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World-famous opera arias for a good cause. At the First Charity Opera Gala #RebuildUkraine on April 19, 2024 at Konzerthaus Berlin, international stars of the opera world will sing arias by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Offenbach, Handel, Gluck, Massenet, Meitus and others. They include Pretty Yende, Stephen Costello, Elsa Dreisig, Samuel Mariño, Mauro Peter, Nino Machaidze, Olga Kulchynska, Nicole Chirka, and Andrii Kymach, all three from Ukraine, as well as the Ukrainian violinist Diana Tishchenko. The concert will be accompanied by the Ukrainian Freedom Chorus and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) under the direction of Keri-Lynn Wilson. German actor Johann von Bülow will be the evening's host. Program: "Overture" from the Opera “La forza del destino” (Giuseppe Verdi) “Dio, che nell'alma infondere” from the Opera “Don Carlo” (Giuseppe Verdi) - Andrii Kymach | Baritone, Stephen Costello | Tenor “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana” from the Opera “La Wally” (Alfredo Catalani) - Nino Machaidze | Soprano “Melodia”, Ukrainian Song (Myroslav Skoryk) - Nicole Chirka | Mezzo-Soprano “È strano! - Ah, fors'è lui - Sempre libera” from the Opera “La Traviata” - Pretty Yende | Soprano, Stephen Costello | Tenor ”Meditation” from the Opera “Thaïs” (Jules Massenet) - Diana Tishchenko | Violin “Хто вбив його?“ (Who killed him?) From the Opera “Taras Bulba” (Mykola Lysenko) - Andrii Kymach | Baritone “Piangerò, la sorte mia” from the Opera “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” (George Frideric Handel) - Samuel Mariño | Soprano “Deserto in terra” from the Opera “Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal“ (Gaetano Donizetti) - Stephen Costello | Tenor “Va, pensiero” from the Opera “Nabucco” (Giuseppe Verdi) - Ukrainian Freedom Chorus “Bella figlia dell’amore” from the Opera “Rigoletto” (Giuseppe Verdi), Nino Machaidze | Soprano, Stephen Costello | Tenor, Nicole Chirka | Mezzo-Soprano, Andrii Kymach | Baritone “Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì” from the Opera “La Bohème” (Giacomo Puccini) - Elsa Dreisig | Soprano “Anna's Aria” from the Opera “Stolen Happiness” (Yuliy Serhiyovych Meitus) - Olga Kulchynska | Soprano “Barcarole” from the Opera “Les contes d’Hoffmann” (Jacques Offenbach) - Elsa Dreisig | Soprano, Nicole Chirka | Mezzo-Soprano “Che farò senza Euridice” from the Opera “Orfeo ed Euridice” (Christoph Willibald Gluck) - Samuel Mariño | Soprano “Agnus Dei” from the “Coronation Mass“ (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) - Ukrainian Freedom Chorus, Elsa Dreisig | Soprano, Nicole Chirka | Mezzo-Soprano, Mauro Peter | Tenor, Andrii Kymach | Baritone “National Anthem of Ukraine” (Mychajlo Werbyzkyj) The charity gala is about demonstrating solidarity with Ukraine. It aims to raise funds for the rebuilding of the country and bring the issue to the public's attention. The donations will be used to set up community centers for traumatized children in the cities of Kherson, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia, which have been severely damaged by the war. It is one of the important projects of the aid organization #WeAreAllUkrainians, which works hand in hand with the Ukrainian partner organization Save Ukraine. #WeAreAllUkrainians has grown from an ad hoc initiative launched by Dr. Wladimir Klitschko and Tatjana Kiel in the first days of the war in February 2022 to a non-profit organization that, in addition to providing immediate relief measures, implements sustainable, large-scale aid projects in Ukraine. The idea for 'Rebuild Ukraine' came about through talks with leading media, cultural, and business representatives. Entrepreneur and donor Harald Christ came up with the idea together with former Berlin State Secretary for Culture Alard von Rohr. The major charity event is organized by the Harald Christ Foundation for Democracy and Diversity, which since 2020 has been committed to supporting socially disadvantaged families and children, strengthening diversity, and promoting artistic and cultural work. The patron of the gala is the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Co-patron is the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner. To donate, please transfer your contribution to this account: Harald Christ Stiftung für Demokratie und Vielfalt, subject: Benefizgala #RebuildUkraine, IBAN: DE67 1005 0000 0191 2679 10, BIC: BELADEBEXXX. The Harald Christ Foundation is responsible for donations and provides information on how they are used at: https://gala-rebuild-ukraine.de/spenden. © 2024 Deutsche Welle Thumbnail: © imago/SKATA | imago stock&people Listen to more arias from our opera playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SdnzPd3eBViI0xNOrkXyijK6Ft5xx8N Enjoy more concerts in your personal concert hall: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_SdnzPd3eBV5A14dyRWy1KSkwcG8LEey Subscribe to DW Classical Music: https://www.youtube.com/dwclassicalmusic #Opera #OperaGala #OperaArias

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