The Most Beautiful Viennese Concert

The Wałeckie Centrum Kultury in Wałcz hosts the gala “In the World of Operetta” on January 21, 2027, at 7:00 PM, billed as the Viennese Concert – Johann Strauss Gala. The Royal Orchestra of Lviv will perform on stage with singers and dance pairs, hosted by Piotr Skubis.

Performers:

• Roman Bahriy – conductor
• Irena Melnik – soprano
• Gayane Arutyunian – soprano
• Wiktor Melnik – tenor
• Volodymyr Shagay – baritone
• dancers – soloists of the Odesa Opera Ballet

The conductor graduated from the M. Lysenko National Academy of Music in Lviv and is currently working on a doctorate in philosophy and musicology. He co-founded a chamber and organ music festival in that city and founded the PaRi Art Music Orchestra. Irena Melnik was an intern at the “Opera Academy” at the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw and received a scholarship from the “Gaude Polonia” programme in 2024. Gayane Arutyunian has sung leading roles, including Violetta in “La Traviata,” Micaela in “Carmen,” and Leila in “The Pearl Fishers.” Wiktor Melnik is a soloist with the Odesa National Opera and a prize-winning vocalist. Volodymyr Shagay is associated with the musical theatre and philharmonic in Ternopil.

The programme will be complemented by dance performed by soloists of the Lviv opera and ballet theatre:

• J. Strauss – “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”
• J. Strauss – Adele’s Aria
• J. Strauss – Barinkay’s Couplets
• F. Lehár – “Lips Are Silent,” duet
• J. Strauss – “Thunder and Lightning”
• F. Lehár – “Heja Csárdás”
• I. Kálmán – Boni’s Aria
• F. Lehár – “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz”
• I. Kálmán – “Countess Maritza,” “When I Hear Gypsy Songs”
• J. Strauss – “Trich-Trach Polka”
• I. Kálmán – “Variety Artistes,” duet
• J. Strauss – Finale of Act 1 of “Die Fledermaus”
• G. Verdi – “Brindisi”
• INTERVAL
• J. Strauss – “Voices of Spring,” waltz
• P. Abraham – “Pardon Madame”
• I. Kálmán – “Brunettes and Blondes”
• G. Rossi