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“The Star-Spangled Banner” Music by John Stafford Smith Lyrics by Francis Scott Key
Jun Märkl conductor
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Cincinnati Opera Chorus Founded in 1920, Cincinnati Opera is celebrating its 99th season, making it the second-oldest U.S. opera company and the oldest summer opera festival.
Toreador Song from Carmen by Georges Bizet
Joseph Lattanzi baritone
Cincinnati Opera Chorus Carmen 2014
“Non so più”
from The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rihab Chaieb mezzo-soprano
The Marriage of Figaro 2019
“Giunse alfin il momento... Deh vieni, non tardar” from The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Janai Brugger soprano
Our 2019 season spans 233 years of opera—from The Marriage of Figaro, written in 1786, to Blind Injustice, which has its world premiere in July 2019. (And wunderkind Mozart was only 30 years old when he wrote The Marriage of Figaro!)
“The Impossible Dream� from Man of La Mancha by Mitch Leigh
Levi Hammer conductor
Joseph Lattanzi baritone
Cincinnati Opera performed at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden from 1920 to 1971.
“Granada”
by Agustín Lara
Piotr Buszewski tenor
La Traviata 2018
201 9 SUMMER FESTIVAL
CINCINNATI OPERA The Marriage of Figaro June 13 & 15
Romeo and Juliet June 27 & 29
Ariadne auf Naxos
July 6, 11, 13 & 14
Porgy and Bess
July 20, 25, 27 & 28 SOLD OUT
Blind Injustice July 22–27
cincinnatiopera.org (513) 241-2742
Harlequin’s Serenade from Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss
Thomas Dreeze baritone
Sketches by costume designer Ryan Park for Ariadne auf Naxos 2019
Composer’s Aria
from Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss
Rihab Chaieb mezzo-soprano
The Magic Flute 2017
“So In Love”
from Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter
Susanna Phillips soprano
Thomas Dreeze baritone
Composer and songwriter Cole Porter is from Peru, Indiana, where circuses including Ringling Brothers and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show spent the winter from the 1880s until the 1940s.
“L’heure s’envole” from Romeo and Juliet by Charles Gounod
Cincinnati Opera Chorus
Romeo and Juliet 2019
“Je veux vivre”
from Romeo and Juliet by Charles Gounod
Liv Redpath soprano
Romeo and Juliet 2019
“Ah! lêve-toi, soleil!” from Romeo and Juliet by Charles Gounod
Aaron Blake tenor
Romeo and Juliet 2019
“Tonight”
from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
Susanna Phillips soprano
Aaron Blake tenor
“Tonight” is a musical theater interpretation of the balcony scene from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Septet
from The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach Brittany Logan
Darian Clonts
Gabriella Sam
Eric Shane
Thomas J. Capobianco
Miles WilsonToliver
soprano
soprano
tenor
tenor
baritone
bass-baritone
Cincinnati Opera Chorus
CINCINNATI OPERA PRESENTS
PORGY AND BESS
THE GERSHWINS’
July 20-28 AT MUSIC HALL
THE GREAT AMERICAN OPERA FEATURING “SUMMERTIME” AND OTHER HITS WITH COSTUMES BY HAMILTON’S COSTUME DESIGNER
cincinnatiopera.org (513) 241-2742
“Summertime�
from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
Janai Brugger soprano
Porgy and Bess 2019
“It Ain’t Necessarily So” from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
Martin Bakari tenor
Cincinnati Opera Chorus
The songs of Porgy and Bess have been recorded by such artists as Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughn, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, Janis Joplin, Bobby Darin, Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson, Sam Cooke, and The Zombies.
“‘O Sole Mio”
by Eduardo di Capua
Martin Bakari tenor
Aaron Blake tenor
Piotr Buszewski tenor
“God Bless America� by Irving Berlin
Susanna Phillips soprano
Cincinnati Opera Chorus Opera in the Park
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Patricia A. Corbett Estate and Trust
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Season Funders
Patricia A. Corbett Estate and Trust Harry T. Wilks Family Foundation
Preferred Healthcare Provider