CONTES À LA BELLE ÉTOILE
Where: STROVOLOS THEATRE NICOSIA
When: 10/09/2024
Tickets: Full-price €15 | Concessions* €10 (LMS members, pensioners, full-time students, soldiers)
Duration: tba
About the event:
CONTES À LA BELLE ÉTOILE
Voice and piano recital
Constantina Nicolaou, soprano | Nicolas Costantinou, piano
Strovolos Municipal Theatre | Tuesday, 10 September 2024 | 20:00
Ledra Music Soloists, in collaboration with the Institut français de Chypre, invites you to a special evening of lyric music with the young soprano Constantina Nicolaou and pianist Nicolas Costantinou. The concert is organized in honour of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner and the 100th anniversary of the death of French composer Gabriel Fauré. Constantina will be making her debut solo recital in Cyprus, offering the audience a unique opportunity to enjoy her voice in a program featuring masterpieces by these two composers, as well as works by Franz Schubert and Claude Debussy. The evening will also include solo piano performances by Nicolas Costantinou, which will add a rich musical touch to the evening. Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience an unforgettable musical experience.
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Programme
A. Bruckner: Herbstkummer, Im April
Fr. Schubert: Ganymed, Auf dem Wasser zu Singen, Die Junge Nonne, Lied der Mignon, Gretchen am Spinnrade, Die Männer sind méchant, Moments Musicaux nos. 3-5
G. Fauré: Poème d'un jour, Après un rêve, Clair de lune, Nell, Automne, Sylvie, Romance sans paroles, Op. 17/3, Improvisation, Op. 84/5, Barcarolle, Op. 44
C. Debussy: Nuit d’étoiles, Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison
The young soprano Constantina Nicolaou graduated with honours in 2022 from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She is continuing her postgraduate studies in Opera under the guidance of Laura Aikin. She has performed significant roles such as the First Witch in the opera Dido and Aeneas, Micaela in Carmen, and Sandmännchen, Taumännchen and Mutter in the opera Hänsel und Gretel. She has participated in world premieres, such as the opera Passing Through the Fire and R. J. Peters' Three Amputators with a libretto by Royce Vavrek, presented at the Arctic Chamber Music Festival 2024. In May 2024, she made her debut at the Gärtnerplatztheater in Munich, performing the leading role of Frau Fluth in the opera Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor. Her future appearances include concerts with the Cyprus Youth State Orchestra in Vienna and Cyprus.
Steinway Artist Nicolas Costantinou is renowned for impressing audiences with his daring selection of repertoire, old and new, and his ability to collaborate with extraordinary instrumental ensembles. He has been hailed by critics as “… an artist of deep emotions, who is capable of performing music with his whole being and soul…” (Kaleva, 2003) while his interpretations have been described as “colossal” and “dramatic” (Dimitri Nicolau, 2002). In 2023, Nicolas released three albums under the Odradek label. The first one, titled metavasis, was released in January 2023 and features C. Y. Stylianou’s 12 Préludes, Series I. The second one, with the title Past Forward, was released in June and contains Stylianou’s first two viola sonatas with violist Máté Szűcs. The third one, Hedra, was released on September 28, and it features sonatas for cello and piano with cellist Péter Somodari.
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