Liederabend, Dec 6

Yale opera

doris yarick cross Artistic Director

Liederabend An Evening of Russian Songs

December 6, 2014 • Saturday at 7:30 pm Morse Recital Hall Emily Olin, Russian Language, Repertoire, Musical Preparation, and Piano Richard Cross, narrator English text edited by Ani Huebner

Robert Blocker, Dean

part one

Aleksandr Alyabyev 1787–1851

Nightingale Meechot Marrero, soprano Evanna Chiew, mezzo-soprano

Anton Delvig

Boris Sheremetev 1822–1906

I met you Halim Shon, tenor

Elizaveta Gorina 1908–1984

Over snow-covered fields Jinxiang Yu, soprano

Aleksandr Roslavlev

Mikhail Glinka 1804–1857

Say why thou came Jorge Prego, tenor Samuel Hinkle, baritone

Sergei Golitsyn

Pyotr Tchaikovsky 1840–1893

We were sitting together Jorge Prego, tenor

Daniil Ratgauz

Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873–1943

Before my window Meechot Marrero, soprano Marie Oka, violin Pall Kalmansson, cello

Glafira Galina

Rachmaninoff

Oh stay, my love, forsake me not!

Leah Hawkins, mezzo-soprano

Rachmaninoff

A dream Samuel Hinkle, baritone

Valery Gavrillin 1939–1999

In the fall Jinxiang Yu, soprano

Reinhold Gliére 1874–1956

If only my sorrow Evanna Chiew, mezzo-soprano Michael Duffett, violin

Modest Mussorgsky 1839–1881

Mephistopheles’ Song of the Flea Zhiguang Hong, bass-baritone

Fyodor Tyutchev

Dmitry Merezhkovsky Aleksey Pleshcheev from Heinrich Heine Tatyana Kalinina O. Rossvein

Alexander Strugovshchikov from Johann Goethe

part two

Tchaikovsky

Nikolai RimskyKorsakov 1844–1908

Tatiana and Olga’s Duet from “Eugene Onegin” Emily Workman, soprano Kathleen Reveille, mezzo-soprano The Varyag Guest’s Song from “Sadko” Andy Berry, bass

Konstantin Shilovsky

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Mussorgsky

Marfa’s Divination from “Khovanshchina” Kathleen Reveille, mezzo-soprano

Modest Mussorgsky

Tchaikovsky

Yeletsky’s Aria from “The Queen of Spades” Brian Vu, baritone

Modest Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky

Lisa’s Arioso from “The Queen of Spades” Emily Workman, soprano

Modest Tchaikovsky

Anton Arensky 1861–1906 Anton Rubinstein 1829–1894

Singer’s Song behind the Stage from “Raphael” Ting Li, tenor Tamara and Demon’s Scene from “The Demon,” Act 3 Nicole Percifield, soprano Brad Walker, bass-baritone

A. A. Kryukov

Pavel Viskovatov

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