Celebrating the birthday of opera in Lithuania, the National Museum the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania for the fifth time already invites the citizens of Vilnius and its guests to begin the Autumn season of cultural events with the genre of opera!
On this day the venues and the events of the museum will be devoted entirely to the theme of music, so remembering the very first opera staged in Vilnius on September 4th, 1636. The guests of the museum (from the very youngest to those of respectable age) are invited to participate in various musical educational activities, screenings of opera recordings, as well as lectures about the traditions of old opera and the heritage of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which is also filled with music.
PROGRAMME
10.00–17.00 | Interactive musical installation MUSICAL TABLE
Museum expositions
Play the role of a real composer and create music live according to your own imagination!
With the interactive table “MashMachine” you will be able to compose different versions of the same well known piece by themselves or invite friends to help them.
More about “MashMachine” – www.mashmachines.com
Entrance with the museum visitor’s ticket.
11.00–17.00 | Orientation game THE QUIZ OF SOUND
The game is in Lithuanian. Please find the description on the Lithuanian web page www.valdovurumai.lt.
16.00–17.00 | Educational activity for families with children 5–10 years old “Improvising the Opera: THE KIDNAPPING OF ELENA”
The activity is in Lithuanian. Please find the description on the Lithuanian web page www.valdovurumai.lt.
17.30–19.30 | Johann Sebastiani's (1622–1683) opera “Pastorello Musicale”
Artistic director and conductor Rodrigo Calveyra
Assistant to the artistic director Juan Manuel Quintana
Directed by Karina Novikova
Roles and performers:
Thyrsis - Florian Just (baritone)
Chrysille, Echo, Lampetia - Renata Dubinskaitė (mezzo soprano)
Svavie, Electra - Ieva Gaidamavičiūtė (soprano)
Philenus - Algirdas Bagdonavičius (tenor)
Lucidor, Widdod, Angerapp - Hugo Oliveira (bass baritone)
Cupid, Venus, Phaetusa - Solar Chery (mezzo-soprano)
Rodolfo Richter, David Wish (violins)
Rodrigo Calveyra, Ieva Baublytė, Indrė Kučinskaitė (recorders)
Juan Manuel Quintana, Heidi Groeger (violas da gamba)
Shizuko Noiri (archlute)
Michael Freimuth (theorbo, guitar)
Jean-Michel Forest (cello)
Davide Pozzi (harpsichord)
The programme of events for the Day of Old Opera will culminate with the Lithuanian premiere of Johann Sebastiani opera’s “Pastorello Musicale’s” production at the Grand Renaissance Hall in the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. The score for the opera was regarded missing since 1945, until it was rediscovered in 2001 in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Vrublevsky Library, where it is held today. It is symbolic that the piece held in Vilnius will be restored according to the recently published modern score by the capitol’s international old music ensemble “Canto Fiorito”.
“Pastorello Musicale” is one of the earliest German operas surviving to this day, created in 1663 by the Chancery Master of Königsberg Johann Sebastiani. The piece is written in the style of Italian madrigal opera, following the Florentian opera tradition, and reflects the mid-17th c. opera production traditions in the region of the Baltic sea. The opera consists of five acts (each consisting of 3-4 scenes), arias, recitatives, duets, ensembles and short instrumental episodes. Well-known Baroque characters appear in the narrative of “Pastorello Musicale”, such as Amur, Venus, the shepherd Tyrus, and evocatively reveal the traits of pastoral poetry of the late Renaissance and Baroque periods, which will transport the listeners to the age of the flourishing Renaissance and Baroque.
Tickets – 6, 9, 12, 15 Eur
Tickets can be purchased at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania and “Bilietai LT” ticket office, as well as the web page www.bilietai.lt (service fees are applied).
Partner “Canto Fiorito”
Sponsors: Lithuanian Culture Council, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, GOETHE Institute in Vilnius.
More information: e-mail renginiai@valdovurumai.lt or tel. (8 5) 262 0067
