LMC Opera: Famous Mothers

“Nur eine Mutter weiß allein, Was lieben heißt und glücklich sein.” (Only a mother knows what it means to love and be happy)

– from Robert Schumann’s Woman’s love and life

Opening Scene from Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
“All that gold” from Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
“Come bello quale incanto” (How beautifully charming) from Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
“La Mamma Morta” (My mama died) from Andrea Chenier by Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
“Voi lo sapete, o mamma” (You know, mama) from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
“Son nata lagrimar” (I was born to weep) from Giulio Cesare in Egitto by G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
Mama, a Rainbow
An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust (At my heart, at my breast) by Robert Schumann (1810-1956)
Wiegenlied (cradlesong) by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Wiegenlied (cradlesong) by Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
“Chacun le Sait” (Everyone knows it) from La Fille du Regiment by Gaetano Donizetti
“Viens, Mallika”(Come, Mallika) from Lakmé by Leo Delibes (1836–1891)
“Climb every mountain” from The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)

Lin Chen, Meg Daly, Ki-Jung Jun, Mele Santos, Regina Thomas, sopranos
Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano