Join us for our Sixth Season!
Next Concert:
Saturday, May 26, 2012: 8:00PM
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
With guest conductor Robert Ashens
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Scenes for chorus and soloists:
- Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles: “Brahma, divin Brahma!” and “L’Ombre descend des cieux”
- Gluck: Orphée et Euridice: Opening scene, Act 2 “Quel est l’audacieux”
- Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: “Regina cœli”
- Puccini: La Rondine: “Inneggiamo alla vita”
Choruses:
- Mozart: Die Zauberflöte: “Heil sei euch Geweihten!”
- Puccini: Madama Butterfly: “Humming chorus”
- Verdi: Macbeth: “Patria oppressa”
- Nabucco: “Va, pensiero”
- Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: “Dazu dir der Heiland kam”
Arias:
- Puccini: Turandot: “Nessun dorma”
- Dvorak: Rusalka: “Song to the moon”
Soloists
Program selections subject to change
See Support page for details on our 2011-12 dollar-for-dollar matching grant!
