Concert of Famous Opera Highlights (Marathon)

Featuring Chelsea Guo, soprano and José Luis Maldonado, Jr., baritone with Benedicte Jourdois, pianist. Prepare yourself for an evening of spine-tingling music performed by these amazing artists. Selections will include famous arias and duets from Carmen, La Traviata, The Barber of Seville, and Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. (You might want to bring some Kleenex.)

For more information about the musicians visit the artist page.

Program*

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
From La Traviata:
1. Libiamo ne’ lieti calici
2. È strano!…Sempre libera
3. Pura siccome un angelo
4. Di Provenza il mar
5. Addio, del passato
6. Parigi o cara (May omit if time is an issue)
7. Prendi quest’è l’immagine…Estrano

Intermission

Georges Bizet (1813-1901)
Toreador Song from Carmen

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
From Il Barbiere di Siviglia:
1. Largo al factotum
2. Una voce poco fa

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Pronto io son from Don Pasquale

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni

Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), Oscar Hammerstein  (1895-1960)
From Carousel:
1. If I Loved you
2. Soliloquy
3. You’ll Never Walk Alone

*Artists, programs, dates and venues are subject to change.