YOUNG TALENT - Special guest artist Nguyễn Trường Linh will perform famous arias in a concert held at the HCM City Opera House on May 12. Photo courtesy of HBSO

HCM CITY – The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will host a concert featuring a series of famous arias at the Opera House on May 12.

The highlight of the night will be tenor Nguyễn Trường Linh of the Việt Nam National Academy of Music (VNAM).

He will sing Ah! Mes amis, an aria for tenor from the 1840 French opera La fille du régiment (The Daughter of the Regiment) by Gaetano Donizetti, and Viva, il vino spumeggiante (Hail to the bubbling wine!), known as a drinking song, from the 1890 one-act Italian opera Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) by Pietro Mascagni.

Linh will also perform Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart’s Delight), an aria from 1929 operetta Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of Smiles), with soloist Nguyễn Hồng Dịu of HBSO.

Linh, a student of the vocal department, has won many top prizes at national competitions such as second prize at the 2023 National Chamber – Musical - Choir Singing Competition.

He has participated in musicals and operas such as Princess Anio, a joint opera to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and Japan, and the musical Les Misérables.

The concert will also feature Torna ai felici dì (Return to happy days), a tenor aria from the 1884 opera Le Villi (The Willis) by Giacomo Puccini, and Di quella pira (Of that pyre) from the 1853 four-act opera Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) by Giuseppe Verdi with the performance of Phạm Trang.

POWERFUL DUET - Meritorious Artist Phạm Khánh Ngọc and baritone Đào Mác will sing the duet Dunque io son from opera Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) by Gioachino Rossini. Photo courtesy of HBSO

Baritone Đào Mác will sing an aria Largo al factotum, and a duet Dunque io son with Meritorious Artist Khánh Ngọc. Both arias are from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) by Gioachino Rossini.

In addition, HBSO Symphony Orchestra and Choir will present the famous Overture from Rossini’s La Cenerentol (Cinderella), and excerpts from operas such as Gugliemo Ratcliff by Pietro Mascagni and Mefistofele by Arrigo Boito.

Trần Nhật Minh, who holds a Master of Music in conducting from Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory, will wield the baton at the concert.

The concert will begin at 8 pm. The venue is at 7 Lam Sơn Square in District 1. Tickets can be purchased at the venue’s box office. — VNS