International recognition for Kaunas orchestra’s recording of Verdi opera

The Grammy-nominated orchestra’s leader, Algimantas Treikauskas, spoke to the Kaunas city municipality about the unexpected bit of good news. “It’s wonderful that Kaunas and Lithuania are receiving world-wide recognition. This opera album is and will be our legacy for coming generations.”

“In the same year when we recorded Guisseppe Verdi’s opera with a collection of international opera music stars, we also recorded another album that was nominated for a Grammy award last year. There was an excellent team of performers and soloists. That helped us achieve recognition.”

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Though he did say that the recognition was unexpected, Treikauskas, though he also said that “Everyone who works hard and puts in effort expects recognition.”

The two-disk album also features the Kaunas State Choir and Kostas Smoriginas, among other national and international artists.

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