Europe in the Twentieth Century
Stage Direction and Commentary ~ Regina Thomas
Piano ~ Abigail Habegger
“Acerba voluttà” (Bitter Voluptuousness) from Adrianna Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)
Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano as Princesse de Bouillon
“O mio babbino caro” (O my dearest daddy) from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini
Lin Chen as Lauretta
“Senza Mamma” (Without his mamma) from Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Lori Williams, soprano as Suor Angelica
“She sleeps as a rose” from The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten
Lin Chen, soprano as Female Chorus
“Give him this Orchid” from The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano as Lucretia
“This is my father’s choice” from Sir John in Love by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Kristen Swenson, soprano as Ann
“Voici ce qu’il écrit à son frѐre Pelléas”(This is what he wrote to his brother Pelleas) from Pelléas and Melisande by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano as Genevieve
“Air de Feu” (Song of the flame) from L’enfant et Les Sortilèges (The Child and the spells) by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Kristen Swenson, soprano as Le Feu
“Das war sehr gut, Mandryka” (That was very good, Mandryka) from Arabella by Richard Strauss (1864-1948)
Lori Williams as Arabella
“Evening Prayer” from Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
Lin Chen as Gretel & Regina Thomas as Hansel
“Vilja Lied” (Vilia’s song) from Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) by Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Lori Williams as Hannah
