Concert “Evening of arias, duets and choirs from operas” on the occasion of the official opening of 29th International Choir Festival “Sparkling Voices”

At the gala concert “An Evening of Arias, Duets and Choirs from the Opera” on the occasion of the opening of 29^th International Choir Festival “Sparkling Voices”, 4^th July 2024, on the Summer Stage of Niš Fortress, professors of solo singing from the Faculty of Arts in Niš performed as soloists: Katarina Simonović Ivanković, MA full prof. – soprano and MA Saša Arsenkov, Assoc. prof-tenor, as well as students Hadži Lazar Lazarević, IV year-baritone and Nikola Stamenković, IV year – tenor, in the class of prof. Katarina Simonović Ivanković.

The conductor at the concert was prof. Bisera Čadlovska from North Macedonia.

The orchestra consisted of students of the Faculty of Arts in Niš, students of the Faculty of Music in Skopje and prominent musicians of the city of Niš.

The festival choir that performed was made up of members of several Nis choirs: the “Maestrini” Choir (students of the Faculty of Arts in Niš), the “Radojica Milisavljević – Ica” Youth Choir (Niš Music School choir) and the Niš Chamber Choir.

The program included works by: G. Busset, G. Verdi, A. Dvoržak, F. Lehara and G. Puccini.