Musical Program

  • Si può? (from Pagliacci) | Leoncavallo

    — Darren Lekeith Drone, baritone

    Cara speme (from Giulio Cesare) | Handel

    — Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano

    Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) | Verdi

    — Susanna Phillips, soprano & David Portillo, tenor

    Four Serious Songs Op. 121 | Brahms
    I. Denn es gehet dem Menschen

    II. Ich wandte mich
    III. O Tod, wie bitter bist du
    IV. Wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelszungen redete

    — Le Bu, bass-baritone

    Chants d’Auvergne | Canteloube
    I. Baïlèro                               
    II. Lo fiolairé         
    III. Brezairola                          
    IV. L’aïo dè rotso

    — Amber Norelai, soprano

    Four Lieder, Op. 12/13 | Clara Schumann
    I. Liebst du um Schönheit                               
    II. Warum willst du and’re fragen         
    III. Ich stand in dunklen Träumen                          
    IV. Liebeszauber

    — Cecelia Hall

    Ave Maria (from Otello) | Verdi

    — Susanna Phillips

    Di Provenza il mar, il suol (from La Traviata) | Verdi

    — Darren Lekeith Drone

    Quando m’en vo (from La bohème) | Puccini

    — Amber Norelai

    Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte) | Mozart

     — Susanna Phillips, Cecelia Hall & Le Bu  

    I. Júrame (from Spanish Tango) | Maria Grever
    II. Bella enamorada (from El último romántico) | R. Soutullo y J. Vert
    III. No puede ser (from La Taberna del Puerto) | Pablo Sorozábal

    — David Portillo

    The Champagne Song (from Die Fledermaus) | Johann Strauss

    — Amber Norelai, Susanna Phillips, Cecelia Hall, David Portillo, Darren Lekeith Drone & Le Bu

  • Where’er you walk (from Semele) | Handel

    — David Portillo, tenor

    Aprite un po’ quegli occhi (from Le Nozze di Figaro) | Mozart

    — Le Bu, bass-baritone

    Parto, parto ( from La Clemenza di Tito) | Mozart

    — Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano

    Hermit Songs | Samuel Barber
    I. At St. Patrick’s Purgatory
    II. Church Bell at Night
    III. St. Ita’s Vision
    IV. The Heavenly Banquet
    V. The Crucifixion
    VI. Sea-Snatch
    VII. Promiscuity
    VIII. The Monk and his Cat
    IX. The Praises of God
    X. The Desire for Hermitage

    — Susanna Phillips, soprano

    The Bell Song (from Lakmé) | Delibes

    — Amber Norelai, soprano

    Suoni la tromba (from I Puritani) | Bellini

    — Darren Lekeith Drone, baritone & Le Bu

    Pst, pst, Nannetta (from Falstaff) | Verdi

    — Amber Norelai & David Portillo

    Vecchia zimarra, senti (from La bohème) | Puccini

    — Le Bu

    Am I In Your Light? (from Doctor Atomic) | John Adams

    — Cecelia Hall      

    Canciones Clásicas Españolas | F. Obradors
    I. Al Amor
    II. Del cabello más sutil
    III. Chiquitita la novia

    — David Portillo

    Me llaman la primorosa (from El Barbero de Sevilla) | M. Nieto y G. Giménez

    — Amber Norelai

    I. A Red Headed Woman (from Porgy and Bess) | Gershwin
    II. A Woman is a Sometime Thing
    III. I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’

    — Darren Lekeith Drone

    Speak Low (from One Touch of Venus) | Kurt Weill

    — Cecelia Hall

    Six Songs from “Do You Sing, Mr. Twain?” | Gordon Myers

    — Susanna Phillips

    Sure On This Shining Night | Morten Lauridsen

    Amber Norelai, Susanna Phillips, Cecelia Hall, David Portillo, Darren Lekeith Drone & Le Bu

  • De España Vengo (from El Niño Judío) | Pablo Luna

    — Amber Norelai, soprano

    Granada | Agustín Lara

    — David Portillo, tenor

    Riez, allez! (from Don Quichotte) | Massenet

    — Le Bu, bass-baritone

    Seguidilla (from Carmen) | Bizet

    — Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano

    Old American Songs | Copland
    I. The Boatmen’s Dance
    II. The Dodger
    III. Simple Gifts
    IV. At the River
    V. I Bought Me a Cat

    — Darren Lekeith Drone, baritone

    Silent Noon | R. Vaughan Williams

    — Le Bu

    I. Autumn in New York (from Thumbs Up!) | Vernon Duke
    II. Till there was you (from The Music Man) | Meredith Willson
    III. Love is here to stay (from The Goldwyn Follies) | George Gershwin

    — Susanna Phillips, soprano

    Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat (from Guys and Dolls) | Frank Loesser

    — David Portillo and Amber Norelai, Susanna Phillips, Cecelia Hall, Darren Lekeith Drone & Le Bu

    No One Is Alone (from Into the Woods) | Stephen Sondheim

    — Amber Norelai, Cecelia Hall, David Portillo & Darren Lekeith Drone

    Being Alive (from Company) | Stephen Sondheim

    — David Portillo

    Getting Married Today (from Company) | Stephen Sondheim

    — Susanna Phillips, Amber Norelai & David Portillo

    I. Waitin’ for my Dearie (from Brigadoon) | Lerner & Loewe
    II. Somebody, somewhere (from Most Happy Fella) | Frank Loesser

    — Amber Norelai

    It Never Was You (from Knickerbocker Holiday) | Kurt Weill

    — Cecelia Hall & Darren Lekeith Drone

    Some Enchanted Evening (from South Pacific) | Rodgers & Hammerstein

    — Le Bu

    I. I’d Rather be Sailing (from A New Brain) | William Finn
    II. Friend Like Me (from Aladdin) | Alan Menken & Howard Ashman

    — Darren Lekeith Drone

    Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) | Arlen & Harburg

    — Cecelia Hall

    You’ll Never Walk Alone/Climb Every Mountain | Rodgers & Hammerstein (arr. Mark Hayes)

    — Amber Norelai, Susanna Phillips, Cecelia Hall, David Portillo, Darren Lekeith Drone & Le Bu