“Barbara K. Jackson
Rising Stars of Opera”
Christian Baldini, director and conductor
UC Davis Symphony Orchestra
and Singers from the San Francisco Opera
Center
Since its inception in 2010, Rising Stars of Opera has featured vocal artistry, stirring arias and a glimpse at the opera stars of tomorrow; and every ticket has been free to the public thanks to Barbara K. Jackson. Today, Rising Stars of Opera features several singers from the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Center performing a wide range of great arias.
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to The Abduction of the Seraglio
Richard Wagner: “Dich, teure Halle” from Tannhäuser
Mozart: “Madamina, il catalogo è questo” from Don Giovanni
Mozart: “Quel casinetto è mio . . . La ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni
Mozart: “Soave sia il vento” from Così fan tutte
Mozart: “Pa-Pa-Papagena” from Die Zauberflöte
Vincenzo Bellini: “Casta Diva, che inargenti … Ah! Bello a me ritorna” (Norma)
Bellini: “Vi Ravviso, o luoghi ameni” (La Sonnambula)
Giuseppe Verdi: “Già nella notte densa” from Otello
Charles-François Gounod: “Mab, reine des mensonges” from Roméo et Juliette
Gounod: “Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette
Gustave Charpentier: “Depuis le jour” from Louise
Carlisle Floyd: “Ain’t it a pretty night” from Susannah
Ruggero Leoncavallo: “Vesti la giubba” from Pagliacci
Johann Strauss Jr.: “Champagne Trio” from Die Fledermaus
