Our recital features music from around the world including Italy, Germany, the US, and Spain. First year Ryan Opera Center tenor Travon D. Walker will perform works by Margaret Bonds and Paolo Tosti as well as living American composer Ben Moore’s song cycle Dear Theo. Which is loosely based on letters of Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo. Second year member Laureano Quant will perform works by Strauss, Verdi, Reveriano Soutullo, and a song from the musical Camelot. He will also be performing a song of his own titled, Estrellas fijas or Fixed Stars. They will be joined on the piano by Michael Banwarth.
Tenor Travon D. Walker, Baritone Laureano Quant, and Pianist Michael Banwarth
Playlist
“Young Love in the Spring”, by Margaret Bonds
Travon D. Walker, tenor; Michael Banwarth, piano
“Per me giunto…O Carlo, Ascolta” from Don Carlo, by Giuseppe Verdi
Laureano Quant, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano
“Cäcilie”, by Richard Strauss
Laureano Quant, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano
Dear Theo, by Ben Moore
Travon D. Walker, tenor; Michael Banwarth, piano
“Ya mis horas felices” from La del Soto del Parral, by Reveriano Soutullo and Juan Vert
Laureano Quant, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano
“Estrellas fijas”, by Laureano Quant
Laureano Quant, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano
“L’alba sepàra dalla luce l’ombra”, by Paolo Tosti
Travon D. Walker, tenor; Michael Banwarth, piano
“If Ever I Would Leave You” from Camelot, by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Laureano Quant, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano