Shakespeare Goes to the Opera
Department: New Swan Shakespeare Center
Date and Time: February 23, 2017 | 6:00 PM-7:30 PMEvent Location: Winifred Smith Hall
Event Details
Kirk Davis Jr Public Shakespeare Lecture
Lecture by Wlliam Germano, The Cooper Union
followed by selected arias
Music Direction by VICTORIA KIRSCH
Concert Staging by ROBIN BUCK
I. Arias from HAMLET, by Ambroise Thomas:
*HAMLET’S DRINKING SONG: O vin, dissipe la tristesse (4 minutes)
Stefan Miller, baritone (MFA ’15)
*OPHELIA’S MAD SCENE: A vos jeux, mes amis (9 minutes)
Lauren Han, soprano (BMus ’16)
II. Aria from ROMEO ET JULIETTE, by Charles Gounod:
*BALLAD OF QUEEN MAB: Mab, la reine des mensonges (3 minutes)
Stefan Miller, baritone
* sung in French
III. Duet from THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai:
**LETTER DUET, ALICE FORD and MEG PAGE (6-7 minutes)
Haley Chaney, soprano (current student, Drama)
Angelica Rowell, mezzo-soprano (current student, Drama/Music)
** sung in English