An Evening with the Bard
a Shakespearean celebration
An Evening with the Bard
Shakespeare is undeniably one of the most remarkable and recognized writers in history. His plays and sonnets have been a mainstay for composers and librettists over the course of opera and art song. Atlanta Concert Opera has partnered with Capitol City Opera to produce a COVID-19 compliant recital series focusing on operatic arias and art songs set to Shakespearean stories by a diverse selection of composers, all performed by local Atlanta musicians.
The mini-recitals will be posted on Capitol City Opera’s YouTube and Facebook pages and shared on Atlanta Concert Opera’s Facebook and here.
Week 1
Crabbed Age and Youth Maude Valérie White
Laurie Tossing, mezzo-soprano
Grant Jones, piano*
Be not affeared from The Tempest Lee Hoiby
William Green, tenor*
Grant Jones, piano
Take, o take those lips away Roger Quilter
Daniel Weisman, tenor
Catherine Giel, piano*
Ave Maria from Otello Giuseppe Verdi
Rachel Eve Holmes, soprano
Grant Jones, piano
*Company Debut
Week 2
Come now, a roundel from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Benjamin Britten
Hila Brod, soprano*
Grant Jones, piano
It was a lover and his lass Peter Warlock
Travis Hall, tenor*
Grant Jones, piano
Sul fil d’un soffio etesio from Falstaff Giuseppe Verdi
Robin Sewell, soprano*
Grant Jones, piano
Ò vin, dissipe la tristesse from Hamlet Ambroise Thomas
August Bair, baritone
Grant Jones, piano
Il m’en souvient from Béatrice et Bénédict Hector Berlioz
Eva Lukkonen Sullivan, mezzo-soprano
Grant Jones, piano
*Company Debut
Week 3
The Willow Song Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Shana Evans-Bassett, mezzo-soprano*
Grant Jones, piano
Orpheus with his lute William Schuman
Julia Metry, soprano*
Grant Jones, piano
She Never Told Her Love Clara Kathleen Rogers
Chamblee Graham, soprano*
Grant Jones, piano
Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain from Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor Otto Nicolai
Nathan Munson, tenor*
Grant Jones, piano
Take, O take those lips away Amy Cheney Beach
Megan Reader, soprano*
Grant Jones, piano
*Company Debut
Week 4
Je veux vivre from Romeo et Juliette Charles Gounod
Esther Kim Ruder, soprano*
Grant Jones, piano
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun Roger Quilter
Kate Doriot, soprano
Grant Jones, piano
O quante volte from I Capuletti e i Montecchi Vincenzo Bellini
Jessica Dennison, soprano*
Grant Jones, piano
Dirge Dominick Argento
David Araujo, tenor*
Grant Jones, piano
Come away, death Gerald Finzi
Timothy Marshall, baritone
Grant Jones, piano
*Company Debut