Romantic Opera by Candlelight

Enjoy an evening of Opera illuminated by candlelight. Co-hosts, Leslie and Guy, present an incredible concert event featuring the music of Handel, Bizet, Offenbach, Donizetti, Saint-Saëns, Wagner and Verdi with an ensemble of Opera superstars and pianists.

Wednesday, August 6 | 7:30 pm

Charles W. Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts

About the Performance

Leslie Fagan, soprano

Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano

Colin Ainsworth, tenor

Russell Braun, baritone

Guy Few, piano/trumpet

Carolyn Maule, piano

Libiamo                                                     Giuseppe Verdi (1813 -1901)
As with Rosy Steps                George Frideric Handel (1685 -1759)
O, du mein holder Abendstern    Richard Wagner (1813 -1883)
Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour         Jacques Offenbach (1819 -1880)
Pourquoi me réveiller?                      Jules Massenet (1842 -1912)
O luce di quest’anima                   Gaetano Donizetti (1797 -1848)
Soave sia il vento             Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 -1791)
Zitto, zitto, piano, piano             Gioachino Rossini (1792 -1868)

INTERMISSION

Salut! Demeure chaste et pure   Charles Gounod (1818 -1893)
Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix   Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 -1921)
Au fond du temple saint                      Georges Bizet (1838 -1875)
Sempre libera                                       Giuseppe Verdi
Scintille, diamant                         Jacques Offenbach
Extract of Opera                 Frederic Woodman Root (1846 -1916)

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