A Night at the Opera

For our opera survey, QUO was joined by Dixie Roberts, Soprano; Christina Hager, Soprano; Jeffrey Taveras, Tenor; and Christian Smythe, Baritone, plus the Empire City Mens Chorus.

  • Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
  • Beethoven: O welche Lust! (Fidelio, Act I Finale)
  • Strauss, Jr: Csárdás (Die Fledermaus, Act II scene 3)
  • Strauss, Jr: Unter Donner und Blitz (Die Fledermaus, Act II scene 3)
  • Gounod: Salut! Demeure Chaste (Faust, Act III scene 1)
  • Glinka: Krakowiak (Life of the Czar, Act II scene 2)
  • Bizet: Au fond du temple saint (Les pêcheurs de perles, Act I scene 1)
  • Sullivan: Chorus, Dance, and Finale (The Gondoliers, Act II scene 5 and Finale)
  • Humperdinck: Overture from Hänsel und Gretel
  • Donizetti: Bella siccome un angelo (Don Pasquale, Act I scene 2)
  • Wagner: Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral (Lohengrin, Act 2 scene 4)
  • Puccini: Un bel di, vedremo (Madama Butterfly, Act II scene 1)
  • Massenet: Meditation (Thaïs, Act II scene 2)
  • Verdi: Libiamo ne’ liete calici (La Traviata, Act I scene 2)
  • Prokofiev: March (The Love for Three Oranges)
  • Copland: The Promise of Living (The Tender Land, Act I Finale)
  • Debussy: Impromptu for harp

Program