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Songs by Janet Anderson, LMC Opera: America in the 20th Century

For Snow by Janet Anderson (b. 1967)

  1. Snow-Flakes (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
  2. Silver Filigree (Elinor Wylie)
  3. For Snow (Eleanor Farjeon)

London Songs by Janet Anderson (b. 1967)

  1. A March day in London (words by Amy Levy)
  2. Straw in the street (Amy Levy)
  3. London poets (Amy Levy)
  4. Fog (words by John Davidson)
  5. London’s summer morning (words by Mary Robinson)

Katie Hochman, soprano, and Janet Anderson, piano

LMC Opera presents 20th Century American Opera

“No more pale moon” from Tartuffe by Kirke Mechem (b. 1925)

Clarice Warrick as Marianne and Emily Riesser as Dorine

“Must the winter come so soon?” from Vanessa by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Katie Stevenson as Erika

“Who is there to love me?” from A hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber

Amber Rose Johnson as Geraldine

“Kiss me not goodbye” from The Mighty Casey by William Schuman (1910-1992)

Emily Riesser as Merry

 “Isn’t the weather awful” from The Old Maid and the Thief  by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)

Katie Stevenson as Miss Todd and Molly Tomlinson as Miss Pinkerton

Joan Lundquist, piano
Regina Thomas, direction and narration

Songs and Duets for soprano and mezzo-soprano

“La regata veniziana” (The Venetian boat race) from Soirées musicales by Gioachino Rossini
“Non disperar” (Do not dispair) from Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel
“O mio Fernando” from La Favorita by Gaetano Donizetti
“Evening Prayer” from Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck
An den Mond (To the moon) D.193 by Franz Schubert
Lambertine, D. 301 by Franz Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade (Gretchen at the spinning wheel) D.118 by Franz Schubert
“Va! Laisse couler mes larme” (Go! Leave me to cry) from Werther by Jules Massenet
“Près des ramparts de Séville” (Near the ramparts of Seville) from Carmen by Georges Bizet
Au bord de l’eau, (At the water’s edge) Op. 8, No.1 by Gabriel Fauré
“The flower duet” from Lakmé by Léo Delibes
“Amor” (Love) from Cabaret Songs by William Bolcom
“The trees on the mountain” from Susannah by Carlisle Floyd
“Sisters” from White Christmas by Irving Berlin

Molly Tomlinson, soprano
Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano
John Burkhardt (guest artist), piano

Mendelssohn piano trio in d minor, Songs by 20th century British composers

Piano trio in D minor, Op. 49 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

  1. Molto Allegro agitato
  2. Andante con molto tranquillo

Ann Rackl, violin
Larry Chu (guest artist), cello
Selina Chu, piano

Songs by David Dubery (b. 1948)

Mobile
The Birds
Remember
One Night in December (Away in a Manger) with Sabine Endrigkeit, recorder

Selections from Sea Pictures, Opus 37 by Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

“In Haven”
“Where Corals Lie”
“Sabbath Morning at Sea”

Gwen Trussler, mezzo soprano and Johanna Mastenbrook, piano

Three Songs to Poems by Robert Graves by David Dubery (b. 1948)

Under the olives
I will write
On giving

Gwen Trussler, mezzo-soprano, Sabine Endrigkeit, recorder, Johanna Mastenbrook, piano

LMC Opera: Baroque to the Gluck Reform Opera

LMC Opera: Baroque to the Gluck Reform Opera

“Vi ricordi o boschi ombrosi” (Do you remember, o shady woods?) from L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
“Tu sei morta” (You are dead) from L’Orfeo

Orfeo ~ Darrell Jordan (guest artist), baritone

“Pur ti miro” (I adore you) from L’incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi

Poppea ~ Lisa Cardwell Pontén (guest artist) and Nero ~ Katie Stevenson, mezzo soprano

“Piante ombrose” (Shaded plants) from La Calisto by Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)

Calisto ~ Heather Mullin, Soprano

“Tu sei il cor di questo core” (You are my heart of hearts) from Giulio Cesare in Egitto by G. F. Handel (1685-1759)

“Son nata lagrimar” (I was born to weep) from Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Achilla ~ Darrell Jordan, baritone     Cornelia ~ Brittany Walker, mezzo soprano    Sesto ~ Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano

“Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo by G.F. Handel

Katie Stevenson as Almirena

 “Lo conosco” (I know it) from La Serva Padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)

Serpina ~ Heather Mullin, soprano     Uberto ~ Darrell Jordan, baritone

 “Ombra mai fu” from Serse by G. F. Handel

Serse ~ Brittany Walker (guest artist), mezzo-soprano

“Che fiero momento” from Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)

Euridice ~ Lisa Cardwell Pontén (guest artist), soprano    Orfeo ~ Katie Stevenson, mezzo-soprano

“O malheureuse, Iphigenie” from Iphigenie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Iphigenie ~ Heather Mullin, soprano

Lucy Wenger ~ piano
Stage Direction and commentary ~ Janene Nelson

Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -leben and piano tributes to the composer by Granados & Dohnányi

Program features Schumann’s song cycle masterpiece and two piano tributes to the composer Photo credits: Adolph von Menzel [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Frauenliebe und -leben (Woman’s love and life) by Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

  1. Seit ich ihn gesehen
  2. Er, der Herrlichste von allen
  3. Ich kann’s nicht fassen
  4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
  5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
  6. Süsser Freund, du blickest
  7. An meinem Herzen
  8. Nun hast du mir der ersten Schmerz getan

Lin Chen, soprano and Nicole Truesdell, piano

 

Valses Poeticos by Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

  1. Vivace molto and Melodico
  2. Tempo de Vals noble
  3. Tempo de Vals lento
  4. Allegro humoristico
  5. Allegretto (elegante)
  6. Quasi ad libitum (sentimental)
  7. Vivo
  8. Presto

Winterreigen (Winter Rounds) Op.13                    Ernő Dohnányi (1877 – 1960)

  1. Widmung (Dedication)
  2. An Ada (To Ada)
  3. Valse aimable (Agreeable waltz)
  4. Morgengrauen (Dawn)
  5. Postludium (Postlude)

Karin McCullough, piano