November - Classical Music Series

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OPENING CONCERT:
NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Michael Morgan, Conductor

November 13, 2009
Friday, 8:00pm, Paramount Theatre, Oakland

Pre-concert talk by John Kendall Bailey

Program

Selections from:

Aida (1871), La Forza del Destino (1862)
and Nabucco (1842) - Giuseppe Verdi

Lucia Di Lammermoor (1835) - Gaetano Donizetti

Cavalleria Rusticana (1890) - Pietro Mascagni

Hérodiade (1881) - Jules Massenet

The Ring Cycle (1869-1874) - Richard Wagner

Bryan Nies, Conductor

Candide (1956) - Leonard Bernstein

with

Hope Briggs, soprano
Heidi Moss, soprano
Patrice Houston, mezzo-soprano
AJ Glueckert, tenor
Kalil Wilson, tenor
Zachary Gordin, baritone
Brian Leerhuber, baritone

Joshua Bloom, bass-baritone

Oakland Symphony Chorus
Lynne Morrow, Music Director

Oakland-East Bay Gay Men's Chorus

Michael Robert Patch, Artistic Director & Conductor

Our Night at the Opera will be a night to remember! This sparkling evening of beautiful voices and lively orchestral playing will bring together music from some of the world's grandest, most famous operas, including Aida and other Verdi favorites, Lucia di Lammermoor and Bernstein's Candide . Michael Morgan has chosen arias, overtures and intermezzos from many of his favorite operas and assembled a group of exceptionally talented young singers-including former Adler Fellow Joshua Bloom, who recently made a successful debut at the Metropolitan Opera-for this special opening night program. You don't have to be an opera-goer to recognize and enjoy the wide range of well-known vocal and orchestral selections featured on this concert.

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