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Merola Opera presents Schwabacher Summer Concert – Bing Concert Hall

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Date(s) - 07/09/2017
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

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Bing Concert Hall

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Featuring staged scenes from Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, Moore’s Ballad of Baby Doe, Massenet’s Thaïs, von Weber’s Der Freischütz, Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, and Weill’s Street Scene, accompanied by full orchestra, with English supertitles.

“…the Merola Opera Program shows no signs of slowing down.”
— San Francisco Chronicle

Concert Program

  • Giacomo Puccini: Le Villi —“ La tregenda”
  • Douglas Moore: The Ballad of Baby Doe — “What a lovely evening…Willow where we met together…Warm as the autumn light…Now where do you supposed that he can be?..I send these lacy nothings”
  • Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia — “Tranquillo ei posa…Com’è bello…Ciel! Che vegg’io?…Di pescatore ignobile”
  • Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz — “Wie nahte mir der Schlummer…Leise, leise, fromme Weise…Wie? Was? Entsetzen!”
  • Jules Massenet: Thaïs — “Ah, je suis seule…Dis-moi que je suis belle…Étranger, te voilà”
  • Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana — “Tu qui, Santuzza…Fior di giaggiolo…Ah, lo vedi, che hai tu detto”
  • Kurt Weill: Street Scene — Act 1, scene 7 (Ice Cream Sextet) “First time I come to da America”

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