Traverse City Opera recently presented a program called "The Voice of Woman" at City Opera House in Traverse City.
This was Traverse City Opera's second program, following their inaugural concert "Found in Translation" in April 2022.
For this program, they featured music about the life and experience of women, all performed by women singers.
Learn more about the featured musicians HERE.
The vocal artists were also joined by the Traverse City Opera Orchestra and a chorus of student musicians from Interlochen Arts Academy.
Hear each half of the concert on demand below. The concert has been edited for length and clarity.
Program
O antiqui sancti from Ordo Virtutum by Hildegard von Bingen
Laura Osgood Brown, soprano
Emily Culler, soprano
Interlochen Arts Academy chorus
Chi il bel sogno from La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini
Erica Gabriel, soprano
Mira, O Norma from Norma by Vincenzo Bellini
Laura Osgood Brown, soprano
Lauren Harris, soprano
The sun, whose rays are all ablaze from The Mikado
Emily Culler, soprano
Come scoglio from Cosi fan tutte by W.A. Mozart
Erica Gabriel, soprano
Stirb, ungeheure, durch unsre Macht! from Die Zauberflöte by W.A. Mozart
Emily Culler, soprano
Laura Osgood Brown, soprano
Lindsey Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Seguidilla from Carmen by Georges Bizet
Eliza Bonet, mezzo-soprano
E un anatema from La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli
Lauren Harris, soprano
Lindsey Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Glitter and be gay from Candide by Leonard Bernstein
Erica Gabriel, soprano
intermission
Morrò, ma prima in grazia from Un Ballo in Maschera by Giuseppe Verdi
Lauren Harris, soprano
The Spinning Scene from The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten
Laura Osgood Brown, soprano
Lindsey Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Lauren Harris, soprano
Emily Culler, soprano
Va! Laisse couler mes larmes from Werther by Jules Massenet
Eliza Bonet, mezzo-soprano
La Mamma Morta from Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano
Lindsey Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Three little maids from The Mikado by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Erica Gabriel, soprano
Emily Culler, soprano
Eliza Bonet, mezzo-soprano
Es lebt eine Vilja (Vilja-Lied) from Die Lustige Witwe by Franz Lehar
Laura Osgood Brown, soprano
Interlochen Arts Academy chorus
We are women from Candide by Leonard Bernstein
Erica Gabriel, soprano
Lindsey Anderson, mezzo-soprano
Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! from Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns
Eliza Bonet, mezzo-soprano
Nonnenchor from Casanova by Johann Strauss II
Lauren Harris, soprano
Laura Osgood Brown, soprano
Erica Gabriel, soprano
Interlochen Arts Academy chorus
Sara Hartley, narrator
Susan Snyder, piano
Traverse City Opera Orchestra, conducted by Tom Riccobono
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