Robert Blocker, Dean

yale operaDoris Yarick Cross, Artistic Director

emily olinRussian language, repertoire,musical preparation, and piano

december 132010

Richard Cross, narratorEnglish text edited by Ani Huebner

Liederabend an evening of russian songs

Lullaby from Iolanthe · Modest Tchaikovksy*Jennifer Feinstein, Stephanie Gilbert, Kelly Hill, Jihee Kim, Jamilyn Manning-White, Annie Rosen, Lisa Williamson

None but the Lonely Heart · Lev Mey*, after J.W. GoetheAndrew Craig Brown, bass-baritone

Why? · Lev Mey*, after J.W. GoetheSamuel Levine, tenor

Serenade · Konstantin Romanov*Lisa Williamson, soprano

Amid the din of the ball · Alexei Tolstoy*Alexander Hahn, bass

In the stillness before dreams · Nikolai Ogarev*Kelly Hill, mezzo-soprano

High-above the clouds quietly flies a soul · Alexei Tolstoy*Jorge Prego, tenor

Don Juan’s Serenade · Alexei Tolstoy*David Pershall, baritone

Intermission

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky(1840–1893)

Liederabendan evening of russian songs

December 13, 2010 · Monday at 8 pm

As a courtesy to the performers and audience members, turn off cell phones and pagers. Please do not leave the theater during selections. Photography or recording of any kind is not permitted.

part 1

Songs of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

A chatter box · Agnia Barto*Jennifer Feinstein, mezzo-soprano

Commandment · Andrei Voznesenski*Cameron McPhail, baritone

Skylark · Gilemdar Ramazanov*Jamilyn Manning-White, soprano

When first we met · S. Bolotin*Aaron Sorensen, bass

Landscape · Federico García Lorca* Stephanie Gilbert, soprano

The wedding of my beloved · Aleksandr Prokofiev*Lóránt Najbauer, baritone

A letter from the front · Konstantin Simonov*Annie Rosen, mezzo-soprano

In the fall · Tatyana Kalinina*Jihee Kim, soprano

Spell · Aleksandr Pushkin*Eric Barry, tenor

* Librettist

Sergei Prokofiev(1891–1953)

Mikael Tariverdiev (1931–1996)

Nariman Sabitov(1925–1971)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)

Mark Minkov(b. 1944)

Gregory Sviridov(1915–1998)

Kirill Molchanov(1922–1982)

Valeriy Gavrilin(1939–1999)

Yuri Shaporin(1887-1966)

Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall

part 2

Art Songs of the Twentieth Century

yale opera upcoming events

February 11–13 don giovanniA New Yale Opera Production

The Shubert Theater, 247 College St.Fri & Sat, Feb 11 & 12, 8 pm • Sun, Feb 13, 2 pmTickets $19–$41 at www.shubert.comMention the code “Early Bird” to get 10% off ticket orders before January 14, 2011.

Giuseppe Grazioli, conductorSam Helfrich, stage directorAndrew Cavanaugh Holland, set designKaye Voyce, costume designWilliam B. Warfel, lighting design

March 30 master class with alan held

Sprague Hall, 7 pm

The world-renowned bass-baritone Alan Held works with members of the Yale Opera program. Tickets $8

APRIL 29–30the scarf · dido & aeneas

Sprague Hall, 8 pm

Yale Opera presents Lee Hoiby’s The Scarf and Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Mark Streshinsky, stage directorTickets $10–$15

concerts & mediaDana AstmannMonica Ong ReedDanielle HellerRichard Henebry

yale opera

Doris Yarick Cross Artistic Director

Grant Meachum Managing Director

Theresa Stark Production Coordinator

David PershallStudent Assistant

special thanksJill BrunelleDouglas DicksonLoren Loiacono John RoachTimothy ShaindlinThe Estate of Anna Moffo-SarnoffKyle SwannMarc VerzattLucas Wong

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