La Dolce Diva
On Saturday 5th April 2014 our concert was Popular Operatic Choruses, performed at yZone youth and arts centre, Hill St, Ross-on-Wye.
Joined by soprano, Susan Black our programme was:
EXCERPTS from ‘CARMEN’ by G. Bizet
1. HABANERA – Sue Black & Chorus
2. SEGUIDILLA – Sue Black
3. THE CARD GAME – Sue Black & Pam Frith
4. MARCH OF THE TOREADORS – Chorus
THREE FAMOUS OPERA CHORUSES
5. CHORUS OF WEDDING GUESTS from ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ by G. Donizetti – Sue Black & Chorus
6. CHORUS OF THE PEASANT GIRLS from ‘Eugine Onegin’ by P.Tchaikovsky
7. SAILORS CHORUS from ‘The Flying Dutchman’ by R. Wagner
THE MAGIC OF W.A.MOZART
8. Chorus from ‘DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEN SERAIL’ (the abduction from the seraglio)
9. RONDO ALLA TURCA – Piano duet, John Merrick & Joanne Sparkes
10. Trio ‘SOAVE SIA IL VENTO’ from ‘Cosi fan Tutte’ Sue Black, Pam Frith & John Frith
11. Solo ‘DOVE SONO’ from ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ – Sue Black
OPERATIC THEMES AND EXTREMES – ‘SADNESS’
12. DIDO’S LAMENT – H. Purcell – Sue Black & Chorus
13. HOW SAD WE ARE – J. Strauss – Die Fledermaus Sue Black, Pam Frith & John Frith
GRAND FINALE
14. CHORUS OF THE HEBREW SLAVES from ‘Nabucco’ by G. Verdi
