{"id":63090,"date":"2025-11-05T19:28:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plmf.ee\/11-11-talveooper-2025-kava\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:24:27","slug":"11-11-winter-opera-2025-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.plmf.ee\/en\/11-11-winter-opera-2025-program\/","title":{"rendered":"11.11 Winter Opera 2025 Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PROGRAM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/strong> (1756\u20131791)
\n<\/span>-Tercet Soave sia il vento \/ May the wind be gentle \u2013 from the opera Cos\u00ec fan tutte
\n<\/span>-Susanna\u2019s recitative and aria Giunse alfin il momento\u2026 Deh vieni non tardar \/ At last the moment has come\u2026 Oh come, do not delay \u2013 from the opera Le nozze di Figaro \/ The Marriage of Figaro<\/span><\/p>\n

Gioachino Rossini<\/strong> (1792\u20131868)
\n<\/span>-Isabella\u2019s aria Cruda sorte \/ Cruel fate \u2013 from the opera L\u2019italiana in Algeri \/ The Italian Girl in Algiers
\n<\/em><\/span>-Don Basilio\u2019s aria La calunnia \/ Slander \u2013 from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia \/ The Barber of Seville<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacques Offenbach<\/strong> (1819\u20131880)
\n<\/span>Barcarolle Belle nuit \/ Beautiful night \u2013 from the opera Les contes d\u2019Hoffmann \/ The Tales of Hoffmann<\/span><\/p>\n

Giuseppe Verdi<\/strong> (1813\u20131901)
\n<\/span>-Azucena\u2019s aria Stride la vampa \/ The flames are blazing \u2013 from the opera Il trovatore \/ The Troubadour
\n<\/span>-Attila\u2019s aria Mentre gonfiarsi l\u2019anima \/ When my soul swells with feeling \u2013 from the opera Attila<\/span><\/p>\n

Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k<\/strong> (1841\u20131904)
\n<\/span>Rusalka\u2019s aria M\u011bs\u00ed\u010dku na nebi \/ Song to the Moon \u2013 from the opera Rusalka<\/span><\/p>\n

Georges Bizet<\/strong> (1838\u20131875)
\n<\/span>-Carmen\u2019s Habanera
\n<\/span>-Carmen and Toreador duet
\n<\/span>-Toreador\u2019s aria Votre toast \/ Your salute
\nfrom the opera Carmen<\/span><\/p>\n

Jules Massenet<\/strong> (1842\u20131912)
\n<\/span>Salome\u2019s aria Celui dont la parole\u2026 Il est doux \/ He whose word\u2026 is gentle \u2013 from the opera H\u00e9rodiade<\/span><\/p>\n

Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns<\/strong> (1835\u20131921)
\n<\/span>Dalila\u2019s aria Mon c\u0153ur s\u2019ouvre \u00e0 ta voix \/ My heart opens to your voice \u2013 from the opera Samson et Dalila \/ Samson and Delilah<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard Wagner<\/strong> (1813\u20131883)
\n<\/span>Wolfram\u2019s song Wie Todesahnung\u2026 O, du mein Abendstern \/ As death\u2019s foreboding\u2026 O, my evening star \u2013 from the opera Tannh\u00e4user<\/span><\/p>\n

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
\n<\/span><\/strong>Zerlina and Don Giovanni duet L\u00e0 ci darem la mano \/ There we\u2019ll join hands \u2013 from the opera Don Giovanni<\/span><\/p>\n

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KRISTINA V\u00c4HI<\/strong> has been recognized as a soloist in opera, operetta, and musicals. She graduated from the Georg Ots Tallinn Music School (under M. J\u00f5geva) and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT) with bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in opera singing (under R. Airenne, Prof. T. Novit\u0161enko). V\u00e4hi has furthered her studies at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague and attended numerous masterclasses (E. M\u00e4rtson, G. Kahry, C. Deutekom, R. Piernay, I. Kremling, J. Beckman, M. Pelo, M. Hauswalter). She won the 1st prize at the Klaudia Taevi International Competition for Young Singers (1996). From 2006\u20132013, V\u00e4hi was a soloist at the Estonian National Opera (RO Estonia). She has also sung in productions at the Vanemuine Theatre, EAMT Opera Studio, and Saaremaa Opera Days, and has been invited to various festivals and musicals organized by Smithbridge Productions and the Vanemuine Theatre. Since 1997 she has been a soloist with the creative ensemble Operetta Scretta. Her roles include Adina (Donizetti\u2019s L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore), Baroness (Lortzing\u2019s Der Wildsch\u00fctz), \u00c4nnchen (Weber\u2019s Der Freisch\u00fctz), Oscar (Verdi\u2019s Un ballo in maschera), and in Mozart\u2019s operas Zerlina, First Lady, and Despina (Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, Cos\u00ec fan tutte); from Menotti\u2019s operas Lucy, Monica, and Miss Pinkerton (The Telephone, The Medium, The Old Maid and the Thief); Rossini\u2019s Fanny and Clorinda (The Marriage Contract, Cinderella); Nedda (Leoncavallo\u2019s Pagliacci), Ninetta (Prokofiev\u2019s The Love for Three Oranges), Luise (Aints\u2019 Rehepapp), Adele and Gagliari (Strauss\u2019s Die Fledermaus, Wiener Blut), Lisa and Stasi (K\u00e1lm\u00e1n\u2019s Countess Maritza, Silva), Damon (Handel\u2019s Acis and Galatea), Maria (Leigh\u2019s Man of La Mancha), Soulgirl and Carlotta (Webber\u2019s Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera), and many others. Currently, she works as a freelance opera soloist. Kristina V\u00e4hi is a scholar of the PLMF Music Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n

ANNALIISA PILLAK<\/strong> is an outstanding Estonian mezzo-soprano who began her vocal studies at the Georg Ots Tallinn Music School under Ludmilla Dombrovska-Keis and continued at the Sibelius Academy, graduating in 2006 under Annika Ollinkari. She has pursued further studies at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan (with S. Turchetta, S. Dozi, 2005) and with Renate Behle in Hamburg, and participated in many masterclasses. Pillak made her debut at the Estonian National Opera as Sesto in Mozart\u2019s La clemenza di Tito (2006). Her stage roles include Cinderella (Rossini\u2019s La Cenerentola), Second Diplomat (T\u00fc\u00fcr\u2019s Wallenberg), Rinaldo (Handel\u2019s Rinaldo), Nicklausse\/Muse (Offenbach\u2019s The Tales of Hoffmann), Larina and Olga (Tchaikovsky\u2019s Eugene Onegin), Kristi (Tubin\u2019s The Parson of Reigi), Woman (Lill\u2019s Into the Fire), Witch (Humperdinck\u2019s Hansel and Gretel), Dorabella (Mozart\u2019s Cos\u00ec fan tutte), Cherubino (Mozart\u2019s The Marriage of Figaro), Second Lady (Mozart\u2019s The Magic Flute), Dryad (R. Strauss\u2019s Ariadne auf Naxos), Lisetta (Haydn\u2019s The World on the Moon), Juula (Varres\u2019s The Old Devil from P\u00f5rgup\u00f5hja), Public Opinion (Offenbach\u2019s Orpheus in the Underworld), Pierotto (Donizetti\u2019s Linda di Chamounix), Tolomeo (Handel\u2019s Julius Caesar), and Berta (Rossini\u2019s Let\u2019s Play The Barber of Seville). Pillak is also a renowned lieder singer and has appeared as a soloist with many orchestras. Her sacred repertoire is extensive. In 2012, she premiered the title role in Paavo Piik\u2019s experimental concert performance Diva, which has since been performed over 90 times at various theatre and music festivals. Annaliisa Pillak is a scholar of the PLMF Music Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n

PAVLO BALAKIN<\/strong> is one of the most capable operatic basses of his generation. He graduated from Donetsk Music Academy as a jazz saxophonist and later studied opera singing at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (Prof. M. Palm), supplementing his training with distinguished mentors such as R. Barker, R. Ferrari, K. Vavolo, K. Okerlund, and J. Goldberg. From 2002\u20132008, Balakin sang in the Ukrainian National Opera Chorus, joining the Estonian National Opera in 2008 as a chorister and becoming a soloist in 2013. In 2016, he made his international debut in Italy, singing the title role in Verdi\u2019s Attila at Teatro Massimo di Palermo, later performing Dottore Grenvil in Verdi\u2019s La Traviata at Opera di Firenze. In 2017, he reprised Attila and sang Hermann (Wagner\u2019s Tannh\u00e4user) at Teatro La Fenice, Ramfis (Verdi\u2019s Aida), the Police Chief (Hindemith\u2019s Cardillac) at the Estonian National Opera, and Dulcamara (Donizetti\u2019s L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore) at the Danish National Opera. In 2018, he appeared as Daland (Wagner\u2019s The Flying Dutchman) at the Lithuanian National Opera and as Dulcamara in Lviv. His repertoire includes Commendatore (Mozart\u2019s Don Giovanni, Latvian National Opera), M\u00e9phistoph\u00e9l\u00e8s (Gounod\u2019s Faust), Walter (Verdi\u2019s Luisa Miller, Latvian National Opera), Don Pasquale (Donizetti\u2019s Don Pasquale), Don Magnifico (Rossini\u2019s Cinderella, Latvian National Opera), Malyuta (Rimsky-Korsakov\u2019s The Tsar\u2019s Bride), Angelotti (Puccini\u2019s Tosca), Enrico (Donizetti\u2019s Anna Bolena), Ptolemaios (Handel\u2019s Julius Caesar), Surin (Tchaikovsky\u2019s The Queen of Spades), Boris and Pimen (Mussorgsky\u2019s Boris Godunov), Salieri (Rimsky-Korsakov\u2019s Mozart and Salieri, concert performance), and many Verdi roles including Zaccaria (Nabucco), Marquis d’Orbigny (La Traviata), Count Ceprano (Rigoletto), and Count Horn (Un ballo in maschera). His concert repertoire includes Beethoven\u2019s 9th Symphony, S. Gubaidulina\u2019s On Love and Hatred, J. S. Bach\u2019s St. John Passion and St. Matthew Passion, Verdi and Mozart Requiems, Strauss\u2019s Deutsche Motette, and Rossini\u2019s Petite messe solennelle. Balakin has collaborated with esteemed conductors including D. Oren, R. Frizza, O. M. Wellber, F. M. Carminati, E. Klas, A. Mustonen, V. P\u00e4hn, A. Volmer, and prominent directors such as D. Bertman, D. Slater, D. Abbado, C. Bieito, G. Rootering, P. Recinella, V. Kiljunen, A. Zagars, and T. Kratzer. In 2013, Balakin received the Estonian Theatre\u2019s \u201cCrystal Shoe\u201d award for his portrayal of Mephisto in Faust, and in 2021, the Estonian Theatre Music Award for the title role in Donizetti\u2019s Don Pasquale. In 2021\u20132022, he was a soloist at the Latvian National Opera. In 2023, he appeared as King Heinrich in Wagner\u2019s Lohengrin at the Estonian National Opera. Pavlo Balakin is a scholar of the PLMF Music Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n

PIIA PAEMURRU<\/strong> is one of Estonia\u2019s most esteemed accompanists, especially for opera singers such as V. Noreika, J. Ryh\u00e4nen, M. Voites, M. Palm, P. Lill, A. Saal, R. Soom, P. Volmer, H. Lokuta, A. Mikk, K. V\u00e4hi, O. Kuusik, M. Listra, K. Puis, P. Jonas, D. Savinova, M. Veretenina, A. Pillak, T. Dede, K. J\u00fcrgens, S. Laagus, A. Soode, A. Karp, S. Breede, T. Nugis, R. Raalik, P. Balakin, R. Kull, R. Tamm, and many others. Her concert activity has also brought her together with distinguished instrumentalists such as P. Paemurru, M. Tampere-Bezrodny, A. Lend, A. Tammesalu, and V. Veldi. Paemurru graduated from the Tallinn Conservatory\u2019s master\u2019s program under Prof. Laine Mets (1999) and has been working as a vocal accompanist at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre since 1986. She has participated as a r\u00e9p\u00e9titeur in numerous Bavarian Opera Academy masterclasses and auditions in Germany. Paemurru has received multiple special prizes for best accompanist at vocal competitions, including five times at the Klaudia Taevi International Competition. Since 2016, she has also worked as a r\u00e9p\u00e9titeur at the Vanemuine Theatre. Piia Paemurru is a scholar of the PLMF Music Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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