Piotr Beczala | Sarah Tysman

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A home game for the Slavic soul: Piotr Beczała, audience favorite from the Vienna State Opera to the New York Met, combines the intimately expressive song treasures of his compatriot Mieczysław Karłowicz, little known outside his native Poland, with great romantic songs by Antonin Dvořak, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Some of these pieces seem tailor-made for the opera stage, where Beczała has celebrated great successes for decades and to which he pays homage in three arias from Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin", Dvořak's "Rusalka", and Stanisław Moniuszko's "Straszny Dwor". The celebrated French lied pianist Sarah Tysman will be performing as his piano partner for the first time in Grafenegg. Cast Tenor Piotr Beczała Piano Sarah Tysman Program Mieczysław Karłowicz "Zawód" (Disappointment) op. 1/4 "Rdzawe liscie strzasa z drzew" (The autumn wind strips the trees of their leaves) "Idzie na pola" (It goes to the fields) op. 3/3 "Zasmuconej" (Saddened) op. 1/1 "Mów do mnie jeszcze" (Speak more to me) op. 3/1 "Najpiekniejsze piosnki" (My most beautiful songs) op. 4 "Pamietam ciche, jasne, zlote dnie" (I remember the quiet, bright, golden days) op. 1/5 Stanisław Moniuszko "Czisa dokola " Recitative and song of Stefan from the opera "Straszny Dwór" Antonín Dvořák From "Gypsy Melodies" op. 55 "Když mne stará matka" (When my old mother) "Struna naladěna" (The strings are tuned) "Široké rukávy" (In the wide, broad, airy linen dress) "Dejte klec jestrábu" (The hawk nests high on the rocky heights) Antonín Dvořák "Vidino divná, přesladká" Prince's aria from the opera "Rusalka" - Intermission - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Net, tolko tot" (Only he who knows longing) op. 6/6 "Otschego?" (Why?) op. 6/5 "Sred schumnogo bala" (Amidst the ball) op. 38/3 "To bylo ranneju wesnoi" (It was in early spring) op. 38/2 "With a word" o. op. "Nam swesdi krotkije siwali" (The stars shone gently) op. 60/12 "Den li zarit?" (Whether day reigns) op. 47/6 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Kuda, kuda vi udalilis" Lensky's aria from the opera "Eugene Onegin" Sergei Rachmaninoff "Son" (A dream) op. 8/5 "Siren'" (Lilac) op. 21/5 "Ne poj, krasavica!" (Do not sing, beautiful one!) op. 4/4 "Vesenniye vodi" (Spring waters) op. 14/11