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Shakespeare Goes to the Opera

Kirk Davis Jr Public Shakespeare Lecture

Lecture by Wlliam Germano, The Cooper Union

followed by selected arias

Music Direction by VICTORIA KIRSCH
Concert Staging by ROBIN BUCK

I. Arias from HAMLET, by Ambroise Thomas:

*HAMLET’S DRINKING SONG: O vin, dissipe la tristesse  (4 minutes)
Stefan Miller, baritone (MFA ’15)

*OPHELIA’S MAD SCENE: A vos jeux, mes amis    (9 minutes)
Lauren Han, soprano (BMus ’16)

II. Aria from ROMEO ET JULIETTE, by Charles Gounod:

*BALLAD OF QUEEN MAB:  Mab, la reine des mensonges   (3 minutes)
Stefan Miller, baritone
* sung in French

III. Duet from THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, by Otto Nicolai:

**LETTER DUET, ALICE FORD and MEG PAGE     (6-7 minutes)
Haley Chaney, soprano (current student, Drama)
Angelica Rowell, mezzo-soprano (current student, Drama/Music)
** sung in English