Sag Harbor Song Festival 2026

Friday, September 18 at 6:30pm

Saturday, September 19 at 6:30pm

Sunday, September 20 at 12pm

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Celebrating our 5th annual outing, we are thrilled to announce the six opera stars who will perform at Sag Harbor Song Festival 2026, presented in collaboration with The Church, in Sag Harbor.

Each singer is a musician of great talent and accomplishment. Together, they will present a program of opera, musical theater, songs and lieder, in three concerts on successive days in late September.  In doing so, they follow in the footsteps of the immensely successful four previous Sag Harbor Song Festivals.

The 2026 Festival will again be lead by two extraordinary directors: Artistic Director Brad Woolbright and Music Director Robert Tweten.

  Our 2026 Talent

Tessa McQueen
Soprano

Elisa Sunshine
Soprano

Meridian Prall
Mezzo-soprano

Daniel O'Hearn
Tenor

Ben Taylor
Baritone

Michael Sumuel
Bass-Baritone

Brad Woolbright
Artistic Director

Robert Tweten
Music Director

Musical Program

  • Caro! Bella! Più amabile beltà (from Giulio Cesare) | Handel

    — Elisa Sunshine, soprano and Meridian Prall, mezzo-soprano

    Per me giunto / Io morrò (from Don Carlo) | Verdi

    — Ben Taylor, baritone

    Regnava nel silenzio (from Lucia di Lammermoor) | Donizetti

    — Elisa Sunshine

    Madamina (from Don Giovanni) | Mozart

    — Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone

    Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) | Saint-Saëns

    — Meridian Prall

    Act I Finale (from La bohème) | Puccini
    I. Che gelida manina
    II. Si, mi chiamano Mimì
    III. O soave fanciulla

    — Tessa McQueen, soprano & Daniel O’Hearn, tenor

    Missed Connections | David Sisco
    I. Endless-summer-taco-man
    II. Sad Panda
    III. Typewriters & Things
    IV. Oh Starbucks!!!
    V. I Can’t Wait

    — Meridian Prall

    Songs of Travel | Vaughan Williams
    I. The Vagabond
    II. The Roadside Fire
    III. Youth and Love
    IV. Whither Must I Wander
    V. Bright is the Ring of Words

    — Michael Sumuel

    I. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (from Roberta) | Jerome Kern
    II. All the Things You Are (from Very Warm for May) | Jerome Kern  

    — Tessa McQueen

    If I Loved You (from Carousel) | Rodgers & Hammerstein

     — Tessa McQueen & Ben Taylor  

    This Nearly Was Mine (from South Pacific) | Rodgers & Hammerstein

    — Ben Taylor

    Vanilla Ice Cream (from She Loves Me) | Bock & Harnick

    — Elisa Sunshine

    Septuor (from Les Contes d’Hoffmann) | Offenbach

    — Tessa McQueen, Elisa Sunshine, Meridian Prall, Daniel O’Hearn, Ben Taylor & Michael Sumuel

  • Ain’t It a Pretty Night (from Susannah) | Carlisle Floyd

    — Tessa McQueen, soprano

    O du, mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhäuser) | Wagner

    — Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone

    Sta nell’Ircana (from Alcina) | Handel

    — Meridian Prall, mezzo-soprano

    From On This Island  | Benjamin Britten
    I. Let the Florid Music Praise
    II. Seascape
    III. Nocturne
    IV. As It Is, Plenty

    — Daniel O’Hearn, tenor

    I. Allerseelen | R. Strauss
    II. Ständchen | R. Strauss

    — Elisa Sunshine, soprano

    I. Heimliche Aufforderung | R. Strauss
    II. Kling | R. Strauss

    — Ben Taylor, baritone

    Hab mir’s gelobt (from Der Rosenkavalier) | R. Strauss

    — Elisa Sunshine, Tessa McQueen & Meridian Prall

    Au fond du temple saint (from Les pêcheurs de perles) | Bizet

    — Daniel O’Hearn & Ben Taylor

    Absence | Berlioz

    — Meridian Prall     

    From Vier Letzte Lieder | R. Strauss
    I. September                   
    II. Beim Schlafengehen  

    — Tessa McQueen

    Votre toast (from Carmen) | Bizet

    — Ben Taylor

    Courtship scene(from Rigoletto) | Verdi
    I. È il sol dell’anima  
    II. Addio, addio

    — Elisa Sunshine & Daniel O’Hearn

    Life’s Tragedy | Will Liverman

    — Michael Sumuel

    Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen

    — Tessa McQueen, Elisa Sunshine, Meridian Prall, Daniel O’Hearn, Ben Taylor & Michael Sumuel

  • Sunday (from Sunday in the Park with George) | Sondheim

    — Tessa McQueen, soprano; Elisa Sunshine, soprano; Meridian Prall, mezzo-soprano; Daniel O’Hearn, tenor; Ben Taylor, baritone and Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone

    Johanna (from Sweeney Todd) | Sondheim

    — Ben Taylor

    Children Will Listen (from Into the Woods) | Sondheim

    — Meridian Prall

    Steps of the Palace (from Into the Woods) | Sondheim

    — Tessa McQueen

    I. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (from Oklahoma!) | Rodgers & Hammerstein
    II. What a Wonderful World | Thiele & Weiss

    — Daniel O’Hearn

    I. Girl with the Cello | Ricky Ian Gordon
    II. The Red Dress | Ricky Ian Gordon
    III. Joy | Ricky Ian Gordon

    — Elisa Sunshine

    Sence You Went Away | H. Leslie Adams

    — Michael Sumuel

    I’ll Be Here (from Ordinary Days) | Adam Gwon

    — Tessa McQueen

    Hallelujah (arr. Roger Emerson) | Leonard Cohen

    — Tessa McQueen, Elisa Sunshine, Meridian Prall, Daniel O’Hearn, Ben Taylor & Michael Sumuel

    Voilà donc la terrible cité (from Thaïs) | Massenet

    — Ben Taylor

    Quanto amore (from L’elisir d’amore) | Donizetti

    — Elisa Sunshine & Michael Sumuel

    Una furtiva lagrima (from L’elisir d’amore) | Donizetti

    — Daniel O’Hearn

    I Am Easily Assimilated (from Candide) | Bernstein

    — Meridian Prall

    From Eternidad | Will Liverman
    I. Soneto XVII      
    II. Soneto LXXXIX

    — Tessa McQueen

    Impossible Dream (from The Man of La Mancha) | Mitch Leigh

    — Michael Sumuel

    A Little Priest (from Sweeney Todd) | Sondheim

    — Meridian Prall & Ben Taylor

    Somewhere (from West Side Story) | Bernstein

    — Tessa McQueen, Elisa Sunshine, Meridian Prall, Daniel O’Hearn, Ben Taylor & Michael Sumuel