Rockport Chamber Music Festival: A Night at the Opera

Paul Groves, tenor | Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano | Sydney Baedke, soprano | Elias Dagher, piano
A Night at the Opera brings the finest opera stars to our stage, including the renowned tenor Paul Groves and mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, known for her multiple Wagnerian roles on the Met stage and around the world. She is also known for creating the role of the Shaman in Tan Dun’s The First Emperor at the Met Opera. The concert also features the Rockport debut of soprano Sydney Baedke noted by Opera Canada as a “rising star to watch.” Enjoy all your favorite arias!
Program
“Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici” from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi“L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” from Carmen by Georges Bizet“Quando men vo” from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini“O soave fanciulla” from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini“Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns“Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour” from Les Contes d‘Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach“Una furtiva lagrima” from L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti“Sous le dôme épais” from Lakmé by Léo Delibes
Intermission
“Maria” from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein“Somewhere” from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein“Tonight” from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein“Send in the Clowns” from A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim“Till there was you” from The Music Man by Meredith Willson“Be My Love” from The Toast of New Orleans by Sammy Cahn & Nicholas Brodszky“If I Loved You” from Carousel by Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers“Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide by Leonard Bernstein