Mozart - LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Overture
Act II Finale
Count – Robert Garner; Countess – Christina Rohm; Susanna – Sarah Moulton Faux; Figaro – Scott Lefurgy; Antonio – Brian Ballard; Marcellina – Galina Ivannikova; Basilio – Adam Inyong Goldstein; Bartolo – Gennadiy Vysotskiy
The Count believes the Countess is hiding a lover in her closet. He is astonished to find Susanna instead. So is the Countess, because the pageboy Cherubino had been in there; unbeknownst to her, he has jumped out the window. Figaro announces that his wedding to Susanna is about to begin. The Count questions him. Antonio the gardener complains that someone has jumped on his flowers. Figaro claims to the skeptical Count and Antonio that it was he. Marcellina, Bartolo, and Basilio demand that Figaro marry Marcellina to repay his debt to her. The Count agrees to judge the case.
Beethoven - FIDELIO
Overture
Act I Quartet: Mir ist so wunderbar
Marzelline – Hayley Kobilinsky; Leonore – Megan Nielson;
Jaquino – Joshua LeRose; Rocco – Steven Fredericks
Leonore, whose husband Florestan has been unjustly imprisoned, is posing as a boy to infiltrate the jailer Rocco’s house and find out where Florestan is. To her dismay, Rocco’s daughter Marzelline is infatuated with the “boy,” Rocco is encouraging it, and his assistant Jaquino is jealous.
Act II Duet: O namenlose Freude!
Leonore – Megan Nielson; Florestan – Peter Hakjoon Kim
Leonore and Florestan are joyfully reunited.
Verdi - OTELLO
Act I Duet: Già nella notte densa
Otello - Peter Hakjoon Kim; Desdemona – Dilara Unsal
Otello and Desdemona recall how they fell in love.
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Mozart - DON GIOVANNI
Overture
Act I: Introduction, Recitative, and Duet
Leporello – Hyong Sik Jo; Donna Anna – Christina Rohm;
Don Giovanni – Robert Garner; Commendatore – Steven Fredericks;
Don Ottavio – Adam Inyong Goldstein
Leporello impatiently waits outside Donna Anna’s house for his master Don Giovanni. Anna appears, struggling to unmask Giovanni. Her father, the Commendatore, challenges Giovanni to a duel and is killed. Leporello and Giovanni flee as Anna returns with her betrothed, Don Ottavio, who swears to avenge her father’s death.
Puccini - MANON LESCAUT
Intermezzo
Act II Duet: Tu, tu, amore? Tu?
Manon – Dilara Unsal; Des Grieux – Christopher Trapani
Manon has left the impoverished Des Grieux to live with the wealthy Geronte. Des Grieux bursts into her luxurious boudoir, and Manon begs his forgiveness, which, after a struggle, he passionately grants.
Mascagni - CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Pietro Mascagni
Intermezzo