The Dunja Vejzović Music Centre was established at the initiative of this celebrated Croatian opera singer and musician with the aim of promoting opera and musical culture, while placing particular emphasis on supporting the development of young talented singers and musicians. Conceived as an open meeting place for artists, audiences, and new generations of musicians, the Centre will organise concerts, exhibitions, workshops, masterclasses, seminars, memorial programmes, and other cultural events. The research, documentation, digitisation, and publication of materials related to opera, as well as the development of partnerships with cultural, artistic, educational, and academic institutions in Croatia and abroad will be an important part of the Centre’s activities.
At the same time, the Music Centre will be dedicated to preserving the artistic and pedagogical legacy of Dunja Vejzović. It will house, catalogue, and present her extensive legacy, which was recently granted the status of protected cultural heritage. An exhibition of posters, photographs, costumes, and other artefacts documenting Dunja Vejzović’s appearances on the world’s leading opera stages, as well as her contribution to music education and the development of young singers and musicians, is currently in preparation. The Centre will also provide access to a valuable collection of audio and video recordings documenting the remarkable artistic and pedagogical career of this distinguished musician.
The inaugural concert of the Dunja Vejzović Music Centre is a charity event, bringing together some of Croatia’s most distinguished opera artists, who perform at the world’s leading opera houses, alongside outstanding representatives of the new generation of the Croatian opera scene. All soloists, as well as the conductor, are donating their performances in support of the establishment and future activities of the Dunja Vejzović Music Centre.
The concert will feature Diana Haller, Dora Jana Klarić, Evelin Novak, Marie-Pierre Roy, Dubravka Šeparović Mušović, Tomislav Jukić, Goran Jurić, and Krešimir Stražanac, accompanied by the Croatian Radiotelevision Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Valentin Egel.
We extend our special thanks to the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and Croatian Radiotelevision for their generous support in making this concert possible.
The evening’s programme presents a selection of some of the finest opera arias, duets, and orchestral excerpts from works by Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, Strauss, Gotovac, Wagner, Dvořák, Delibes, Bizet, Rossini, and Offenbach.
In addition to purchasing tickets for the inaugural concert, those who wish to support the development of the Dunja Vejzović Music Centre are warmly invited to make a personal donation.
Promotional Concert Programme
Inauguration of the Dunja Vejzović Music Centre
1. Giuseppe Verdi – Nabucco
Overture
2. Vincenzo Bellini – Norma
Norma’s aria and cabaletta – Casta diva… Ah! Bello a me ritorna
Diana Haller
3. Gaetano Donizetti – L’elisir d’amore
Nemorino’s aria – Una furtiva lagrima
Tomislav Jukić
4. Gaetano Donizetti – Roberto Devereux
Sara’s aria – All'afflitto è dolce il pianto
Dora Jana Klarić
5. Giuseppe Verdi – Don Carlo
Philip’s aria – Ella giammai m’amò
Goran Jurić
6. Ambroise Thomas – Mignon
Philine’s aria – Je suis Titania la blonde
Marie-Pierre Roy
7. Richard Strauss – Arabella
Arabella and Mandryka’s duet – Und du wirst mein Gebieter sein
Evelin Novak and Krešimir Stražanac
8. Jakov Gotovac – Mila Gojsalića
Mila’s aria – Oda zemlji
Dubravka Šeparović Mušović
9. Alfredo Catalani – La Wally
Wally’s aria – Ebben? Ne andrò lontana
Evelin Novak
Interval
10. Richard Wagner – Die Walküre
Wotan’s aria – Leb wohl
Krešimir Stražanac
11. Antonín Dvořák – Rusalka
Ježibaba’s aria – Čury mury fuk
Dubravka Šeparović Mušović
12. Léo Delibes – Les filles de Cadix
Nous venions de voir le taureau
Evelin Novak
13. Georges Bizet – La jolie fille de Perth
Ralph’s aria – Quand la flamme de l'amour
Krešimir Stražanac
14. Johann Strauss II – Die Fledermaus
Rosalinde’s aria – Klänge der Heimat
Diana Haller
15. Gioachino Rossini – Il barbiere di Siviglia
Basilio’s aria – La calunnia è un venticello
Goran Jurić
16. Gioachino Rossini – La danza
Già la luna è in mezzo al mare
Tomislav Jukić
17. Jacques Offenbach – Orphée aux enfers
Finale
Marie-Pierre Roy and all performers
