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LMC Opera presents scenes from Falstaff by Verdi

LMC Opera presents scenes from Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Falstaff and his page
Portrait of Sir John Falstaff and his page

Act I, Part II – “Fulgida Alice, amor t’offro….Quell’otre! quell tino” (Radiant Alice, I offer my love…That wineskin!  That tub!)

Act II, Part II  – “Gaia comari di Windsor” (Merry Women of Windsor)

Act II, Part II  – “Sarai la Fata Regina delle Fate” “You will be Queen of the Fairies”

Act III – “Dal labbro il canto estasiato” (From my lips an ecstatic song flies)
“Sul fil d’un soffio estasio” (On the breath of an etesian breeze)

Cast of Characters
Alice Ford sung by Meg Daly, soprano
Meg Page sung by Claudia Kester, mezzo-soprano
Nanetta Ford sung by Ya-Li Lee, soprano
Mistress Quickly sung by Victoria Chaussee, mezzo-soprano
Fenton sung by TBA, tenor
Piano by Lucy Wenger
Stage Direction & Commentary by Regina Thomas

Recorder sonatas by Händel and Genzmer, Hadyn’s “Kaiser” string quartet

Joseph Hadyn
Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn by Thomas Hardy (1791)

Sonate in F-Dur Op. I Nr. 11 by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 – 1759)

  1. Larghetto
  2. Allegro
  3. Siciliana
  4. Allegro

Zweite Sonate by Harald Genzmer (1909 – 2007)

  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Tranquillo
  3. Vivace
  4. Presto

Sabine Endrigkeit, Recorder     Nola Allen, piano

“Kaiser” string quartet, Op. 76, No. 3 by Franz Joseph Hadyn (1732-1809)

Sally Hufbauer & Kathryn Zufall, violins

Barbara Clagett, viola & Frances Walton, cello

Duets for two oboes and Bliss and Benison: a seasonal song recital

Five Inventions for Two Oboes by José Siqueira (1907-1985)
  1. Andantino
  2. Lento non troppo
  3. Allegretto
  4. Andante calmo
  5. Allegro
From Grandfather’s Duet Book by J.M. Friedrichsen (Duets mailed to 11 year old grandson in 1830)
 VII. Caccia
VIII. Alla breve
  IX. Alla marcia
XIX. Siciliana
  X. Presto
Trois Duos Pour Hautbois by Giles Silvestrini (b. 1961)
  1. Scène de plage – Ciel d’orange
  2. Boulevard des Capucines – Claude Monet (1873)
  3. Le ballet espagnol – Edouard Manet (1862)
Sharon Jung & Gail Perstein, oboes

Bliss and Benison: A Seasonal Song Recitalwinter-landscape-1352712955hmp1

The Carol of the Field Mice by Michael Head (1900-1976)
A Slumber Song of the Madonna by Michael Head
The Little Road to Bethlehem by Michael Head
“Christbaum” from Weihnachtslieder, op 8 by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874)
“Auf ein altes Bild” from Moericke Lieder by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
“Schlafendes Jesuskind” from Moericke Lieder by Hugo Wolf
“Die Hirten” from Weihnachtslieder, op 8 by Peter Cornelius
“Must the Winter Come So Soon?” from Vanessa by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
“In the Bleak Midwinter” from A Christmas Triptych by Mary E. Caldwell (1909-2003)
A Christmas Carol by Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)

Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano & TBA, piano

New works by LMC member composers

Clarinet duet by Sarah Conyers

Sarah Conyers & Joe McGovern, clarinets

Solo piano piece by Kathy Roberts

Lucy Wenger, piano

Oh My Child, What a Journey by Nicole Truesdell (b. 1973)

Wooden Squeeze Trapeze by Nicole Truesdell

Kathyrn Zufall, violin & Madeline Beery, flute

London Songs by Janet Anderson (b. 1967)

  • A March day in London (words by Amy Levy)
  • Straw in the street (Amy Levy)
  • London poets (Amy Levy)
  • Fog (words by John Davidson)
  • London’s summer morning (words by Mary Robinson)

Katie Hochman, soprano & Janet Anderson, piano

Scenes from La Clemenza di Tito by Mozart

tito
Titus Caesar

“Come ti piace imponi” (Whatever you wish)

Malya Muth as Vitellia     Katie Stevenson (guest artist) as Sesto

“Deh si piacer mi vuoi” (If you would like to please me)

Malya Muth as Vitellia

“Deh prendi un dolce amplesso” (Accept this heartfelt embrace)

Emily Riesser as Annio   Katie Stevenson (guest artist) as Sesto

“Ah perdona al primo affetto questo accento sconsigliato;” (Forgive this rashness born of my affection)

Emily Riesser as Annio     Leslie Stark as Servilia

“Ah, se fosse intorno al trono ogni cor cosi sincero” (Ah, if about a throne every heart were so sincere)

Tenor (guest artist) TBA as Tito

“Tu fosti tradito” (You were betrayed)

Emily Riesser as Annio

“Deh, per questo istante” (Ah, for just this moment)

Katie Stevenson as Sesto

Se all’impero, amici Dei, necessario e un cor severo!” (If a hard heart is necessary to a ruler, ye benevolent gods)

Tenor (guest artist) TBA as Tito

“S’altro che lacrime per lui non tenti” (If you do nothing but shed tears for him)

Leslie Stark as Servilia

“Ecco, il punto, o Vitellia…Non più di fiori” (Now is the moment, Vitellia…Flowers no more)

Malya Muth as Vitellia

“Ma, che giorno è mai questo?” (But what a day this is!)

Tenor (guest artist) TBA as Tito

“Tu è ver, m’assolvi” (You forgive me)

Tutti

Stage Direction, Tom Sunderland (guest artist)

Orchestra
Violins, Candice Chin & Ann Rackl
Viola, Carolyn Wyman
Cello, Terry Cook
Piano, Joan Lunquist
Conductor, TBA