The 30th anniversary season of the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra will surprise you with impressive concerts. November 9 tenor Merūnas Vitulskis together with the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the artistic director and chief. conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius, will perform Italian opera masterpieces on the stage of the Vilnius Congress Palace. At the concert, listeners will also be able to enjoy the pearl of Lithuanian symphonic music - the symphonic poem "Sea" by MK Čiurlionis.
"Merūnas is a top-class vocal professional," said prof. Virgilius Noreika. Today, no one doubts that - tenor Merūnas Vitulskis is appreciated by classical professionals, welcomed in famous European opera houses and loved by the public for his sincerity, warmth and charisma. "Tenors who sing so beautifully are rare. Merūnas is a very talented person, gifted by nature and God, so I really believe that fame will accompany him", maestro Gintaras Rinkevičius is confident. November 9 Merūnas together with the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by its artistic director and chief. conducted by conductor G. Rinkevičius, arias from the operas of the famous Italian opera masters Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857–1919) and Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) will be performed in the Vilnius Congress Palace.
A concert it will also be decorated with the symphonic poem "Sea" by one of the most famous Lithuanian composers, Mikalojaus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911), performed by the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra. "I would like to compose a symphony from the roar of the waves, from the mysterious language of a hundred-year-old forest, from the twinkling of stars, from our songs and my boundless longing", wrote M. K. Čiurlionis. in 1907 the written work is evaluated by critics not only as a monumental picture of nature, but also as a complex world of spiritual experiences, a deep philosophy of human existence. "The mighty sea. Big, boundless, immeasurable. The whole sky envelops your waves in its blue, and you, full of majesty, breathe quietly and calmly, because you know that there is no limit to your power, your greatness, your being is infinite. Big, mighty, great sea! At night, half the world looks at you, the distant sun sinks its twinkling, mysterious, sleepy gaze into your depths, and you, the eternal queen of giants, breathe calmly and quietly, because you know that you are alone and no one is your guide..." (M. K. Čiurlionis)
Tenor Merūnas Vitulskis and the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra concert "Maroon: pearls of Italian operas" will take place on November 9. at 19 p.m. in the Vilnius Chamber of Congresses. You can buy tickets at Tiketos, Teatrai.lt and Vilnius Congress Palace ticket offices.