From Mozart to Broadway: A Celebration of Song
8 October, 2023
“O Isis and Osiris” from Die Zauberflöte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
O Isis and Osiris, bestow
the spirit of wisdom on this young couple!
You who guide the wanderers' steps,
strengthen them with patience in danger.
Let them see the fruits of trial;
yet if they should go to their deaths,
then reward the bold course of virtue:
receive them into your abode.
“Mandoline” from Five Songs, Op. 58, No.1 Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
The serenading swains and their lovely listeners
Exchange insipid remarks under the singing boughs.
There is Tierces and there is Aminta, and the eternal Clitander,
And there is Damis, who for many cruel ladies fashions many tender verses.
Their short silken vests, their long dresses with trains,
Their elegance, their gait and their soft blue shadows
Whirl madly in the ecstasy of a moon rose and grey,
And the mandolin chatters amid the trembling of the breeze.
Eugene Fabela, Bass
Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam, LV 593 Orlando di Lasso (1520-1594)
Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding. Proverbs 3:13
Ethan Pittson, Tenor; Eugene Fabela, Bass
“Ah! Je ris de me voir si belle” from Faust Charles-François Gounod (1818-1893)
Ah, I laugh to see myself
so beautiful in this mirror,
Ah, I laugh to see myself
so beautiful in this mirror,
Is it you, Marguerite, it is you?
Answer me, answer me,
Respond, respond, respond quickly!
No, no! it is no longer you!
No...no, it is no longer your face;
It is the daughter of a king,
It is no longer you, etc.
It is the daughter of a king,
Whom one bows to as she passes!
Ah, if only he were here!
If he would see me like this
Like a lady
He would find me so beautiful, Ah!
“Emily’s Song” from Our Town Ned Rorem (1923-2022)
Hannah Kilpatrick, Soprano
“Sous le dôme épais” from Lakmé Clément-Philibert-Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
Thick dome jasmine,
At the rose assembles,
Fresh flowering shore in the morning,
We call together.
Ah! slide next
The current running away:
In the quivering one,
With a nonchalant hand,
Let's win the edge,
Where the bird sings, the bird, the bird sings.
Thick dome, jasmine white,
Call us together!
Hannah Kilpatrick, Soprano; Brooke Clarke-Gibson, Mezzo Soprano
“Du bist die Ruh,” Op. 59, No. 3 Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
You are repose and gentle peace, you are longing and what stills it.
I pledge to you full of joy and pain as a dwelling here my eyes and heart.
Come into me, and softly close the gate behind you.
Drive other pain from this breast! Let my heart be filled with your joy.
This temple of my eyes is lit by your radiance alone, O fill it utterly.
Eugene Fabela, Bass
“The Memphis Stomp” from The Firm Dave Grusin (1934 - )
Katie Jarrett
Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor, WoO 1 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Stanton Nelson, Katie Jarrett
“Me chiamano Mimi” from La Bohème Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Yes.
They call me Mimi,
but my real name's Lucia.
My story is brief.
I embroider silk and satin
at home or outside.
I'm tranquil and happy,
and my pastime
is making lilies and roses.
I love all things
that have gentle magic,
that talk of love, of spring,
that talk of dreams and fancies -
the things called poetry ...
Do you understand me?
RODOLFO
Yes.
MIMÌ
They call me Mimi –
I don't know why.
I live all by myself
and I eat all alone.
I don't often go to church,
but I like to pray.
I stay all alone
In my tiny white room,
I look at the roofs and the sky.
But when spring comes
the sun's first rays are mine.
April's first kiss is mine, is mine!
The sun's first rays are mine!
A rose blossoms in my vase,
I breathe its perfume, petal by petal.
So sweet is the flower's perfume.
But the flowers I make, alas,
The flowers I make, alas,
alas, have no scent.
What else can I say?
I'm your neighbour, disturbing you
at this impossible hour.
Hannah Kilpatrick, Soprano
“No One Else” from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet Dave Malloy (1976 - )
Hannah Kilpatrick, Soprano
“Being Alive” from Company Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
Gene Fabela, Bass
“Notice Me, Horton” from Seussical Lynn Ahrens (1948 - ), Stephen Flaherty (1960-)
Hannah Kilpatrick, Soprano
Gene Fabela, Bass