On 29 November 2017, the Baltic Philharmonic will host Juan Diego Florez, considered one of the best lyric tenors in the world. The artist will take part in the charity concert Music Makes Miracles, the proceeds of which will be used for the purchase of medical equipment for patients of the Department of Surgery and Urology of Children and Adolescents at the Medical University of Gdańsk. Olivia Business Centre is the sponsor of this event.

The organizers of the concert are: Association for Aid to Surgically Ill Children, National Centre for Culture, Polish Baltic Philharmonic and AStreet Agency. Sponsors of the event: Olivia Business Centre, BSJP and Hilton Gdańsk. Main Partner Music Makes Miracles has been awarded to the Energa Group.

Hailing from Peru, Juan Diego Florez is currently the most famous lyrical opera tenor in the world. The artist became famous for his masterful interpretations of bel canto operas, especially Rossini, Bellini and Donizzetti. Since his debut on the stage of Milan’s La Scala, he has performed regularly in the world’s most famous opera houses, m.in. in: New York, Paris, London, Vienna, Barcelona or Berlin. He is the first singer in 70 years to encore during an opera performance at la Scala (2007) with the famous aria “Ah mes ami” from Donizzetti’s “The Daughter of the Regiment”, containing 7 consecutive high C! He repeated this success in Paris and New York. Florez is the recipient of many awards. The artist performed in Poland only once during the Wratislavia Cantans festival in 2003, when he was at the beginning of his great international career.

The tenor at the Baltic Philharmonic will be accompanied by Vincenzo Scalera – a pianist, an American artist who has accompanied the world’s most famous opera singers, m.in. Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Vittorio Grigolo, Katia Ricciarelli and Renata Scotto.

Opera recital by Juan Diego Floreza

Part I

• L’amor funesto | G. Donizetti (1797–1848)
• Me voglio faì na casa | G. Donizetti
• Ange si pur |” La Favorite” | G. Donizetti
• Tombe degli avi miei |” Lucia di Lammermoor” |G. Donizetti
• Ed ancor la tremenda porta… | “Roberto Devereux” |G. Donizetti
  Come uno spirito angelico… Bagnato il sen di lagrime

Part II

• Che ascolto, Ahime… | “Othello” | G. Rossini (1792–1868)
  Ah, come mai non senti?
• Una furtiva lagrima | “L’elisir d’amore” | G. Donizetti (1797–1848)
• Pourquoi me reveiller | “Werther” | J. Massenet (1842–1912)
• Che gelida manina | “La boheme” | G. Puccini (1858–1924)
• La mia letizia infondere | “And lombardi” | G. Verdi (1813–1901)
• Lunge da lei… | “La traviata” | G. Verdi
  De’ miei bollenti spiriti…
  About mio rimorso

Concert organizer: Association for Surgically Ill Children, National Centre for Culture, Polish Baltic Philharmonic, AStreet Agency
Main Partner: Energa Group
Other strategic partners: Grupa LOTOS, Port of Gdynia, Franciszek Stefczyk, Remontowa Holding
Sponsors of the concert: BSJP, Olivia Business Centre, Hilton Gdańsk
Media patronage: TVP Kultura, Dziennik Bałtycki, Radio Gdańsk, Wirtualna Polska, Trojmiasto.pl
Editorial cooperation: RMF Classic
Business patronage: Gdansk Business Club

Information about the concert on the Baltic Philharmonic website