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FULL OPERA AMERICA SONGBOOK New York 2012-2013 National Opera Center America

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  • Published by: Opera America  
  • Date Published: 2013  
  • Format: Streaming
  • Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
  • Subtitles: nosubs  
  • Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

PROGRAM 1

“A Home at Last for OPERA America”
Robert Ward, Composer
Susan Chapek, Text
Jeffrey R. Gwaltney, Tenor
Djordje Nesic, Piano

“La Tour”
Howard Shore, Composer
Elizabeth Cotnoir, Text
Jennifer Aylmer, Soprano
Timothy Long, Piano

“Down to the Twigs & Seeds”
Jack Perla, Composer
James Fenton, Text
Sara Jakubiak, Soprano
David Holkeboer, Piano

PROGRAM 2

“Our House”
Stewart Wallace, Music and Text
Leah Edwards, Soprano
David Holkeboer, Piano

“Our Haven”
Gene Murray, Composer
Dana Purcell Morris, Text
Leah Edwards, Soprano
David Holkeboer, Piano

PROGRAM 3

“Amina in White Flowing Robes”
Bob Telson, Composer
Richard Shindell, Text
John Margolis, Baritone
Bob Telson, Piano

“Second Breath”
Huang Ruo, Music and Text
Fang-Tao Jiang, Soprano
Huang Ruo, Piano

“Sound, Breaking Away”
Anthony Davis, Composer
Quincy Troupe, Text
Darren K. Stokes, Bass-baritone
David Holkeboer, Piano

PROGRAM 4

“Farmstand Now Open”
Mary Ellen Childs, Composer
Claire Porter, Text
Audrey Babcock, Mezzo-Soprano
Craig Ketter, Piano

“My House, I say”
Tarik O’Regan, Composer
Robert Louis Stevenson, Text
Meghan Picerno, Soprano
Craig Ketter, Piano

“Song of the Last Crossing”
Jorge Sosa, Composer
Magda Bogin, Text
Audrey Babcock, Mezzo-Soprano
Craig Ketter, Piano

RECITAL

Open Up the House
Tod Machover, Composer
Letha Hafferkamp Kiddie, Text
Merrin Lazyan, Soprano
Djordje Nesic, Piano

Bridegroom, Dear to My Heart
David Ott, Composer
Ancient Phoenician (2000 B.C.), Text
Nicole Weigelt, Mezzo-soprano
Djordje Nesic, Piano

M.A.R.Y.
Nico Muhly, Composer
Based on a 15th-Century Devotional Text
Peter Kendall Clark, Baritone
Djordje Nesic, Piano

Ode to the Promised Land
Paquito D’Rivera, Composer
Alexis Romay, Text
Brenda Feliciano, Soprano
Pablo Zinger, Piano

Feng Shui for Your New Home
Aaron Jay Kernis, Composer
Rodika Tchi, Text
Justine Aronson, Soprano
Kelly Horsted, Piano

Black Hat
Derek Bermel, Composer
Wendy S. Walters, Text
Merrin Lazyan, Soprano
Kelly Horsted, Piano

The Props Assist the House
Christopher Theofanidis, Composer
Emily Dickinson, Text
Peter Kendall Clark, Baritone
Djordje Nesic, Piano

I Hear America Singing
Thomas Pasatieri, Composer
Walt Whitman, Text
Justine Aronson, Soprano
Kelly Horsted, Piano

Summer Stars
John Musto, Composer
Carl Sandburg, Text
Amy Burton, Soprano
John Musto, Piano

Look Down, Love
Rinde Eckert, Music and Text
Peter Kendall Clark, Baritone
Djordje Nesic, Piano

A New Home
Wang Jie, Composer
Paul Simms, Text
Lauren Flanigan, Soprano
Christopher Cooley, Piano

SALON SERIES

Believing that the creation of art should mark every special occasion, OPERA America commissioned the OPERA America Songbook to celebrate the opening of the National Opera Center. On March 19, OPERA America will present 10 selections from this exciting collection of songs composed by some of the most important established and emerging composers working in opera today.

The concert will include songs by David Carlson, Christopher Cerrone, Paula Kimper, Robert Xavier Rodriguez, Gregory Spears, David T. Little, Erling Henry Wold, Richard Danielpour, Lewis Spratlan and Lori Laitman.

Featured performers include Kelly Ann Bixby, soprano; Jesse Blumberg, baritone; Jennifer Check, soprano; Eve Gigliotti, mezzo-soprano; William Hobbs, piano; Melissa Hughes, soprano; Lori Laitman, piano; Mary Mackenzie, soprano; Djordje Nesic, piano and Delea Shand, soprano.

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