2019 Opera in the Park Program

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NATI OPE N I RA NC I C

JUNE 9 Season Presenting Sponsor:

Season Funders:

Preferred Healthcare Provider:

Patricia A. Corbett Estate and Trust

Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation

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“The Star-Spangled Banner” Music by John Stafford Smith Lyrics by Francis Scott Key

Jun Märkl conductor

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Cincinnati Opera Chorus Founded in 1920, Cincinnati Opera is celebrating its 99th season, making it the second-oldest U.S. opera company and the oldest summer opera festival.

Toreador Song from Carmen

by Georges Bizet

Joseph Lattanzi baritone

Cincinnati Opera Chorus Carmen 2014

“Non so più”

from The Marriage of Figaro

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Rihab Chaieb mezzo-soprano

The Marriage of Figaro 2019

“Giunse alfin il momento...

Deh vieni, non tardar” from The Marriage of Figaro

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Janai Brugger soprano

Our 2019 season spans 233 years of opera—from The Marriage of Figaro, written in 1786, to Blind Injustice, which has its world premiere in July 2019.

(And wunderkind Mozart was only 30 years old when he wrote The Marriage of Figaro!)

“The Impossible Dream� from Man of La Mancha

by Mitch Leigh

Levi Hammer conductor

Joseph Lattanzi baritone

Cincinnati Opera performed at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden from 1920 to 1971.

“Granada”

by Agustín Lara

Piotr Buszewski tenor

La Traviata 2018

201 9 SUMMER FESTIVAL

CINCINNATI OPERA The Marriage of Figaro June 13 & 15

Romeo and Juliet June 27 & 29

Ariadne auf Naxos

July 6, 11, 13 & 14

Porgy and Bess

July 20, 25, 27 & 28 SOLD OUT

Blind Injustice July 22–27

cincinnatiopera.org (513) 241-2742

Harlequin’s Serenade from Ariadne auf Naxos

by Richard Strauss

Thomas Dreeze baritone

Sketches by costume designer Ryan Park for Ariadne auf Naxos 2019

Composer’s Aria

from Ariadne auf Naxos

by Richard Strauss

Rihab Chaieb mezzo-soprano

The Magic Flute 2017

“So In Love”

from Kiss Me, Kate

by Cole Porter

Susanna Phillips soprano

Thomas Dreeze baritone

Composer and songwriter Cole Porter is from Peru, Indiana, where circuses including Ringling Brothers and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show spent the winter from the 1880s until the 1940s.

“L’heure s’envole” from Romeo and Juliet

by Charles Gounod

Cincinnati Opera Chorus

Romeo and Juliet 2019

“Je veux vivre”

from Romeo and Juliet

by Charles Gounod

Liv Redpath soprano

Romeo and Juliet 2019

“Ah! lêve-toi, soleil!” from Romeo and Juliet

by Charles Gounod

Aaron Blake tenor

Romeo and Juliet 2019

“Tonight”

from West Side Story

by Leonard Bernstein

Susanna Phillips soprano

Aaron Blake tenor

“Tonight” is a musical theater interpretation of the balcony scene from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Septet

from The Tales of Hoffmann

by Jacques Offenbach Brittany Logan

Darian Clonts

Gabriella Sam

Eric Shane

Thomas J. Capobianco

Miles WilsonToliver

soprano

soprano

tenor

tenor

baritone

bass-baritone

Cincinnati Opera Chorus

CINCINNATI OPERA PRESENTS

PORGY AND BESS

THE GERSHWINS’

July 20-28 AT MUSIC HALL

THE GREAT AMERICAN OPERA FEATURING “SUMMERTIME” AND OTHER HITS WITH COSTUMES

BY HAMILTON’S COSTUME DESIGNER

cincinnatiopera.org (513) 241-2742

“Summertime�

from Porgy and Bess

by George Gershwin

Janai Brugger soprano

Porgy and Bess 2019

“It Ain’t Necessarily So” from Porgy and Bess

by George Gershwin

Martin Bakari tenor

Cincinnati Opera Chorus

The songs of Porgy and Bess have been recorded by such artists as Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughn, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Janis Joplin, Bobby Darin, Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Sam Cooke, and The Zombies.

“‘O Sole Mio”

by Eduardo di Capua

Martin Bakari tenor

Aaron Blake tenor

Piotr Buszewski tenor

“God Bless America�

by Irving Berlin

Susanna Phillips soprano

Cincinnati Opera Chorus Opera in the Park

Event Presenting Sponsor

Additional Support

Patricia A. Corbett Estate and Trust

Media Partner

Season Presenting Sponsor

Season Funders

Patricia A. Corbett Estate and Trust Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation

Preferred Healthcare Provider