You might have thought that Vilnius City Opera Vilnius airport can only surprise the passengers?! As many as seven soloists from... six countries fly to the beginning rehearsals of "Faust". Such a record number of incoming soloists promises the highest vocal quality waiting for the audience on October 12-15. performances, and, of course, the great success of the soloists of the Lithuanian Opera on the biggest European stages. What and why were they surprised? You'll know right away.
"The first impression of the country, the team, the theater is very important. When soloists in Vilnius work for 4-5 times lower wages than in Europe, when the Palace of Congresses does not have a normal stage or a decent backstage, but also dressing rooms, and when the performer of the main role needs to sing before the performance, it does not matter at all how big a star he is. anyway, he has to do that in the toilet of the common men's dressing room... So, you have to go over your head and try to create an impression so unique that by magic the soloists won't even notice where they are and domestic conditions won't dominate. It is necessary to make it so that people feel good! Then they will come back. Well, we are great talents to build castles in the air from nothing", director Dalia Ibelhauptaitė presents the situation with a large dose of black humor.
Inspired by the extremely successful launch of the 11th season at the Vilnius airport, which was viewed by over 225 people on social networks alone, the "bohemians" decided to surprise the incoming vocalists by making a surprise: to meet each of them in the baggage claim hall with the aria of the incoming soloist from the opera "Faust". . At the same time, the singer himself was loudly introduced to the passengers, with a secret camera filming their reactions and those around them.
Even the passengers of four planes had the opportunity to hear excerpts from Ch. Gounod's operas and to get up close with the talents who came to Vilnius: Almas Švilpa, who played the role of Mephistopheles in the premieres, flew in from Essen, where he has been living and singing for more than 20 years, Ekaterina Gončarova and Olena Tokar, who will play the role of Margarita, flew in from Petersburg and Frankfurt, well the passengers of the plane from Paris had a double pleasure, because they even got to know two Fausts at the same time: the Mexican Diego Silva and the French Sebastien Gueze!
