Gala on 24 October 2020: "Bolshoi and Plácido Domingo: Life in Opera PART IGiuseppe VerdiOverture to the opera Forza del DestinoBolshoi Theatre OrchestraConductor: Tugan SokhievUmberto GiordanoGérard’s aria “Nemico della patria” from the opera Andrea ChénierPlácido Domingo (baritone)Gioacchino RossiniRosina’s cavatina “Una voce poco fa” from the opera Il Barbiere di SivigliaPretty Yende (soprano)Giuseppe VerdiDon Alvaro’s aria “La vita è inferno . . . O tu che in seno agli angeli” from the opera La Forza del DestinoYusif Eyvazov (tenor)Giuseppe VerdiRodrigo’s Death Scene “O! Carlo, ascolta…” from the opera Don CarloMichael Volle (baritone)Giacomo PucciniDuet of Marcello and Rodolfo “In un coupé...O Mimi, tu più non torni” from the opera La bohemePiotr Beczala (tenor)Plácido Domingo (baritone)Richard WagnerElisabeth’s aria “Dich, teure Halle” from the opera TannhäuserChristina Nilsson (soprano)Gaetano DonizettiTonio’s cavatina “Ah! Mes amis, quel jour de fête!” from the opera La fille du regimentXabier Anduaga (tenor)Giuseppe VerdiAida’s aria “Ritorna vincitor!” from the opera AidaAnna Netrebko (soprano)Giuseppe VerdiDuet of Simone and Fiesco “Piango, perché mi parla” from the opera Simone BoccanegraPlácido Domingo (baritone)Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)PART IIPietro MascagniIntermezzo from the opera Cavalleria rusticanaBolshoi Theatre OrchestraConductor: Tugan SokhievAlexander BorodinPrince Igor’s Aria “No sleep, no rest for my tormented soul” from the opera Prince IgorIldar Abdrazakov (bass)Georges BizetDuet of Nadir and Zurga “Au fond du temple saint” from the opera Les pêcheurs de perlesPlácido Domingo (baritone)Xabier Anduaga (tenor)Giuseppe VerdiRecitative and aria of Rodolfo «Oh! fede negar potessi agl'occhi miei! … Quando le sere» from the opera Luisa MillerPiotr Beczala (tenor)Giuseppe VerdiScene and aria of Violetta “È strano!... Sempre libera” from the opera La TraviataPretty Yende (soprano)Xabier AnduagaGiuseppe VerdiDuet of Don Alvaro and Don Carlo “Invano Alvaro ti celasti al mondo” from the opera La forza del destinoPlácido Domingo (baritone)Yusif Eyvazov (tenor)Richard WagnerDuet of the Dutchman and Senta “Wie aus der Ferne... Versank ich jetzt” from the opera Der Fliegende HolländerChristina Nilsson (soprano)Michael Volle (baritone)Giuseppe VerdiDuet of Count di Luna and Leonora “Udiste?… Mira, di acerbe lagrime” from the opera Il TrovatorePlácido Domingo (baritone)Anna Netrebko (soprano) Bolshoi Theatre OrchestraConductor: Tugan Sokhiev