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
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