VERDI’s VERDI’s
FRIDAY NOV 6, 7:30PM SUNDAY NOV 8, 2:30PM
TUESDAY NOV 10, 7:30PM
ROSSINI’s ROSSINI’s
SEVILLE SEVILLE
FRIDAY FEB 19, 7:30PM SUNDAY FEB 21, 2:30PM
WEDNESDAY FEB 24, 7:30PM
BOHMLER’s BOHMLER’s
FRIDAY APRIL 23, 7:30PM FRIDAY APRIL 23, 7:30PM
SUNDAY APRIL 25, 2:30PM SUNDAY APRIL 25, 2:30PM
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Sunday, June 7, 2026 3 - 4:30 PM | Godric Grove at Elings Park
A Celebration of American Song Program
Welcome and Introductions
Kostis Protopapas, Artistic & General Director
Stomp Your Foot from The Tenderland by Aaron Copland Company
Memories by Charles Ives
Emily Gallagher
Charlie Rutlage by Charles Ives
Matthew Peterson
Will There Really be a Morning? by Ricky Ian Gordon
Max Potter
Love Duet from Escobar by Matteo Neri
Emily Gallagher and Felipe Prado
Starbuck’s Soliloquy from Moby-Dick by Jake Heggie
Matthew Peterson
Art is Calling for Me from The Enchantress by Victor Herbert - Emily Gallagher
If I Loved You from Carousel by Rogers and Hammerstein
Max Potter and Matthew Peterson
Maria from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
Felipe Prado
Sexy Lady by Ben Moore
Max Potter
Bring Him Home from Les Misérables by Colm Wilkinson
Felipe Prado
Make Our Garden Grow from Candide by Leonard Bernstein - Company
Emily Gallagher is a soprano and producer based in Los Angeles who has sung with companies around the United States including Pacific Opera Project, Opera Modesto, and Pittsburgh Opera.
Matthew Peterson is an acclaimed baritone who has performed with orchestras and opera companies across the US. Matthew resides in Santa Barbara and is on faculty at Westmont College.
Felipe Prado is a Chilean-American tenor who has performed several opera productions in Southern California. He recently performed in SB Choral Society’s Light & Flight season.
Max Potter is a mezzo-soprano Chrisman Studio Artist Alumni who most recently appeared in Cavalleria Rusticana and The Marriage of Figaro (2025).
Catherine Miller, this program’s curator and pianist, is the Artistic Director of the Pasadena Vocal Competition and a music staff member of Opera Santa Barbara, San Diego Opera and Opera Laguna.
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