Prima Donnas + 2 Heroes

Gábor Bretz

Aria and song recital
Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
Running time without intervals

Surtitle Hungarian, English

For several years now the Hungarian State Opera has been presenting the Prima Donnas concert series, which this year will be expanded to include two “Heroes” alongside the female singers. Few heroes could be more fitting than bass-baritone Gábor Bretz, who has performed in nearly every major opera house in the world, embodied a wealth of bass-baritone roles – and, after many prizes and honors, was awarded the Kossuth Prize in 2024. Budapest audiences too have seen him in numerous roles (Mephistopheles, Bluebeard, Don Giovanni, Escamillo, Filippo II – and the list could go on); this year he takes on the role of Colline in La bohème.

Programme

J. S. Bach: Magnificat – „Quia fecit mihi magna” – Gábor Bretz 
W. A. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – „Non piú andrai…” Figaro's aria from the act I – Gábor Bretz
G. Verdi: Il Corsaro – „Non so le tetre immagini…” Medora's aria from the act I – Ildikó Megyimórecz
V. Bellini: La sonnambula – „Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni… Cari oggetti a me sì cari…” Rodolfo's cavatina from the act I – Gábor Bretz
F. Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur – „Ecco, respiro appena… Io son l’umile ancella…” – Adriana's aria from the act I – Ildikó Megyimórecz 
G. Verdi: Macbeth – „Come dal ciel precipita…” – Banco's aria from the act II -  Gábor Bretz
C. Gounod: Roméo et Juliette – “Je veux vivre…” – Juliette's aria from the act I – Ildikó Megyimórecz
G. Verdi: Ernani – „Infelice!… e tu credevi” – Silva's aria from the act III – Gábor Bretz
C. Gounod: Faust – “ Ah! je ris de me voir si belle en ce miroir...” – Marguerite's aria from the act III – Ildikó Megyimórecz
F. Halevy: La Juive – „Si la rigueur et la vengeance…” – Brogni's aria from the act IV  – Gábor Bretz 
L. Arditi: Il bacio – concert aria – Ildikó Megyimórecz
R. Wagner: Lohengrin – „Mein Herr und Gott...” – Heinrich's aria from the act I  – Gábor Bretz
E. de Curtis: „Non ti scordar di me…”  – Ildikó Megyimórecz
F. Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen – Gábor Bretz
A. Lara: Granada – Ildikó Megyimórecz
P. Kacsóh: Rákóczi’s Conversion “Fülembe csendül egy nóta rég…” – Gábor Bretz