CCM's virtual performance series continues with a pair of Spring Opera Gala concerts, which will be released back-to-back at 7:30 p.m. EDT on June 17 and 18. CCM's Spring Opera Gala is a double-cast production: the same repertoire is performed during both broadcasts, but each features a different cast of singers. Learn more by visiting https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2021/06/ccms-streaming-series-continues-with-spring-opera-gala-conc...

Video production by MasseyGreenAVP, LLC. Audio production by Joel Crawford Recording. This digital performance series is made possible by support from CCMONSTAGE Online Broadcast Sponsors CCMpower and ArtsWave, and CCMONSTAGE Online Production Sponsors Dr. & Mrs. Carl G. Fischer.
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SPRING OPERA GALA PART 1 (recorded on Friday, March 26, 2021)

Featuring CCM Opera and Voice Majors and the CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
Kathleen Kelly, musical preparation
Marie-France Lefebvre, musical preparation for the Don Giovanni Sextet

Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri by Gioacchino Rossini

Aria: “Ah! Per sempre” from I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini
Antonio Cruz: Riccardo

Duet: “Esulti pur la barbara” from L'Elisir d’Amore by Gaetano Donizetti
Mishael Eusebio: Nemorino
Rachel Ballitch: Adina

Aria: “Eccomi in lieta vesta … O quante volte” from I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini
Andrea Tulipana: Giulietta

Duet: “Non m’inganni,” from Otello by Gioacchino Rossini
Henry Benson: Otello
Mishael Eusebio: Iago

Duet: “Verranno a te” from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Yewon Yoon: Lucia
Manfred Anaya: Edgardo

Duet: “Silvio, a quest’ora” from Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Brittany Logan: Nedda
Antonio Cruz: Silvio

Sextet: “Sola, sola in buio loco” from Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart
Brittany Olivia Logan: Donna Elvira
David Guzmán: Leporello
Victor Cardamone: Don Ottavio
Amber Monroe: Donna Anna
Alexander Kapp: Masetto
Georgia Jacobson: Zerlina