South African tenor Lunga Eric Hallam, who is in his third year at the Ryan Opera Center, is joined by music director Craig Terry in a program that features music from Hallam’s home country as well as music by Handel, Donizetti, and Bellini. He’ll also be performing a work composed by Ryan Opera Center alumnus, baritone Will Liverman: “A Golden Day”.
Tenor Lunga Eric Hallam; Pianist Craig Terry
Playlist
George Frideric Handel: “Comfort Ye…/Ev’ry Valley” from Messiah
John Ireland: “The Salley Gardens,” “If There Were Dreams to Sell,” and “When I Am Dead, My Dearest”
Karl Goldmark: “Magische Töne” from Die Königin von Saba
Gaetano Donizetti: “Me voglio fa na casa”
Vincenzo Bellini: “A tanto duo… Ascolta, o padre” from Bianca e Fernando
Steven Mark Kohn: “Ten Thousand Miles Away” & “Poor Wayfaring Stranger”
Will Liverman: “A Golden Day”
Marta Keen: “Homeward Bound”
Miriam Makeba: Xhosa Medley
Judith Sephuma: “A Cry, A Smile, and A Dance”
Lunga Eric Hallam, vocals and djembe