PROGRAMME NEW YEAR'S CONCERT

SOLOISTS
Sofie Asplund & David Risberg

CONDUCTOR Sasha Yankevych
Royal Swedish Orchestra

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Overture from Le nozze di Figaro (1786)
ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA

"Cruel! Perché finora« (Susanna and the Count's duet) from Le nozze di Figaro
SOLOISTS Sofie Asplund, David Risberg

JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825–1899)
Wiener Blut, waltz, op. 354 (1873)
ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA

»Mein Herr Marquis« (Adele's laughing song) from Die Fledermaus (1874)
SOLOIST Sofie Asplund

ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD (1897–1957)
»Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen« from Die tote Stadt (1920)
SOLOIST David Risberg

HANS CHRISTIAN LUMBYE (1810–1874)
Champagne Galop (1845)
ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA

FRANZ LEHÁR (1870–1948)
»Lippen schweigen's flüstern Geigen« (duet ending Act I) from Die lustige Witwe (1905)
SOLOISTS Sofie Asplund, David Risberg

JOHANN STRAUSS II
Unter Donner und Blitz, polka, op. 324 (1868)
ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA

INTERMISSION

GEORGES BIZET (1838–1875)
Entr’acte, act III from Carmen (1875)
ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA

JACQUES OFFENBACH (1819–1880)
»Il m'a semblé sur mon épaule« (The Fly Duet) from Orphée aux enfers (1858)
SOLOISTS Sofie Asplund, David Risberg

ETHEL SMYTH (1858–1944)
Serenade in D major, third movement (Allegretto grazioso) (1890)
ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA

CHARLES GOUNOD (1818–1893)
»Je veux vivre« (Juliet's Waltz) from Roméo et Juliette (1867)
SOLOIST Sofie Asplund, David Risberg

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898–1937)
»Bess, you is my woman now«, duet from Porgy and Bess (1935)
SOLOISTS Sofie Asplund

JACQUES OFFENBACH
Can-can from Orphée aux enfers
ROYAL SWEDISH ORCHESTRA