Winter Recital – Mélodies dramatiques
Audrey Saint-Gil, Music Director and Pianist
January 24–26, 2023
This season, we continue our exploration of art song. All performances are held in AVA’s intimate Helen Corning Warden Theater at 7:30pm.
Mélodies dramatiques – When opera meets song. An evening of art song written by French opera composers: Bizet, Massenet, Gounod and Offenbach.
PROGRAM
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
- Ballade à la lune (1872)
- Le berger et la mer | Six Fables de La Fontaine (1842)
- Le savetier et le financier | Six Fables de La Fontaine
Alla Yarosh, mezzo-soprano
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
- Narcisse à la fontaine (1877)
- Départ (1893)
- Larmes maternelles (1893)
Luke Norvell, tenor
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
- Le calme (1854)
- Ma belle amie est morte
- Le repentir (1893)
Yihan Duan, soprano
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
- La coccinelle | Op. 21 (1873)
- Adieux à Suzon (1866)
- Tarantelle | Op. 21
Jenny Anne Flory, mezzo soprano
