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Concert

Arrivederci

Music by Donizetti, Elgar, Haydn, Massenet, Menotti, Rossini, Puccini, J. Strauss II, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Wagner.

Till we meet again – a concert of opera’s most memorable farewells

  • Length

    Ca 1 h 35 min, no interval.

  • Stage

    Main Stage

  • Genre

    Concert

  • Price

    150–410 kr

  • Accessibility

Join us for a celebration of opera’s most poignant goodbyes, performed by the Göteborg Opera’s soloists, chorus, and orchestra.

Long drawn-out farewells, dramatic death-scenes, comic misunderstandings and bittersweet partings – opera has an abundance of leave-takings to explore. The Göteborg Opera’s soloists, chorus, and orchestra will get your emotions soaring, raise your festive spirit, and allow the music take flight in this magnificent ‘au revoir’!

This concert is our final performance for the season, after which the auditorium doors will temporarily close for essential stage renovations.

We look forward to welcoming you back after the summer!

Programme

August Söderman (1832–1876)

Swedish festival
The Göteborg Opera Orchestra

Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)

“Adieu, forêts” Joan of Arc's farewell from The Maid of Orleans, Act I
Katarina Karnéus

Jules Massenet (1842–1912)

“Adieu, notre petite table” from Manon, Act II
Sofie Asplund

Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)

“Addio, fiorito asil”, Pinkerton’s aria from Madama Butterfly, Act II
Adam Frandsen

Humming Chorus from Madama Butterfly, Act II
The Göteborg Opera Chorus

Richard Wagner (1813–1883)

“Leb wohl, du herrliches Kind” Wotan’s farewell from Die Walküre, Act III
Kristian Lindroos

Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

Prelude and Angel's Farewell from The Dream of Gerontius
Katarina Karnéus, The Göteborg Opera Chorus

Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)

“Addio del passato” Violetta's aria from La traviata, Act III
Mia Karlsson

“Va, pensiero” (Prisoners' Chorus) from Nabucco, Act III
The Göteborg Opera Chorus

“Addio, addio” (Scena e duetto) from Rigoletto, Act I
Viktor Johansson, Sofie Asplund

Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)

“Buona sera, mio signore” (quintet) from Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act II
Sofie Asplund, Viktor Johansson, Mattias Ermedahl, Kristoffer Töyrä, Mats Almgren

Johann Strauss d.y. (1825–1899)

Wiedersehen-Polka, op. 142
The Göteborg Opera Orchestra

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)

“Good bye” (duet) from The Telephone
Carolina Sandgren, Mattias Ermedahl

Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)

Finale from L’elisir d’amore, Act II (transl. Folke Abenius)
Mattias Ermedahl, Mia Karlsson, Viktor Johansson, Kristoffer Töyrä, The Göteborg Opera Chorus

SOPRANO Sofie Asplund, Mia Karlsson, Carolina Sandgren
MEZZO-SOPRANO Katarina Karnéus
TENOR Adam Frandsen, Viktor Johansson
BARITONE Mattias Ermedahl, Kristian Lindroos
BASS Mats Almgren, Kristoffer Töyrä
OBSERVATIONS Lars Hjertner

THE GÖTEBORG OPERA CHORUS
THE GÖTEBORG OPERA ORCHESTRA

In the foyer

The Göteborg Opera Childrens’ and Youth Choirs

CHOIR MASTER Ida Rosèn Hamrå
PIANIST Arne Murby
MUSICAL ARTISTS David Lundqvist, Anders Wängdahl
PIANIST Joakim Kallhed