Enjoy world-famous arias by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Vinci, Offenbach, Bizet, Massenet and Orff at the 10th Opera Gala Bonn for the German AIDS Foundation at the Bonn Opera on May 14th, 2022. Here, you will find celebrated opera stars accompanied by the Beethoven Orchestra and the Opera Chorus of the Theater Bonn, conducted by Jacques Lacombe. Entertainer and host Johannes B. Kerner will lead the evening under the patronage of trumpeter Till Brönner.

The fundraising event is organized by the German AIDS Foundation (https://aids-stiftung.de) with proceeds going towards projects in Germany and Mozambique. To donate, please visit: https://aids-stiftung.de/spenden or transfer your contribution to this account DE85 3705 0198 0008 0040 04. The artists are working for free for this good cause.

Program:
(00:00) Intro
(02:41) Ludwig van Beethoven, Overture, from Fidelio
(09:26) Welcome by the initiators of the 10th Opera Gala Bonn Arndt and Helmut Andreas Hartwig
(23:51) Introduction of the host of the evening Johannes B. Kerner
(28:35) Talk with Katja Dörner, Mayor of the Federal City of Bonn; Dr Bernhard Helmich, General Director Theatre Bonn; Peter Limbourg, Director General Deutsche Welle; Dr Ralf Kantak Chairman of the Association of Private Health Insurance Companies & Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the German AIDS Foundation; Ulrich Voigt, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sparkasse KölnBonn; Steven Walter, Artistic Director Beethovenfest Bonn; Iryna Shum, Consul General of Ukraine
(44:50) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Là ci darem la mano, from Don Giovanni | Rocío Pérez (Soprano), Giorgos Kanaris (Baritone)
(48:36) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Deh se piacer mi vuoi, from La clemenza di Tito | Lidia Fridman (Soprano)
(56:10) Gioacchino Rossini, Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno!, from l’italiana in Algeri | Nadezhda Karyazina (Mezzo-soprano)
(1:02:43) Giacomo Puccini, E lucevan le stelle, from Tosca | Raffaele Abete (Tenor)
(1:07:31) Gioacchino Rossini, Largo al factotum, from Il barbiere di Siviglia | Johannes Kammler (Baritone)
(1:15:05) Jacques Offenbach, Les oiseaux dans la charmille, from Les contes d’Hoffmann | Rocío Pérez (Soprano)
(1:22:06) Jules Massenet, Pourquoi me réveiller, from Werther | Ioan Hotea (Tenor)
(1:25:57) Round table with Dr Kristel Degener, Chairwoman of the Board of the German AIDS Foundation; Prof Dr Hendrik Streeck, Professor of Virology, Director of the Institute of Virology and HIV Research at the University Bonn & Chairman of the Board of Trustees German AIDS Foundation; Paul Zubeil, Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)
(1:35:13) Leonardo Vinci, In braccio a mille furie, from Semiramide riconosciuta | Simone Kermes (Soprano)
(1:40:57) Giuseppe Verdi, Bella figlia dell‘amore, from Rigoletto | Rocío Pérez (Soprano), Nadezhda Karyazina (Mezzo-soprano), Giorgos Kanaris (Baritone), Ioan Hotea (Tenor)
(1:48:22) Léo Delibes, Pas de deux, from Sylvia | Manuel Legris (Choreography), Kiyoka Hashimoto & Masayu Kimoto (Dancers)
(1:57:17) Gaetano Donizetti, Una furtiva lagrima, Aus L’elisir d’amore | Raffaele Abete (Tenor)
(2:03:27) Georges Bizet, L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera), from Carmen | Opera Choir of the Theater Bonn, Nadezhda Karyazina (Mezzo-soprano)
(2:08:40) Talk with the patron of the 10th Opera Gala Bonn Till Brönner
(2:12:56) Talk with the initiators of the 10th Opera Gala Bonn Arndt and Helmut Andreas Hartwig
(2:18:23) Talk with Ranga Yogeshwar, host of the Opera Gala 2018 & patron of the Opera Gala 2019; Uschi Yogeshwar, patron of the Opera Gala 2019; Anja Bröker, host of the Opera Gala 2019; Bettina Böttinger, host of the Opera Gala 2016
(2:24:08) Freddie Hubbard, Thermo | Till Brönner with Band
(2:32:18) Giuseppe Verdi, La donna è mobile, from Rigoletto | Ioan Hotea (Tenor)
(2:35:10) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Hai già vinta la causa, from Le nozze di Figaro | Johannes Kammler (Baritone)
(2:41:13) Vincenzo Bellini, Casta Diva, from Norma | Lidia Fridman (Soprano)
(2:48:37) Talk with soprano Simone Kermes
(2:51:39) Norbert Schultze, Lili Marleen | Simone Kermes (Soprano), Till Brönner (Trumpet)
(2:58:24) Carl Orff, O Fortuna, from Carmina Burana | Opera Choir of the Theater Bonn
(3:04:00) Video message from Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus from ABBA
(3:06:04) ABBA, Ode to Freedom | all soloists, Beethoven Orchestra & the Opera Chorus of the Theater Bonn

Soloists:
Raffaele Abete - Tenor
Lidia Fridman - Soprano
Ioan Hotea - Tenor
Giorgos Kanaris - Baritone
Johannes Kammler - Baritone
Nadezhda Karyazina - Mezzo-soprano
Simone Kermes - Soprano
Rocío Pérez - Soprano
Kiyoka Hashimoto und Masayu Kimoto - Dance Pair

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