Romance of the Harp

INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL “OPERALIA”

Concert Fantasy

Romance of the Harp

Elizaveta Alexandrova (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

THE CONCERT IS HELD IN KAZAKH AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGES

The Astana Opera House, as part of the International Festival “Operalia”, presents an evening of music titled “Romance of the Harp”, featuring fantasies on themes from operas. The guest of the concert is the renowned Russian harpist Elizaveta Alexandrova from Saint Petersburg, along with artists from the Astana Opera Orchestra.

The concert programme will include works by classical composers such as G. Donizetti, G. Rossini, V. Bellini, J. Offenbach, P. Tchaikovsky, D. Henson and others.

Elizaveta Alexandrova is a soloist with the St. Petersburg Opera and a winner of international competitions in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Bulgaria.

She has given recitals in Sweden, Finland, Germany, Bulgaria and the Netherlands.

Since 2005, she has been a member of the board of the Russian Harp Society.

She actively combines her concert activities with teaching at the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory in the harp and chamber ensemble classes.

In 2012, with the support of the Government of Saint Petersburg, she organized the Ksenia Erdeli International Harp Competition “Crystal Key”.

PROGRAMME:

Donizetti–Thomas. Fantasy on themes from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor for two harps

Tchaikovsky–Izmailov. Trio on themes from the opera Iolanta for three harps

Tchaikovsky–Kikta. Fantasy on themes from the opera The Queen of Spades

Rossini–Bochsa. Fantasy on themes from Zitti-Zitti from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia

Donizetti–Chatterton. Fantasy on themes from the opera L'elisir d'amore

Bellini–Parish-Alvars. Fantasy on themes from the opera Norma

Rossini–Bochsa. Fantasy on themes from the opera La Donna del lago

Offenbach–Snoer. Barcarolle from the opera The Tales of Hoffmann

Henson–Conant. Baroque flamenco on the theme of J.-J. Rousseau

PERFORMED BY:

Elizaveta ALEXANDROVA (St. Petersburg)

Lubov TKACHENKO

Ainur KAMALOVA

Dilyara KALDYBAYEVA

Tickets purchased at the Astana Opera are exchangeable and refundable only in cases of cancelled or postponed performances. In all other cases, no refunds and exchanges are possible.