Concert: Opera Scenes I

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A presentation of scenes staged and designed by the Opera Workshop 202 Class. Stage direction by Kaley Karis Smith and musical direction by Kyung-Eun Na with Immanuel Mykyta-Chomsky, piano.

Program:

Otto Nicolai Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

         Act I, Scene 1, Duet, “Nein, das ist wirklich doch zu keck!”

William Shakespeare Monologue from A Midsummer Night’s Dream

           Act II, Scene 1

Benjamin Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 64

           Act II, Quartet, “Why should you think that I should woo in scorn?”

William Shakespeare Monologue from Twelfth Night

           Act I, Scene 1

Lee Hoiby The Tempest

           Act III, Scene 1, “Alas now, pray you, work not so hard”

William Shakespeare Monologue from A Midsummer Night’s Dream

         Act V, Scene 1

Benjamin Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 64

         Act II, “I see their knavery…”

William Shakespeare Monologue from As You Like It

         Epilogue

Cole Porter Kiss Me, Kate (Spewack)

         “Brush Up Your Shakespeare!”

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