Liederabend, December 6, 2016

Robert Blocker, Dean

yale opera

Liederabend An Evening of Russian Song

Emily Olin Russian language, repertoire, musical preparation, and piano Richard Cross Narrator Ani Huebner English text editor

Doris Yarick Cross, Artistic Director December 6, 2016 • Tuesday at 7:30 pm Morse Recital Hall

Yale Opera

part one

Vaja Azarashvili b. 1936

Music Anush Avetisyan, soprano Alexandra Urquiola, mezzo-soprano Andrés Moreno García, tenor Stephen Clark, bass-baritone

Rustem Yahin 1921—1993

Don’t Fly Away, Nightingale Jessica Pray, soprano

Pyotr Tchaikovsky 1840–1893 Mikhail Glinka 1804–1857

Reconciliation Sarah Saturnino, mezzo-soprano Happiness Now Gone, Will Not Return Natalia Rubis, soprano Bryan Murray, baritone

Modest Mussorgsky 1839–1881

Goat Anne Maguire, mezzo-soprano

Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873–1943

A Dream Lucas van Lierop, tenor

B. Dubrovin after M. Potskhishvili

A. Mashistov after G. Zainasheva N. Shcherbina Unknown

M. Mussorgsky A. Pleshcheev after H. Heine

Rachmaninoff

Christ Is Risen!

Zachary Johnson, baritone

Rachmaninoff

Oh, Never Sing to Me Again Natalia Rubis, soprano Sophia Mockler, violin

A. Pushkin

Rachmaninoff

Believe It Not! Andrés Moreno García, tenor

A. K. Tolstoy

Salavat Nizamutdinov 1957–2013

Prisoner Dean Murphy, baritone

D. Merezhkovsky

M. Lermontov

Leiderabend: An Evening of Russian Song

part two

P. Tchaikovsky

Daphnis and Chloe’s duet from “Queen of Spades” Jessica Pray, soprano Sarah Saturnino, mezzo-soprano

P. Tchaikovsky

Lensky’s Arioso from “Eugene Onegin” Luis Aguilar Regalado, tenor

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844–1908

The Swan-Princess Aria from “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” Sylvia D’Eramo, soprano

Vissarion Shebalin 1902–1963

Petruchio’s Aria from “The Taming of the Shrew” Bryan Murray, baritone

Kirill Molchanov 1922–1982

M. Tchaikovsky

A. Pushkin K. Shilovsky V. Belsky

A.A. Gozenpud

Zhenyka’s Aria from “The Dawns Here Are Quiet” Alexandra Urquiola, mezzo-soprano

K. Simonov

Alexander Borodin 1833–1887

Prince Igor’s Aria from “Prince Igor” Paweł Konik, bass-baritone

A. Borodin

P. Tchaikovsky

Kuma’s Arioso from “The Enchantress” Anush Avetisyan, soprano

I. Shpazhinksy

Georgy Sviridov 1915–1998

Maritana from “Don Cezar de Bazan” Stephen Clark, bass-baritone and all men

P.F Dumanoir A. d’Ennery

As a courtesy to the performers and audience, please silence all electronic devices.

Please do not leave the hall during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is prohibited.

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Robert Blocker, Dean