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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