitable music as interpreted by the artists of the Hungarian National Choir and pianist Dóra Bizják. Alongside the virtuoso solo and chamber performances by our singers, the entire ensemble will perform several quartets and opera choruses.

Csaba Somos

Liszt Award-winning conductor, Artist of Merit, choirmaster of the Hungarian National Choir since 1 April 2016. Throughout his career, he has focused simultaneously on vocal and instrumental music. With an artistic credo centred on passionate interpretation, he puts his energy into achieving a penetrative musical power that is goes beyond the level of mere professionalism.

Solos performed by the singers of the Hungarian National Choir

Dóra Bizják

Hungarian National Choir (choirmaster: Csaba Somos)

The Hungarian National Choir (originally called State Choir) was founded in 1985. Between 1990 and 2016 it was headed by Mátyás Antal, who was succeeded by Csaba Somos on 1 January 2016.