Thursday, May 19 at 7:30pm
As part of OperaDelaware’s Spring Festival, actors from Delaware Shakespeare Festival join soloists from OperaDelaware to explore favorite Shakespearean texts set by different classical composers. Join us in the casual setting of OperaDelaware’s Riverfront Studio for a special one-night-only event!
Location: 4 S. Poplar Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
PROGRAM
Shakespeare: Music & Song Prologue
Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
Opera: Romeo & Juliette (Gounod), Balcony Scene
Musical: West Side Story (Bernstein), Balcony Scene
Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet, Act 4, Scene 3
Opera: Romeo & Juliette (Gounod), “Poison” Aria
Shakespeare: Othello, Act 4, Scene 3
Opera: Otello (Verdi), Willow Song
Opera: Otello (Rossini), Willow Song
Intermission
Opera: “Who is Sylvia?” (Finzi)
Opera: “An die Sylvia” (Schubert)
Opera: “Who is Sylvia?” (Quliter)
Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 1,
Opera: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten), “Be Kind and Courteous”
Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors, Act 2, Scene 2
Musical: The Boys from Syracuse (Rodgers & Hart) “Falling in Love with Love”
Shakespeare: Othello Act 2, Scene 3 (Iago Soliloquy)
Opera: Otello (Verdi), Credo
Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 3, Scene 5
Opera: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai), “Als Büblein klein”
Shakespeare: Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4
Opera: Hamlet (Thomas), “O vin dissipe la tristesse”
Actors: Adam Altman, Kelly Filios, Minou Pourshariati, Ned Pryce
Soloists: Sean Anderson, Sharin Apostolou, Sarah Asmar, Victoria Cannizzo, Matthew Curran, Ryan MacPherson,
