Audrius Rubežius (tenor)
The soloist of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre Audrius Rubežius (b. 1966) graduated from Klaipėda's Šimkus conservatory, where he studied theory of music and composition. Here he got the first lessons of professional singing with Prof. O.Totorienė. In 1984 he won the second prize in the National Young Singers Competition. After the conservatory, he continued his vocal studies at Lithuanian Academy of Music with Prof. Virgilijus Noreika.
In 1996 he won two first prizes in two national competitions - K.Banaitis Singers Competition and B.Grincevičiūtė Chamber Singing Competition. In 1997 A.Rubežius received "Christopher" (a prestigious prize established by the Lithuanian Theatre and Cinema Association) for the Belmonte's role in W.A.Mozart's "Die Enfuhrung aus dem Serail".
At present time the repertoire of Audrius Rubežius includes Don Otavio in Mozart's "Don Giovanni", Naraboth and I Jude in R.Strauss "Salome", Pong in Puccini's "Turandot", Don Jose in G.Bizet's "Carmen", Gherman and Chekalinsky in the P.Tchaikovsky's "The Queen of Spades" (Pikovaya dama), Siegmund in Wagner's "Die Walkure", etc.
Opera
Georges Bizet
"Carmen" (Don Jose)
Stanisław Moniuszko
Halka (Jontek)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Don Giovanni" (Don Otavio)
"Die Enfuhrung aus dem Serail" (Belmonte)
Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov (Shuysky)
Giacomo Puccini
"Turandot" (Pong)
Johann Strauss
Der Zigeunerbaron (Sandor Barinkay)
Richard Strauss
"Salome" (Naraboth and I Jude)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
"The Queen of Spades" / Pikovaya dama (Gherman and Chekalinsky)
Giuseppe Verdi
La Traviata (Alfredo)
Richard Wagner
"Die Walkure" (Siegmund)
W.A. MOZART - KRÖNUNGS-MESSE KV317
Participants of the concert: The Royal Breda Men's Choir (Art Director and Conductor Marcel Verhoff, the Netherlands), Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra (LVSO, Art Director and Conductor, Prof. Gintaras Rinkevičius), Lithuanian Choir of the Blind Vilnius (Art Director and Conductor, Prof. Povilas Gylys).
Soloists: Guest of Honour Radoslaw Zhukowski (bass-baritone, PL), Milda Smalakytė (soprano, LT), Jurga Prakelytė (mezzo-soprano, LT), Audrius Rubežius (tenor, LT), Dainius Jozėnas (grand piano, LT) and Renata Marcinkutė -- Lesieur (organ, LT).
Conductor -- MARCEL VERHOEFF
Concert at the Kaunas Philharmonic Hall, April 24 2009
Vladas Švedas Portrait Concert
VLADAS ŠVEDAS (b. 1934)
Concerto for harp and strings (1993)
Pathetic Concerto for two pianos and percussion Nr. 5
Interval
Symphony No. 8 Ad Gloriam Dei
Soloists:
Joana Daunytė (harp)
Sonata Alšauskaitė-Mikulė (piano)
Agnė Jurkūnienė (piano)
Irena Zelenkauskaitė (soprano)
Jovita Vaškevičiūtė (mezzo-soprano)
Audrius Rubežius (tenor)
Laimonas Pautienius (baritone)
Conductor Juozas Domarkas
Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra
