A recital of baritone and soprano favorites with some surprises are in store for our next Ryan Opera Center program. Ian Rucker will be heard in Ambroise Thomas’ famous drinking song, “O vin, dissipe la tristesse”, from his opera Hamlet and as the innocent sailor from Benjamin Britten’s opera Billy Budd. We’ll hear Finn Sagal in Wagner’s powerful “O du, mein holder Abendstern” from Tannhäuser and as the Count in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. And Adia Evans will delight us with music of Strauss and Amy Beach as well as a song made famous by Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick, “I Say a Little Prayer”.
Soprano Adia Evans, Baritone Ian Rucker, Baritone Finn Sagal, and Pianist Michael Banwarth
Playlist
“O vin, dissipe la tristesse” from Hamlet, by Ambroise Thomas
Ian Rucker, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano
“Zueignung”
“Die Georgine”
“Breit über mein Haupt”, by Richard Strauss
Adia Evans, soprano; Michael Banwarth, piano
“Hai già vinta la causa…Vedrò, mentr’io sospiro” from The Marriage of Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Finn Sagal, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano
Three Browning Songs, Op. 44, by Amy Beach
I. “The Year’s at the Spring”
II. “Ah, Love, but a Day!”
III. “I Send My Heart up to Thee!”
Adia Evans, soprano; Michael Banwarth, piano
“O du, mein holder Abendstern” from Tannhäuser, by Richard Wagner
Finn Sagal, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano
Three Songs, Op. 41, by Robert Owens
I. “If”
II. “No Images”
III. “The Secret”
Adia Evans, soprano; Michael Banwarth, piano
“Billy Budd, King of the Birds!” from Billy Budd, by Benjamin Britten
Ian Rucker, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano
“I Say a Little Prayer”, by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Adia Evans, soprano; Michael Banwarth, piano
