Overview
The seventeenth Russian Night will be held Friday, March 15, 2024 in the Grand Hall of The Glendale Lyceum at 865 Congress Avenue, Glendale, OH 45246.
As always, the evening includes a gourmet Russian dinner in gorgeous surroundings, a live concert, as well as vodka tasting throughout the evening and a live auction!
The dinner and auction will be held in the beautiful Grand Hall. The vodka tasting, bar and hors d’oeuvre table happen around the Lyceum. The basket raffle and auction items are on display throughout the evening. The concert will be in the Grand Hall.
Proceeds from the wonderful evening benefit our parish in Loveland, Ohio. For more information contact Anya Marshall at cincyrsn@gmail.com or at 513-535-9873.
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Banquet Menu
A Taste of Russia in Cincinnati! Enjoy!
Hors d’oeuvres
- Smoked Salmon Spread on Black Bread with a Sprig of Dill
- Farmer’s Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms
- Smoked Herring Mousse with a Pickled Beet in a Cucumber Cup
Soup
- Soup “Tsarskaya Gubnitsa”, Tsar’s Mushroom Soup
- Warm Assorted Rolls and Sliced Dark Rye
- Ramekins of Chive Butter and Sweet Butter at each table
Salad
Mixed Field Greens with Carrots, Shaved Red Cabbage, Diced Cucumber, Halved Cherry Tomatoes, Green Apple and Rye Croutons served with Golden Horseradish Vinaigrette.
Choice of Entree
- Salmon Kulebyaka with Cucumber Dill Sour Cream served with Roasted Carrots and Broccolini
- Beef Filet with Beet Vodka Reduction served with Roasted carrots, Broccolini and Marbled Potatoes
- Roasted Portobello Mushroom topped with Buckwheat & Ratatouille
Dessert
Russian Winter’s Night Cake: Vanilla cake, Meringue and Buttercream with Apricot Glaze
Auction
Live auctions are great fun!
We’ll soon be posting items for this year’s auction!
A Special Concert: Love Songs & Arias
This year we are delighted to feature the incredible baritone and Cincinnati resident, Rodion Pogossov.
A Russian born baritone who currently holds American and Russian citizenships, Rodion Pogossov, joined the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program Metropolitan Opera at the beginning of his early career, for the 2000/2001 season. He went on to make his Carnegie Hall debut with The Metropolitan Opera Chamber Ensemble, singing Stravinsky’s Renard under the inimitable baton of James Levine and the following season gave his first Carnegie Hall recital. From here, his outstanding career unfolded.
Now based in Cincinnati, he regularly sings the roles of Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) and has done so with Glyndebourne and at the MET. Other major operatic roles include Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) which he has sung in houses across the world, including at the Hamburg State Opera, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Munchen Bavarian Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre, Minnesota Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Teatro Comunale Pergolesi, Canadian Opera.
Also a wonderful recitalist, solo appearances have included St. John’s Smith Square, Suntory Hall, Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vancouver Recital Society and a Rachmaninov recital at the Wigmore Hall accompanied by Iain Burnside in 2014 as well a Medtner recital in 2019. He has also performed La Scala di Seta under the baton of Enrique Mazzola and the Orchestre National d’Ile de France and Rachmaninov’s The Bells at the Vara Konserthus. Rodion regularly performs Carmina Burana, including appearances with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Simon Bolivar Orchestra Venezuela, Spanish National Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestras, which has been released on CD.
The 13/14 season was incredibly successful for him, where he made multiple debuts including as Don Giovanni with the Oviedo Opera and Die Zauberflöte with the LA Opera, where he was re-invited for Il Barbiere di Siviglia for the 14/15 season. He also returned to the MET for Guglielmoin Cosi fan tutte conducted by James Levine and streamed on HD live broadcast.
Rodion continues to work with world renowned conductors such as James Levine for the new production as Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as with the Bilbao Opera conducted by Jean-Christoph Spinosa. He has also worked with Kent Nagano for Eugene Onegin at the Festival de Lanaudiere, Yves Abel at the Metropolitan Opera and James Conlon for Cosi fan tutte at the Ravinia Festival, Spoleto Festival, Die Zauberflöte and Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Los Angeles Opera,
As a recording artist, his discography includes his solo recital disc for the prestigious EMI Debut Series which received great acclaim and was followed by a disc of Rachmaninov songs with pianist Iain Burnside released in February 2014 and Adelson e Salvini with Opera Rara.
The 14/15 season was prosperous for him, performing Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Hamburg and for LA Opera this year and Carmina Burana with Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg . He also sung Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) at the Spoleto Festival.
He began the 2015/16 season performing Marcello in La Boheme at the Michigan Opera Theatre. This is shortly followed by Pagliacci at the MET, before he returned to the UK for Adelson e Salvini at Opera Rara and Carmina Burana with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He will also sing Raimbaud in Le Comte Ory with the Seattle Opera and Manon Lescaut at the Bavarian State Opera and come back to the MET for La Boheme.
In 2018/2019 he made his several successful debuts as Marcello in La Boheme at the Royal Opera Covent Garden, Count di Luna in “Il Trovatore” Opera Graz, Malatesta in “Don Pasquale” Opera La Monnaie Brussels directed by Laurent Pelly, Escamillo in “Carmen” at the Seattle Opera, Papageno in “Magic Flute” Lincoln Center New York, Figaro “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” Minnesota Opera.
Future projects includes “La Boheme” Munchen Bavarian National Opera, Metropolitan Opera, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” Cincinnati Opera, “Pique Dame” Opera Liceo Barcelona, “Il Turco in Italia” Glyndebourne Festival, “La Forza del destino” Royal Opera Covent Garden, “La Boheme” Metropolitan Opera.
Michael Delfin, Accompanist
Praised for “beautiful performances of great warmth” (Classical Voice of North Carolina), Michael Delfín captures the listener with sensitivity and flair on both the modern piano and historical keyboards. Mr. Delfín won the top prize ex aequo in the Ninth Jurow International Harpsichord Competition, shortly after being nominated to the Diapason 20 Under 30 Class of 2021. As a pianist, Mr. Delfin has won prizes in the Chautauqua International Piano Competition and the International Crescendo Music Awards. Recent performances include recitals for the Western Early Keyboard Association and Central California Baroque Festival, and solo appearances with Lyra Baroque, Bourbon Baroque, the CCM Concert Orchestra, and at The Stone in NYC and the Ear Taxi New Music Festival. Mr. Delfín is the artistic director of Cincinnati-based ensemble Seven Hills Baroque and recently joined the faculties of Cedarville University and Xavier University. Mr. Delfin makes his home with his wife and son in Cincinnati, where he serves as organist at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer. www.michaeldelfin.com
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