LUCIA DI
LAMMERMOOR by Gaetano Donizetti (concert performance, in Italian)
Sunday, November 23rd, 2003
2:00 PM at St. Anne's Church
67 St. Stephen Street, Boston
with Boston Bel Canto Opera Orchestra
Thomas Carlo Bo, Conductor
and the
Boston Bel Canto
Opera Chorus
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DON CARLO by Giuseppe Verdi (concert performance, 1884 revised version in
Italian)
Saturday, September 22, 2001
7:30 PM at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston
with North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Carlo Bo, Conductor
and the
Boston Bel Canto Opera Chorus
Elisabetta di Valois |
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Elizabeth
Barron, soprano |
Princess Eboli |
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Angeliki
Theoharis, mezzo-soprano |
Don Carlo, Infante of
Spain |
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Drew Slatton,
tenor |
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa |
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Charles
Robert Stephens, baritone |
Philip II of Spain |
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Craig Hart, bass |
Celestial
Voice |
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Susan Fanale,
soprano |
Countess
of Aremberg |
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Karen Fanale,
soprano |
Tebaldo, a
page |
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Elizabeth
Canterbury, soprano |
A Friar
(Carlo V) |
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Peter Aldrich,
bass-baritone |
A Royal
Herald |
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Robert Grady,
tenor |
Count di
Larma |
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Alan Schneider,
tenor |
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with guest artist
Jerome Hines, bass
Celebrated Star of the Metropolitan Opera
as The Grand Inquisitor
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Conductor |
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Thomas
Carlo Bo |
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FOR
YOUR REFERENCE: |
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Opera Synopsis by The Metropolitan Opera
Opera Background by Verdiana
Verdi's Life by Verdiana
Giuseppe Verdi's Photograph
Recommended
Recording can be found at Amazon.com |
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Verdi
Centennial Gala

Saturday, February 24, 2001
7:30 PM at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston
Saturday, February 24, 2001
with Symphony by the
Sea
Thomas Carlo Bo, Conductor
An event to celebrate the centennial of Giuseppe Verdi's death (1813-1901).
Arias and ensembles from representative Verdi operas will be performed by various soloists
accompanied by Symphony by the Sea, Thomas Carlo BС conductor.
Nabucco |
aria |
Ernani |
trio |
Macbeth |
aria |
I
Masnadieri |
world premiere of baritone aria unused in the
final manuscript and only found in 1992. Roberta Marvin found the aria (melody and
words) and Bradley Pennington harmonized and orchestrated it for this first public
performance |
Luisa
Miller |
overture |
Rigoletto |
quartet |
La Traviata |
aria |
I Vespri Siciliani |
aria |
Un Ballo in Maschera |
duet |
La Forza del Destino |
duet |
Don Carlo |
quartet and aria |
Messa da Requiem |
duet and aria |
Otello |
aria |
Falstaff |
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Evening of Verismo Opera 
Saturday, September 23, 2000
8:00 PM at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston
with Symphony by the Sea
Thomas Carlo BС, Conductor
Part I:
Arias and ensembles from operas of
Puccini and his contemporaries
Puccini |
La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, La Rondina,
Manon Lescaut, Turandot |
Ponchielli |
La Gioconda |
Mascagni |
L'Amico Fritz |
Catalani |
La Wally |
Giordano |
Andrea Chenier |
Leoncavallo |
Pagliacci |
Part II:
Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni (concert performance)
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Amahl and the Night Visitors
by Gian Carlo Menotti (staged performance)
Friday, December 17, 1999
8:00 PM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Brookline
Sunday, December 19, 1999
4:00 PM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Brookline
15 St. Paul Street, Brookline, MA
with piano acompaniment by Bradley Pennington
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IL TROVATORE by Giuseppe Verdi (concert performance) 
Saturday, September 18, 1999
8:00 PM at Marblehead Performing Arts Center
Saturday, September 25, 1999
8:00 PM at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston
with Symphony by the Sea
Thomas Carlo Bo, Conductor
and the
Boston Bel Canto Opera Chorus
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AIDA by Giuseppe Verdi (concert performance) 
Saturday, September 26, 1998
8:00 PM at Jordan Hall, Boston
with Symphony by the Sea
Francisco Noya, Music Director
and the
Boston Bel Canto Opera Chorus
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NORMA by Vincenzo Bellini (concert performance) 
Saturday, September 13, 1997
8:00 PM at Jordan Hall, Boston
with Symphony by the Sea
Francisco Noya, Music Director
and the
Boston Bel Canto Opera Chorus
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