Colors of the voice

Charlotte Kilsch (soprano) Irma Kilsch (piano)

The NESSUN DORMA night concert marathon festival invites you to an evening where the most important musical instrument becomes the human voice – fragile and powerful, intimate and theatrical, capable of instantly changing moods, characters, and emotional states.

The "Colors of the Voice" program reveals a special artistic quality of singer Charlotte Kilsch – the ability to turn every piece into a unique narrative. Her voice does not submit to strict classifications. It travels freely between different characters, moods, and musical styles, surprising with its variety of colors, subtle dynamics, and theatrical sensitivity. Listeners will hear not only songs and opera fragments but also a whole gallery of musical paintings – from the softest lyrical confession to passionate operatic temperament.

The evening's program brings together musical traditions from different European countries. Works by Italian, Spanish, French, Lithuanian, and German composers will be performed – the lyrical songs of Francesco Paolo Tosti, the colors of Spanish melodies by Manuel de Falla and Federico García Lorca, the French elegance of Gabriel Fauré, the temperamental Habanera by Georges Bizet, the world of opera heroes by Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini, and a sensitive accent of a Lithuanian song – Algimantas Raudonikis' "Švelnumas" ("Tenderness").

Charlotte Kilsch studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in the classes of Professor Asta Krikščiūnaitė and Professor Irena Milkevičiūtė. In 2021, she debuted at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, where she still performs the lead role of Alice in the opera "Alice in Wonderland". The soloist actively performs in Lithuania and abroad, creates original programs, and her creative work holds a special place for her ability to combine the subtlety of chamber music with the expression of opera theatre.

The evening's partner is pianist Irma Kilsch, who has accumulated many years of concert experience on Lithuanian and European stages. Her musical sensitivity and ability to create an equal dialogue with the soloist allow each piece to unfold as a cohesive artistic narrative.

This concert is a journey through different eras, languages, and musical characters, united by the human voice. A voice capable of telling stories, convincing, charming, and moving.

After the concert, listeners are invited to stay for a screening of the media opera "ČIURLIONIS: I SEE MUSIC", which continues the evening's theme and invites you to experience yet another world of colors – a world where music becomes vision.