Program Five • Women in Berlioz’s Circle by Viardot, Berlioz, Bertin, Louise, Schumann, Clara, Rossini, zo. 11 aug 2024, Van (2024/2024), Geregisseerd door Sharyn Pirtle, Fisher Center, Annandale, Verenigde Staten

Program 2:30 pm • Preconcert Talk with Hilary Poriss 3 pm • Performance Louise Bertin (1805–77) From La Esmeralda (1836) (Hugo) Elle est rapide (Air de Phoebus) Noah Stewart, tenor Anna Polonsky, piano Hector Berlioz (1803–69) La mort d’Ophélie, Op. 18, No. 2 (1842) (Legouvé) La captive, Op. 12 (1832) (Hugo) Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, mezzo-soprano Erika Switzer, piano Andrew Borkowski TŌN ’18, cello Clara Schumann (1819–96) From Soirées musicales, Op. 6 (1836) Toccatina Mazurka Polonaise Anna Polonsky, piano Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) From L’italiana in Algeri (1813) (Anelli) Cruda sorte Rebecca Ringle Kamarei, mezzo-soprano Erika Switzer, piano INTERMISSION Pauline Viardot (1821–1910) Le dernier sorcier (1869) (Turgenev) Krakamiche, a sorcerer • Babatunde Akinboboye, baritone Stella, his daughter • Monica Yunus, soprano Perlimpinpin, his valet • Noah Stewart, tenor Queen of Elves • Camille Zamora, soprano Prince Lelio • Adriana Zabala, mezzo-soprano Verveine • Laquita Mitchell, soprano Chorus of Elves Sopranos: Kirby Burgess VAP ’22, Abagael Cheng VAP ’23, Francesca Lionetta VAP ’23, Sadie Spivey VAP ’23 Altos: Jardena Gertler-Jaffe VAP ’21, Jaclyn Hopping VAP ’25, Samantha Martin VAP ’22, Sarah Nalty VAP ’24 Lucy Tucker Yates, piano Sharyn Pirtle, director Shawn Kaufman, lighting designer Lilly Cadow GCP ’22, choral director