Robert Blocker, Dean April 16, 2021
Yale Opera Gerald Martin Moore, director
Spring Opera Showcase Gaetano Donizetti 1797–1848
“Venti scudi” from L’elisir d’amore (1832)
Felice Romani
Belcore | Laureano Quant, baritone Nemorino | Jordan Costa, tenor Gerald Martin Moore, piano
George Frideric Handel 1685–1759
“Nel tuo seno, amico sasso” and “Son nata a lagrimar” from Giulio Cesare in Egitto (1724)
Nicola Francesco Haym
Cornelia | Julia Orosz, mezzo-soprano Sesto | Martina Myskohlid, mezzo-soprano Gerald Martin Moore, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791
“Die Weisheitslehre dieser Knaben” from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Emanuel Schikaneder
Tamino | Ryan Capozzo, tenor Sprecher | Jonas Jud, bass Timothy Shaindlin, piano
Richard Strauss 1864–1949
“Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren” from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Octavian | Anna Kelly, mezzo-soprano Sophie | Magdalena Kuźma, soprano Gerald Martin Moore, piano
Jules Massenet 1842–1912
“Riez, allez, riez du pauvre idéologue” and “Ô mon maître, ô mon grand! ... Écoute, mon ami” from Don Quichotte (1909) Sancho | Phillip Lopez, bass-baritone Quichotte | Alireza Tousi, bass Dulcinée | Martina Myskohlid, mezzo-soprano Timothy Shaindlin, piano
Henri Caïn
Antonín Dvořák 1841–1904
“Hastrmánku, tatíčku!” and “Mĕsíčku na nebi hlubokém” from Rusalka (1900)
Jaroslav Kvapil
Vodník | Jonas Jud, bass Rusalka | Greer Lyle, soprano Timothy Shaindlin, piano
Gioachino Rossini 1792–1868
“All’idea di quel metallo … Numero quindici a mano manca” from Il barbiere di Siviglia (1813)
Cesare Sterbini
Figaro | Matthew Peterson, baritone Count Almaviva | Jordan Costa, tenor Gerald Martin Moore, piano
Georges Bizet 1838–1875
“L’orage s’est calmé… O Nadir, tendre ami de mon jeune âge” from Les pêcheurs de perles (1863)
Eugène Cormon & Michel Carré
Zurga | Laureano Quant, baritone Gerald Martin Moore, piano
Donizetti
“Sulla tomba che rinserra” from Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) Edgardo | Jonghyun Park, tenor Lucia | Nicole Leung, soprano Gerald Martin Moore, piano
Salvadore Cammarano