Opera in the Park
June 11, 2023 | 7:30 PM
WASHINGTON PARK
1230 Elm Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Cincinnati Opera presents Opera in the Park, a free concert of opera and musical theater favorites performed by stars from Cincinnati Opera’s 2023 season, the Cincinnati Opera Chorus, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Brass Institute. This year’s event will also feature an extended selection of excerpts from Rossini’s charming favorite, The Barber of Seville, with Evans Mirageas, The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director, as emcee.
Admission is free, but registration is recommended to receive event updates and weather alerts. Registrants will be entered to win a pair of tickets to a Cincinnati Opera 2023 Summer Festival performance.
PROGRAM
George Gershwin | Summertime from Porgy and Bess Raven McMillon, soprano |
Rodgers and Hammerstein | June is Bustin’ Out all Over from Carousel Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano Cincinnati Opera Chorus |
Giuseppe Verdi | La donna e mobile from Rigoletto Santiago Ballerini, tenor |
Eduardo di Capua | O Sole Mio Santiago Ballerini, Terrence Chin-Loy, Sahel Salam, tenors |
Ruggero Leoncavallo | Prologue from I Pagliacci Anthony Clark Evans, baritone |
Pietro Mascagni | Regina Coeli/Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana Felicity Tomkins, soprano Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano Cincinnati Opera Chorus |
Gioachino Rossini | Opening scene from The Barber of Seville Thomas Dreeze, baritone; Terrence Chin-Loy, tenor Cincinnati Opera Chorus |
Gioachino Rossini | Una voce poco fa from The Barber of Seville Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano |
Gioachino Rossini | La Calunnia from The Barber of Seville Griffen Hogan Tracey, bass |
Gioachino Rossini | Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville Armando Contreras, baritone |
Gaetano Donizetti | Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor Raven McMillon, soprano; Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano Santiago Ballerini, tenor; Sahel Salam, tenor Anthony Clark Evans, baritone; Griffen Hogan Tracy, bass Cincinnati Opera Chorus |
Giacomo Puccini | Un bel dì vedremo from Madame Butterfly Saane Halaholo, soprano |
Giuseppe Verdi | Act II Finale from Aida Cincinnati Opera Chorus Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Brass Institute |
Irving Berlin | God Bless America Anthony Clark Evans, baritone Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Brass Insitute Cincinnati Opera Chorus |
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Opera in the Park is sponsored by: