Annual Gala Concert
AN EVENING WITH RENEE FLEMING

Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 7:00 pm
Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center

Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano

JOHANN STRAUSS II (1825-1899)
Overture to Die Fledermaus

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Four Last Songs
I. Frühling (Spring)
II. September
III. Beim Schlafengehen (At Bedtime)
IV. Im Abendrot (At Sunset)

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
Overture to La forza del destino

RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO (1857-1919)
Musette svaria sulla bocca viva (from La bohème)

FRANCISCO CILEA (1966-1950)
Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur)

RICHARD RODGERS (1902-1979)
The Carousel Waltz (from Carousel)
Climb Ev'ry Mountain (from The Sound of Music)

ANDREW LIPPA (b. 1964)
The Diva

concert duration:
approximately 1 hour, 10 minutes, with no intermission.

Concert Program