Vincenzo Bellini – Past Concerts

Works for soprano and piano by Vincenzo Bellini and Frederick Chopin.

A rare recital of two low voices with Mike Heitmann, bass; Rachelle Moss, contralto; and Greg Smith, piano.

If all the summer weather makes you want to turn your frown upside down, here’s the chance to keep acting like Little Miss Sunshine! This month’s show kicks off Opera on Tap’s first happy hour performance with works from Der Rosenkavalier, Semele, I Puritani, Candide, Faust and much, much more.

Fauré – Aurore
Fauré – Clair de Lune
Debussy – Nuit d'étoiles
Debussy – Clair de Lune
Bellini – "Eccomi in lieta vesta...oh quante volte!"
Gershwin – Selections
Andre Previn – Vocalise for Soprano, Piano and Cello
Massenet – "Adieu, notre petite table"

Bellini – Composizioni da camera
R. Strauss – Zueignung
Allen Feinstein – Three Dances for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Simon A. Sargon – Haas Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano

Mozart – String Quartet, K. 464
Bellini – Tre Ariette
Bellini – Il fervido desiderio
Bellini – Dolente imagine di file mia
Bellini – Vaga luna che inargenti
Fauré – Les Berceaux
Fauré – Apres un reve
Fauré – Clair de lune
Fauré – Chanson d'amour

Bellini – Composizioni da camera
R. Strauss – Zueignung
Matthew James Briggs – Krzeminski's Star for Violin, Marimba, and Electronics
Beethoven – Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1 No. 2

Works by Rossini, Bellini and more.

Rossini – "Una Voce Poco Fa" (from Il Baribiere di Siviglia)
Bellini – "Sorgi, o padre a la figlia rimira" (Bianca e Fernando)
Bellini – "O quante volte" (I Capuletti ed i Montecchi)
Bellini – "Mira O Norma" (Norma)
Donizetti – "Ah Tardi quest’anima... oh luce quest’anima" (Linda di Chamounix)
Donizetti – "Norina’s aria" (Don Pasquale)
Verdi – "Pace, Pace" (il Forza del Destino)
Verdi – "Saper Vorreste" (Un Ballo in Maschera)
Puccini – "Vissi, d'Arte" (Tosca)

Rossini – "Una Voce Poco Fa" (Il Baribiere di Siviglia)
Bellini – "Sorgi, o padre a la figlia rimira" (Bianca e Fernando)
Bellini – "O quante volte" (I Capuletti ed i Montecchi)
Bellini – "Mira O Norma" (Norma)
Donizetti – "Ah Tardi quest’anima... oh luce quest’anima" (Linda di Chamounix)
Donizetti – "Norina’s aria" (Don Pasquale)
Verdi – "Pace, Pace" (il Forza del Destino)
Verdi – "Saper Vorreste" (Un Ballo in Maschera)
Puccini – "Vissi, d'Arte" (Tosca)

Bellini – Overture to I Capuleti e I Montecchi
Prokofiev – Suite No. 2 from the ballet Romeo and Juliet
Lars-Erik Larsson – Concertino for Double Bass, Op. 45
Bernstein – Symphonic dances from West Side Story

The Puget Sound Concert Opera will be joined by the Seattle Philharmonic conducted by Adam Stern.

BERLIOZ – Ah! Je vais l’aimer from Béatrice et Bénédict
BERLIOZ – Je vais d’un cœur aimant from Béatrice et Bénédict
ROSSINI – "Largo al factotum" from The Barber of Seville
MOZART – "Soave sia il vento" from Così fan tutte
VERDI – Rigoletto quartet ("Bella figlia dell'amore")
GIORDANO – "Come un bel dì di maggio" from Andrea Chénier
BELLINI – Trio from Norma Act I finale part II
MOZART – "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön" from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
MOZART – "Quintetto" (No. 5) from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
OFFENBACH – "Tu ne chanteras plus" from Les Contes d'Hoffmann
OFFENBACH – "Barcarolle" from Les Contes d'Hoffmann
DONIZETTI – Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor ("Chi mi frena in tal momento")
VERDI – Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore
VERDI – Brindisi/Libiamo from La traviata

Concert of opera arias and duets from the Northwest's own internationally acclaimed tenor Robert McPherson.