• Rolando Villazón made his debut as a director in 2011 at the opera in Lyon
• His repertoire extends from baroque to contemporary music
• He has sold more than 2 million albums worldwide and recorded more than 20 CDs and DVDs
• Alfonso Scarano graduated with honours in conducting, opera conducting, choir conducting, and the trumpet
• Villazón draws and animates his caricatures, which can be seen on his website
• He developed an interest in singing at the age of ten, when he heard an album of crossover love songs by Plácido Domingo recorded with John Denver

Programme:
W. A. Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492
W. A. Mozart: “Per pietà, non ricercate”, aria for tenor & orchestra, K. 420
W. A. Mozart: “Voi che fausti ognor donate”, Alessandro’s aria from Il Re Pastore
G. Verdi: Overture to Nabucco
G. Donizetti: “Tombe degli avi miei… Fra poco a me ricovero”, Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood’s aria from Lucia di Lammermoor
C. Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, symphonic poem in G minor, Op. 40
G. Verdi: L‘esule (“Vedi! la bianca luna”), song for voice and piano
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J. Offenbach: “Va pour Kleinzach!”, Hoffmann’s arija from Les Contes d’Hoffmann
G. Giménez: Intermezzo from zarzuela La boda de Luis Alonso
R. Soutullo, J. Vert: “Y mis horas felices”, from zarzuela La del soto del parral
A. Márquez Navarro: Danzón No. 2
F. P. Tosti: Ideale
F. P. Tosti: L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra

Through his unique performances with leading international opera companies and orchestras, the famous tenor Rollando Villazón has firmly established himself as one of the most critically acclaimed and popular music stars worldwide. He is among the most versatile artists alive today, maintaining successful careers as a stage director, novelist and TV personality alongside his on-stage activities. His singularly beautiful voice and arresting stage presence have inspired widespread critical praise: The Times  dubbed him “the most charming of today’s divos”, while  The Guardian called his artistry “as astonishing as ever, fusing sound, sense and gesture in an uncompromising quest for veracity”. The tenor will be accompanied by the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra , directed by the Italian conductor Alfonso Scarano, chief conductor of Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra. His repertoire includes established opera works but also more modern pieces, especially 20th century ballets. Scarano is also a guest conductor for orchestras such as the PKF — Prague Philharmonia and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.

We would like to inform all visitors that due to Roland Villazon’s exclusive contract with the music label Deutsche Gramophon, there will be no streaming or radio broadcast of the concert on 28 February.