Serenades of love

In the beautiful hall of the little guild, what an elegant opera program awaits you!

Mikhail Svetlov has already sung more than once in this hall, in a Large Guild, and in churches where our concerts of the international talent center were held. And always his amazing voice, which we compare with Chaliapinsky, convinces us of the beauty and power of the male bass, the voice of rare vocal sound and strength. Mikhail Svetlov once reminded us that Chaliapin, when he came to Riga, performed in this very hall. And now we are waiting for the same shock that the audience once experienced when listening to Chaliapin.

For Mikhail, being in the prime of his talent, gathered in this concert the most beautiful works of composers: Martino Stanislao Luigi Gastaldon, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Ernesto De Curtis, Modest Mussorgsky, Charles François Gounod, W,A,Mozart, Gioacbino Rossini C.Gounod, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, etc

A special guest at this concert is the incomparable Yulia Vasilyeva, the leading soloist of the LNOiB, well known to the audience for her outstanding roles at the opera house and for her many solo programs at St. Peter's Church.Pavel and her participation in our concerts as a member of the jury of the Rising Stars competition.

Solo and duet they will give you the mood for the whole year!

The concert is attended by Vyacheslav Zubkov, a pianist who won over the audience of the Gala Concert at the Bolshoi Guild last year with his performance of Liszt.

Mikhail Svetlov, bass
Mikhail Svetlov is one of the brightest representatives of the bass vocal tradition. Having excellent command of vocal technique, and as an amazing actor, he is subject to comedy, drama, tragic image, buffoonery, and pop. Svetlov is nominated for a Grammy Award, has been awarded two Telerama Awards in France, and is a laureate of the Viotty International Competition in Italy.

A leading soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, he has performed on the most prestigious stages such as Covent Garden in London, Carnegie Hall, Arena di Verona, Grand Opera in Houston and Grand Opera in Florida, Deutsche Oper in Berlin, the Colon Theater and many others. others. His recent works are related to productions at the MET of "Meistersinger" and "Ariadne on Naxos", Verdi's "Nabucco" in Erfurt, Germany, Rachmaninoff's "The Miserly Knight" in Boston and Rossini's "Mass" in Washington.

As the press writes about him:
"Mikhail Svetlov is an amazing performer." Opera news
..The bass stole the show, Mikhail Svetlov!
"Mikhail Svetlov fills the hall with his rumbling Italian bass..."
Express, classical review, London
"Mikhail Svetlov made a splash!" La Presse (Montreal)