Tchaikovsky, Angel of Music\u00a0is a large, romantic opera in three acts by Australian composer Sean Peter Ross, which shines a light on the life of the great Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky through Tchaikovsky\u2019s own words. It was the winner of the Director\u2019s Choice Award for Opera, in the Boston International Contempo Festival composition competition in 2014. The work also features a performance of Tchaikovsky\u2019s famous\u00a0Cherubic Hymn No. 3\u00a0from the\u00a0Liturgy of St John Chrysostom.<\/p>\n
Hear the concert-length Act\u00a0III\u00a0of this powerful and uplifting opera performed under the direction of the composer, and featuring an outstanding cast of Australian opera stars including bass-baritone\u00a0Christopher Hillier\u00a0as Pyotr Tchaikovsky, mezzo-soprano\u00a0Sally-Anne Russell\u00a0as Nadezhda von Meck, tenor\u00a0Michael Petruccelli\u00a0as Nikolay von Meck,\u00a0 baritone\u00a0Andrew Jones\u00a0as Modeste Tchaikovsky and soprano\u00a0Lee Abrahmsen\u00a0Yuliya Von Meck.<\/p>\n
The concert will also feature a moving musical tribute to Ukraine and its people, including performances of the powerful\u00a0a capella\u00a0A Prayer for Ukraine\u00a0(sung in Ukrainian),\u00a0and a grand symphonic performance of\u00a0\u00a0\u201cShche ne vmerla Ukrayina<\/span><\/span>\u201c\u00a0(the State Anthem of Ukraine) for large symphony orchestra and chorus.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lee Abrahmsen,<\/strong>\u00a0soprano<\/em><\/p>\n Sally-Anne Russell,<\/strong>\u00a0mezzo-soprano<\/em><\/p>\n Michael Petruccelli,<\/strong>\u00a0tenor<\/em><\/p>\n Andrew Jones,<\/strong>\u00a0baritone<\/em><\/p>\n Christopher Hillier,<\/strong>\u00a0bass-baritone\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir<\/strong><\/p>\n Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Sean Ross<\/strong>, conductor<\/p>\n Andrew Wailes,<\/strong>\u00a0conductor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tchaikovsky, Angel of Music\u00a0is a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":308,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"UTC+10","_EventStartDate":"2022-07-30 19:00:00","_EventEndDate":"2022-07-30 22:00:00","_EventStartDateUTC":"2022-07-30 09:00:00","_EventEndDateUTC":"2022-07-30 12:00:00","_EventShowMap":true,"_EventShowMapLink":true,"_EventURL":"https:\/\/rmp.org.au\/concert\/2022\/tchaikovsky-angel-of-music-2\/","_EventCost":"20 - 90","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"$","_EventCurrencyCode":"AUD","_EventCurrencyPosition":"prefix","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[90],"_EventVenueID":[129],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[46,61,22,51,69],"tribe_events_cat":[21],"class_list":["post-891","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-choir","tag-melbourne","tag-royal-melbourne-philharmonic","tag-royal-philharmonic-orchestra","tag-tchaikovsky","tribe_events_cat-performance","cat_performance"],"yoast_head":"\n