Gioachino Rossini – Upcoming Concerts

Operatic favorites suited for the whole family. Includes selections from The Barber of Seville, Carmen, Rigoletto, La bohème, & more.

Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Semiramide
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Quinn Mason – Toast of the Town
Antonín Dvořák – Žalm 149, Op. 79
William C. White – Psalm 46
Johann Strauss II – Overture to Die Fledermaus
Arias & duets by Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Charles Gounod, Engelbert Humperdinck, Gioachino Rossini, & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Amy Beach – Bal masqué, Op. 22
Giacomo Puccini – "Humming Chorus" from Madama Butterfly
Leonard Bernstein – “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide

Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Semiramide
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

Gioachino Rossini – L'italiana in Algeri ("The Italian Girl in Algiers")
Grażyna Bacewicz – Concerto for String Orchestra
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G major, Op. 61 "Mozartiana"

Bruce Stark – The Vigor of Hope (brass fanfare) (Seattle premiere)
Camille Saint-Saëns – Selections from Carnival of the Animals
Edvard Grieg – "Morning Mood" & "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia ("The Barber of Seville")
Gustav Holst – "Jig" from St. Paul's Suite in C major, Op. 29, No. 2
Antonio Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 3, No. 6, RV 356
Ferdinand Hérold – Overture to Zampa
Georges Bizet – "IV. Farandole" from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2

2 of the great bel canto tenors of our time join for an all-Rossini program that promises vocal pyrotechnics & thrills – including a thrilling 6-hand piano arrangement of the Barber of Seville overture.

Program will include:
Gioachino Rossini – Introduction, Theme, & Variations
Paul Basler – Folk Songs for Horn & Piano
Sue Jean Park – The Veil for horn & electronics
Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. François Brémond – "II. Adagio cantabile" from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”
Robert W. Smith – In a Gentle Rain

Sung in Italian with English surtitles, the production is designed by Wesley Mackenzie with costumes by Lisa Magill. Michael Patrick Albano directs & Russell Braun conducts with Carmen Santoro.

Sung in Italian with English surtitles, the production is designed by Wesley Mackenzie with costumes by Lisa Magill. Michael Patrick Albano directs & Russell Braun conducts with Carmen Santoro.

Sung in Italian with English surtitles, the production is designed by Wesley Mackenzie with costumes by Lisa Magill. Michael Patrick Albano directs & Russell Braun conducts with Carmen Santoro.

Sung in Italian with English surtitles, the production is designed by Wesley Mackenzie with costumes by Lisa Magill. Michael Patrick Albano directs & Russell Braun conducts with Carmen Santoro.