The live performance “Vivat, Maestro!” that simply performed within the Klaipėda State Music Theater sang the lifetime of the honorary conductor of this theater, Stanislav Domarkos! The live performance was organized to honor the long-time supervisor and chief conductor of the Kaunas and Klaipėda State Music Theaters, the primary honorary conductor of the Klaipėda VMT, the founding father of the Symphony Orchestra of Lithuania Minor, the creator of worldwide festivals and the creative director on the event of the eighty fifth anniversary. What’s dearest to the Maestro’s coronary heart is offered – Lithuanian music and Viennese operettas and the works of Johann Strauss Jr., generally known as the king of waltzes.
Klaipėda Metropolis Mayor Arvydas Vaitkus and a big group of Maestro’s colleagues and followers prolonged their congratulations and because of S. Domark. The thanks of Laima Vilimienė, the top of the Klaipėda State Musical Theater, had been conveyed by the deputy for artwork, Audronė Juozauskaitė.
The musical theater is proud that our nation can provide folks artists and musicians of the very best high quality. S. Domarko’s musical expertise radiates with an influence that so fascinates the viewers, and the sunshine of his persona attracts and gathers creators and performers. “On the event of the eighty fifth anniversary, we thanks for the good deserves in fostering nationwide creativity and popularizing the artwork of operetta in Lithuanian musical theaters, for the unfading artistic vitality that has been shining brightly within the musical sky of Klaipėda area for thirty years, nurturing new abilities and galvanizing them to realize creative heights. Our honest congratulations!”, L. Vilimienė wished.
The honorary conductor of the musical theater S. Domark was offered with a sculptural miniature by the sculptor Vytautas Karčiauskas, created from the granite, metallic and amber of the steps of the previous theater. The drop of amber hides underneath the raised wave of the penklinna, which can also be depicted within the emblem of the Klaipėda State Musical Theater. Let this wave attain the very best ridges, glorify the musical theater, Klaipėda and our nation!
The artistic exercise of maestro Stanislav Domarkos spanning virtually six a long time is a whole period within the historical past of Lithuanian musical theater, and his deserves in fostering Lithuanian nationwide creativity and popularizing the operetta and musical genres in Lithuanian musical theaters are nice and indeniable. S. Domarkas was the chief conductor (1993–1998), supervisor (1995–2004) and creative director (2005–2009) of the Klaipėda Musical Theater, in addition to the chief conductor (1967–1989) and director (1980–1985) of the Kaunas Musical Theater. ). in 1993 based the Symphony Orchestra of Lithuania Minor, 1998-2005 led the competition “Musical August on the seaside”. S. Domarkas delivered to the stage or resurrected many operas by Lithuanian composers or masterpieces of world classics. On the similar time, the maestro’s artistic path was continually marked by productions of operettas, musicals, musical comedies, amongst them the nascent Lithuanian musical comedy. One of many first such performances was in 1969. Benjamin Gorbulski’s operetta “Don Juan, or the geometry of affection” was staged in Kaunas with the director Vlada Mikštaitė. Later, he labored intently with the composer Algimantas Bražinskas and the author Antanas Drilinga, creating a brand new Lithuanian musical commissioned by the theater “Pagramanci’s Shnekučiai”. S. Domarkas himself undertook the instrumentation of the brand new piece’s rating.
in 1975 written musical “Pagramanių shnekučiai” was staged a yr later at Kaunas VMT. “Pagramanci shnekučiai” turned an actual hit within the Kaunas theater, and on New Yr’s Eve of 1999, the premiere of the brand new musical manufacturing “Snekučiai” delighted the viewers gathered on the Klaipėda State Music Theater.
Within the first a part of the “Vivat, Maestro!” live performance, excerpts from this musical had been performed by the KVMT symphony orchestra carried out by S. Domarkos, the choir and the soloists singing within the theater right this moment. Grasp Deveika’s aria was carried out by Mindaugas Rojus, grasp Deveikiene’s by Ernesta Stankutė, couplets by their son Andrias by Tadas Jakas, two Marcela’s arias by Beata Ignatavičiūtė. Emilia Janina Kozłowska, Rosana Štemanetian, Oksana Auškalnytė, Giedrius Gechys, Farshads Abbasabadi and Vilius Trakys joined them within the ensembles. By the way in which, maestro S. Domarkas informed essentially the most fascinating moments of the creation of this musical earlier than one aria.
Nearly all the second a part of the live performance was dedicated to the most well-liked works of Johann Strauss the Youthful (1825-1899). It started with excerpts from the operetta “The Gypsy Baron”. This operetta by S. Domarko was staged in 1976. Kaunas VMT, in cooperation with German artists from the Nordhausen Theater. Barinkaj’s couplets had been carried out on stage by Giedrius Gečys, pupil of Vladimir Prudnikov, KVMT soloist. His beloved Safi’s aria was additionally carried out by soloist Rasa Ulteravičiūtė-Kazlauskienė within the love duet “Kas tuokė mus?” from Act II of the operetta. They had been supported by the KVMT symphony orchestra and choir carried out by chief conductor Tomas Ambrozaitis (chief choirmaster Vladimiras Konstantinov). This system was embellished with “Kaiser’s Waltz” by J. Strauss.
This system was prolonged by excerpts from the operetta “Bat” carried out by T. Ambrozaitis. His libretto was translated into Lithuanian by the identical Antanas Drilinga, whose strains had been learn by Dalia Kužmarskytė throughout the live performance. He staged this operetta in Kaunas in 1973. with the director Aldona Ragauskaita, in Klaipėda, S. Domarkas returned to her solely in 2006, persevering with his profitable cooperation with the then director of the KVMT, Ramūnas Kaubris, who additionally directed the manufacturing of A. Bražinskas’ musical “Sniper” in Klaipėda in 1999. Two ensembles of “Šikšnosparnios” carried out: the trio of Rozalinda (Judita Butkytė), Adele (Rasa Ulteravičiūtė-Kazlauskienė) and Aizenštain (Giedrius Gečys) “Aštuonis ilgos dienos” from Act I and the ultimate refrain “Two-and-two”.
Live performance listeners additionally heard maybe J. Strauss’s most well-known waltz “Blue Danube” carried out by the KVMT symphony orchestra, in addition to the duet of Depend and Countess Cėdlau from the operetta “Blood of Vienna” carried out by KVMT soloists Beata Ignatavičiūtė and Mindaugas Rojaus.
Returning to the conductor’s podium, the maestro concluded his anniversary live performance by conducting the glowing “Radecki’s March”.
The director of the live performance, Rūta Bunikytė, put collectively the state of affairs of the night so talentedly that there was not solely music, greetings, but additionally speeches by S. Domarko, and each spectator felt as if he had come to go to the maestro. The live performance was hosted by Dalia Kužmarskytė and Kęstutis Nevulis.
Maestro S. Domarkas was comfortable to rejoice his anniversary within the new theater constructing. “If there is a chance and a phenomenal event – it’s essential to arrange a live performance. I’m glad that the viewers was capable of admire not solely the gorgeous music, the voices of soloists and the choir, the great taking part in orchestra, but additionally to see the brand new theater palace. I sincerely thank all KVMT staff, every of whom contributed with their honest work to make this live performance occur. I’m very pleased with all of them!”, emphasised S. Domarkas.
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Photographs by Dainius Kazukauskas
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