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Bobby McFerrin and Italian Opera Gala to Abu Dhabi Classics

- Adam Turner

Saturday, 18 April 2009 02:11

Bobby McFerrin in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain: Known to millions from his hit “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”, in Abu Dhabi the inimitable McFerrin will use his voice to simulate instruments and galvanize his audience with irresistible rhythms. Joining him to make music will be surprise guests, local singers and instrumentalists. “I come to Abu Dhabi not as an artist with a ready-made program, but also in order to learn- from local artists, from local music, from the traditions.” A unique cross- cultural experience.

An outstanding ensemble of singers

A worthy conclusion to Abu Dhabi Classics’ first season: an Italian opera gala, presented by an outstanding ensemble of singers. Thrilling opera highlights – and not just Italian: Puccini, Verdi, Massenet, Bizet and other greats, performed in the Emirates Palace by Marcelo Alvarez, one of days leading lyric tenors, along with the superb Verdi baritone Carlos Alvarez, and mezzo Julia Gertseva, celebrated throughout Europe as Carmen, a roe she recently sang in Florence under Zubin Mehta.

Maestro Juraj Valcuha is one of today’s fastest rising conducting stars, within just two years notching up debuts with London’s Philharmonia, Dresden’s staatskapelle, Leipzig’s Gewandhaus, the Munich Philharmonic, Bavarian state Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic.

And what of the Orchestra of La Fenice? It is intimately bound up with the history of opera itself – in the world premieres of such immortal works as Verdi’s Rigoletto and La Traviata. The podium of this orchestra, so stee -ped in the Italian tradition, has been graced by virtually every important conductor, including such legends as Strauss, Toscanini, Furtwangler, Stokowski, Mitropoulos, Reiner, Walter, Serafin, Karajan, Bohm and Bernstein.

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