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LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO
THE LYRIC OPERA ORCHESTRA
THE LYRIC OPERA CHORUS
STEPHEN LORD,
conductor
MARTIN WRIGHT,
chorus master
Giuseppe Verdi
La traviata
,
Act One SUSANNA PHILLIPS (Violetta Valéry)
(1813-1901)
RENÉ BARBERA (Alfredo Germont)
CECELIA HALL (Flora Bervoix)
BERNARD HOLCOMB (Gastone Letorières)
WILL LIVERMAN (Baron Douphol)
DAVID GOVERTSEN (Marquis d’Obigny)
Intermission
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser
,
Act Two, Entrance of the Guests:
(1813-1883)
“
Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle”
Verdi
Don Carlos
,
Act Four, CHRISTINE GOERKE (Princess Eboli)
Aria: “O don fatal et détesté”
Verdi
Nabucco
,
Act Three,
Chorus: “Va pensiero”
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
,
AMBER WAGNER (Santuzza)
(1863-1945)
Easter Hymn: “Regina coeli . . .
Inneggiamo il Signor non è morto”
Georges Bizet
Carmen
,
Act Four
J’NAI BRIDGES (Carmen)
(1838-1875)
BRANDON JOVANOVICH (Don José)
JOSEPH LIM (Escamillo)
KIRI DEONARINE (Frasquita)
CECELIA HALL (Mercédès)
DAVID GOVERTSEN (Zuniga)
TRACY CANTIN (A Girl)
WILL LIVERMAN (A Gypsy)
PROGRAM