The Melody of Spring——2010 International Master Series
Concert by Soprano Ritva-Liisa Korhonen and Pianist Erkki Korhonen
Soprano: Ritva-Liisa Korhonen
Piano: Erkki Korhonen
Time：2010/3/13，19:30
Ticket:
￥880(VIP)/680/380/180/150/120/80/50(S)
Ritva-Liisa Korhonen, soprano
Education
Graduated from Hämeenlinna secondary school, 1979
Diploma in singing, Sibelius Academy, 1990
The International Opera Studio, Zürich Opera, 1985-1986
Work experience
The Finnish National Opera 1984-
Savonlinna Opera Festival 1991-1997
Tampere, Oulu and Lahti, Opera Companies 1990-1991
Turku Opera Company 1997
Opera Rolls, first nights
Pohjalaisia, The Ostrobothnians (Maija)
Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio San)
Manon Lescaut (Manon Lescaut)
Der Rosencavalier (Die Feldmaschallin)
Arabella (Arabella)
Rasputin (Anna Virubova)
Il viaggio a Reims (Madame Cortese)
Turandot (Liu)
Die Zauberflöte (Pamina, Erste Dame)
La Traviata (Violetta)
La Rondine (Magda)
Aino (Aino)
Das Reingold (Woglinde)
Hyönteiselämä, Insect Life (Phyllis)
Rödhamn (Anna)
Orlando Paladino (Eurilla)
Die Lustige Witwe (Hanna)
L‘Elisir d‘Amore (Adina)
Det Sjungande Trädet (Prinsessa)
Palatsi, The Palace (Kitty)
Fidelio (Marzelline)
Rigoletto (Gilda)
Carmen (Micaela)
Don Giovanni (Zerlina)
Cosi Fan Tutte (Fiordiligi)
La Boheme (Musetta)
Fledermaus(Rosalinde)
Winsorin Iloiset Rouvat (Frau Fluth)
Ariadne auf Naxos (Najadi)
Die Zauberflöte (Königin der Nacht)
Pimpinone (Vespetta)
Liebesfrühling (Clara Scumann)
Fledermaus (Adele)
West Side Story (Maria)
Cosi Fan Tutte (Despina)
Viimeiset kiusaukset, The Last Temptations (First Lady)
Orchestra works
Alban Berg: Sieben Frühe Lieder
Bach: Matteus-passion
Bach: Johannes-passion
Bach: Magnificat
Bach: Die Weinachtsoratorium
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Händel: Messias
Mahler: Simphony nro 4
Mozart: c-mollmesse
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Vesperae Solenne de confessore
Other
Gala concerts with variois orchestras
Visits: Die Deutsche Opern Berlin, Mariinsky, St Petersburg, Opera, Tallin
Erkki Korhonen
Born in 1956 in Hameenlinna, Finland, pianist and conductor Erkki Korhonen graduated from the Sibelius academy in 1983. Continuing his studies in piano, vocal accompaniment and conducting with such names as György Sebök, Dimitri Bashkirov, Tamas Vasary and Hartmut Höll, he specialised in opera coaching and worked under Max Epstein, Ubaldo Gardini and Alberto Zedda as well as Marc Belfort, Tamas Blum and Ralf Weikert at the Zurich Opera.
Becoming a lecturer at the renowned Sibelius Academy, from 1989-1997, Erkki Korhonen taught at numerous conservatories throughout Finland as well as coached for more than twenty years at the Finnish National Opera, the Savonlina Opera Festival, the Zurich Opera and most recently at the Lyric Opera Studio of Weimar. In 1997 he was appointed the head of the International Opera Studio in Zurich and in 2001 he became the general director of the Finnish National Opera until 2007.
Having performed as a soloist, as well as in chamber works, throughout Europe and North America, Erkki Korhonen has made several radio and television appearances. To honour his contributions to the arts, he received the Sibelius Medal from the Sibelius Society of Finland and the Medals of the cities Hämeenlinna and Helsinki.
As artistic advisor and board member of various European festivals and music organisations such as the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition, Erkki Korhonen often servs as a jury member at numerous competitions, e.g. Competizione del opera, Dresden, Queen Sonja International Music Competition, Lappeenranta singing competition, Marseille singing competition, Ernst Haefliger singing competition.
Program
Gioacchino Rossini: Serate Musicali: La Promessa (Pietro Metastasio)
Il Rimprovero (Pietro Metastasio)
L’invito (Carlo Pepoli)
Toivo Kuula: Heidezauber Op 24 / 4 (August Hjelt)
Purjein Kuutamolla Op 31a / 1 (Kalle Wuokos)
Jääkukkia Op 24 / 2 (V.A. Koskenniemi)
Jean Sibelius: Kaiutar Op 72 / 4 (Larin Kyösti)
Flickan Kom ifran
Sin älsklings möte Op 37 / 5 (Johan L. Runeberg)
Var det en dröm Op 37 / 4 (Josef J. Wecksell)
Intermission
Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder: Nacht (Carl Hauptmann)
Schilflied (Nikolaus Lenau)
Die Nachtigall (Thedor Storm)
Traumgekrönt (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Im Zimmer (Johannes Schlaf)
Liebesode (Otto E. Hartleben)
Sommertage (Paul Hohenberg)
Richard Strauss: Zueignung Op 10 / 1 (Hermann von Glim)
Die Georgine Op 10 / 4 (Hermann von Glim)
Nichts Op 10 / 2 (Hermann von Glim)
Cäcilie Op 27 / 2 (Heinrich Hart)
Program subject to change