Our recital highlights the artistry of three exceptional ensemble members of the Ryan Opera Center. We’ll hear Sankara Harouna in Tchaikovsky’s Six Romances as well as songs by Black American composers Damien Geter and the Grammy winning artist John Legend. Daniel Luis Espinal will brings us Latin American songs by Miguel Matamoros, Maria Grever, and Alejandro Fernández. He will also perform Charles Tomlinson Griffes’ expressive and intimate Three Poems of Fiona MacLeod. They will be joined by pianist Michael Banwarth.
Tenor Daniel Luis Espinal, Baritone Sankara Harouna, and Pianist Michael Banwarth
Playlist
Six Romances, by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sankara Harouna, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano
Three Poems by Fiona MacLeod, by Charles Griffes
Daniel Luis Espinal, tenor; Michael Banwarth, piano
The Cotton Weeps and When the Ancestors Speak, by Damien Geter
Sankara Harouna, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano
Júrame, by María Grever
Daniel Luis Espinal, tenor; Michael Banwarth, piano
This Time, by John Legend
Sankara Harouna, baritone; Michael Banwarth, piano
Hoy tengo ganas de ti, by Alejandro Fernández
Lagrimas negras, by Miguel Matamoros
Daniel Luis Espinal, tenor; Michael Banwarth, piano
