W. A. Mozart. Overture from the opera “Le Nozze di Figaro”. Performed by the theatre’s orchestra
L. Minkus. Polonaise from the ballet “Paquita”. Performed by the ensemble of classical dance “Fouetté” (artistic directors – Anna Pogoretska and Marina Kozyar)
W. A. Mozart. Aria of Figaro from the opera “Le Nozze di Figaro”. Performed by a 2nd-year student of the Odessa National A. V. Nezhdanova Music Academy Valeriy Gorbenko (class of People’s Artist of Ukraine Prof. Vasyl Navrotskiy)
V. Bellini. Aria of Amina from the opera “La Sonnambula”. Performed by Yelizaveta Skorba and the choir “Pearls of Odessa” (artistic director – Larisa Garbuz)
F. Mendelssohn. An excerpt from the piano concerto No. 2. Performed by a pupil of the Odessa State Stolyarsky Music Lyceum Illia Zayets (class of Honoured Art Worker of Ukraine Prof. Tetiana Fomina)
L. Minkus. Kitri variations from the ballet “Don Quixote”. Performed by a soloist of the choreographic centre “Fouetté Grand” Oleksandra Chuprunova
J. S. Bach. “Badinerie” from the suite No. 2 h-moll. Performed by a pupil of the Odessa State Stolyarsky Music Lyceum Oleksandr Koksharov (class of Prof. Sergiy Laptev)
C. Pugni. Esmeralda variation from the ballet “La Esmeralda”. Performed by a soloist of the choreographic centre “Fouetté Grand” Sophia Mykhalyova
G. Puccini. Aria of Cio-Cio-San from the opera “Madama Butterfly”. Performed by a student of the Odessa National A. V. Nezhdanova Music Academy Daria Serdyuk (class of People’s Artist of Ukraine Prof. Olga Oganezova)
L. Minkus. Adagio from the ballet “Don Quixote”. Performed by the theatre’s ballet artist Ruslan Talipov and a student of the Odessa Dankevich Art College Angelina Yatsenko (class of Prof. Nadia Rogozina)
E. Di Capua. “’O sole mio”. Performed by a 2nd-year student of the Odessa National A. V. Nezhdanova Music Academy Kyrylo Nayda (class of People’s Artist of Ukraine Prof. Olga Oganezova)
A. Adam. An excerpt from the ballet “Giselle”. Performed by students of the Odessa choreographic school (class of Prof. Ganna Kalistratova)
J. Strauss. Waltz. Performed by the choir “Pearls of Odessa” (artistic director – Larisa Garbuz)
Intermission
J. Strauss. “Auf der Jagd” polka. Performed by the theatre’s orchestra. Conductor – a 2nd-year student of the Odessa National A. V. Nezhdanova Music Academy Ludmia Korobchynska (class of Prof. Alla Chernoivanenko)
J. S. Bach. Choreographic sketch “Life in fis-moll”. Performed by the ensemble “Chornomorski Vizerunky” of the Odessa Dankevich Art College (artistic directors – Nadia Rogozina and Ludmila Ustynova, production by Alina Pugachenko)
A. Mozart. Duet from the operatic fairy tale “The Wizard of Oz”. Performed by Polina Vyshnyak and Oleksiy Sebov (class of Prof. Larisa Garbuz)
Y. Shevchenko. An excerpt from the ballet “Thumbelina”. Performed by the ensemble of classical dance “Fouetté” and the theatre’s ballet artists Victor Pelykh, Mykhaylo Perfilov and Nikita Putrin (production by Honoured Artist of Ukraine Harry Sevoyan)
O. Rodin. Spring songs. Performed the choir “Pearls of Odessa”
Ukrainian folk song “Mav ya raz divchynonku” [“Once I had a girl”]. Performed by Valeriy Gorbenko
Stetsyun. Bolero. Performed by the violin ensemble “Gruppetto” of the Bilgorod-Dnistrovskiy Ludmila Ginzburg School of Arts (class of Prof. Natalia Sukharenko; pianist – Talina Musat)
P. Zakharov. Burlesque on the N. Paganini’s theme. Performed by a 7th-year pupil of the Yuzhne School of Arts Daria Tymopheyeva (class of Prof. Yevgenia Kulanova)
J. Johns. Choreographic composition “Ukrainian Wings”. Performed by ensemble “Chornomorski Vizerunky” of the Odessa Dankevich Art College (artistic directors – Nadia Rogozina and Ludmila Ustynova, production by Alina Pugachenko)
F. Sartori. “Con te partirò” (“Time to Say Goodbye”). Performed by the theatre’s soloist Pavlo Smirnov, Sophia Dorosheva and the choir “Pearls of Odessa” (artistic director – Larisa Garbuz)
Gala-concert: gifted children, young talents, soloists and artists of the Odessa Opera accompanied by the orchestra of the theatre.
The Odessa Opera is traditionally concerned with the matter of art education for the younger audience and the possibility of presenting them with the heritage of the world and domestic musical culture.
“FUTURE GENIUS. Ukraine Classic. NEXT” is an exclusive project of the theatre, in which gifted children, young performers – musicians, singers, dancers and bright ensembles will present their art at the main stage of Odessa accompanied by the theatre’s orchestra and joined by the opera and ballet soloists.
The founders of the project, in these times of change, are aiming to help younger audiences adapt to today’s realities immersing them into the life-giving world of art. Life goes on and nothing is capable of cancelling the holidays and those noble bright emotions that a theatre gives.
We hope that this evening the children will surprise the adults with their non-childish talents and their performing and acting skills, and the Odessa Opera will reveal new star names of young talented Ukrainians to the world. An exquisite and unique tandem of stage masters and our future geniuses will be one of the creative outcomes of the “Velvet Season” festival programme.