David Wroe and New Jersey Festival Orchestra Celebrate the Musical Splendor of Turn-of-the-Century Vienna

Sunday, February 23, 2025 @ 2:30pm

Sieminski Theater
8000 Fellowship Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

Experience the intoxicating musical world of turn-of-the-century Vienna! Join us for a fanciful mix of Viennese waltzes, polkas, gallops and more, followed by Vienna's own Gustav Mahler's deeply emotional Symphony No. 4, featuring soprano Marcelina Román.

Meet our soloist: Polish soprano Marcelina Román began her musical education as a cellist and later received her diploma at the Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wroclaw. Her professional stage and role debut was as Violetta in “La Traviata” by G. Verdi with conductor Andriy Yurkevych, winning her the Jan Kiepura Prize for “Female Debut of the Year”. Marcelina is a laureate and winner of more than 20 prizes in international competitions, among others: I  Eva Marton Voice  Competition, Hungary; IVC’s-Hertogenbosch; The Netherlands; Jazeps Vitols Vocal Competition in Latvia; Adam Didur Singing Competition in Polonia. After her spectacular success as “Armide” J.B.Lully she was named “Operatic Revelation of the Year”. In 2021, Marcelina released her solo album “Polish Soul” in collaboration with pianist Gilbert den Broeder, which included songs and opera arias by Polish composers.

Program
Johann Strauss II   “Treasure” Waltz

Emmerich Kálmán  "Heia, Heia”
with Marcelina Román

Franz Lehár  “Liebe du Himmel auf Erden”
with Marcelina Román

Johann Strauss II  Pleasure Train Polka
Franz Lehár  Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiß
Johann Strauss II  “The Blue Danube” Waltz

Gustav Mahler  Symphony No.4 in G major
with Marcelina Román

Artists
Marcelina Román Soprano

David Wroe Conductor
New Jersey Festival Orchestra