This is the program for the senior soprano recital of Alexis Michelle Nichols. Ms. Nichols was accompanied on the piano by Louis Menendez. This recital took place on March 11, 2013, the McBeth Recital Hall in the Mabee Fine Arts Center

Nichols, Alexis Michelle

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Ouachita Baptist University Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters Division of Music 3-11-2013 Alexis Michelle Nichols in a Senior Soprano Recital Alexis Michelle Nichols Ouachita Baptist University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/music  Part of the Music Education Commons, and the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Nichols, Alexis Michelle, "Alexis Michelle Nichols in a Senior Soprano Recital" (2013). Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters. 1452. https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/music/1452 This Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Division of Music at Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. It has been accepted for inclusion in Concert Performances, Programs, and Posters by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. For more information, please contact mortensona@obu.edu. Ouachita Baptist University School of Fine Arts Division of Music Presents Alexis Michelle Nichols Soprano and Louis Menendez Piano In a Senior Voice Recital 7:30 p.m. March 11, 2013 W. Francis McBeth Recital Hall Mabee Fine Arts Center A des oiseaux Faust Faites-lui mes aveux Standchen The Merry Widow The Vilja Lied Caro mio ben L'elisir d'amore Prendi per me sei libero Take a Chance Should I Be Sweet Georges Hile (1858-1948) Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Franz Lehar ( 1870-1948) Tommaso Giordani (1730-1806) Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Vincent Youmans (1898-1946) Grey Gardens Peas in a Pod Scott Frankel (b. 1963) Assisted by Heather White Love Life Mr. Right Goodbye Charles "I Ate the Divorce Papers" Camelot Before I Gaze At You Again The Last Night of Ballyhoo Act I, Scene 5 Kurt Weill (1900-1950) Gabriel Davis (b. 1979) Frederick Loewe (1901-1988) Alfred Uhry (b. 1936) Assisted by Bethany Swiontek Bonnie and Clyde Dyin' Ain't So Bad A Tale of Two Cities Out of Sight, Out of Mind Frank Wildhorn (b. 1958) Jill Santoriello (b. 1965) A des oiseaux Good morning, good morning, warblers, Good morning, jolly finches , Wake up the daisies And the flowers among the green bushes. Your soul is always festive, Gay birds one loves to see; For the lover and the poet You sing morning and night. But on the plain, methinks, They have been rigging up nets ; Keep fluttering always together! Take heed, little birds! Descend without touching ground ... Do you see at the edge of the forest, lying in wait for you, secretly, Those children with cunning eyes? Oh, quickly, with one beat of your wings, Come with the swallow Following in its flight. You need have no fear in my garden: You can, with your nimble beaks, Pillage, pillage without restrain All the ripe fruits of the orchard, Good night, good night, warblers, Good night, jolly finches, Send to sleep the daisies And the flowers among the green bushes. Faites-lui mes aveux Give her my confession; Carry my wishes! Blooming flowers near her, Tell her that she is beautiful, That my heart, Night and day, Languishes with love! Give her my confession; Carry my wishes! Reveal to her soul The secret of my flame, So it exhales with you Perfumes more sweet! Wilted! Alas! The sorcerer whom God damns Has brought me bad luck! I can't, without it's withering Touch a flower. Ifl dip my fingers Into holy water! It's there that each evening Marguerite comes to pray! Let's see now! Let's see quickly! Do they wilt? No! Satan, I laugh at you! It is in you that I have faith, Speak for me! May she know The emotion which she has caused to be born, And of which my troubled heart Has scarcely spoken! It is in you that I have faith, Speak for me! If love alarms her May the flower on her mouth Try at least to deposit A sweet kiss! A kiss, a sweet kiss! Standchen Open up, open up, but softly, my child, So that no one is woken from slumber. The stream scarcely ripples, in the wind scarcely A leaf quivers in the bushes and hedges. So softly, my girl, that nothing stirs, Just put your hand softly to the latch. With steps as light as steps of elves As they skip over the flowers, Fly lightly out into the moonlit night. And slip towards me in the garden. Around us the blossom slumbers by the purling stream, Giving fragrance in its sleep, only love is awake. Sit down, there is a mysterious twilight here beneath the lime trees, the nightingale overhead shall dream of our kisses and the rose, when it wakes in the morning, shall color deeply at the ecstasies of the night. The Vilja Lied There lived a Vilja, a wood-maiden, A hunter spied her in a rocky cliff! The fellow, became so strangely affected, He looked and looked at the little wood-maiden. And a never known shudder seized the young hunter, Longingly he began quietly to sigh! Vilja, 0 Vilja, you little woods-maiden, Take me and let me be your dearest true love! Vilja, 0 Vilja, what are you doing to me? Fearfully begs a lovesick man! The woods-maiden stretched Out her hand to him And pulled him into her cliff-dwelling. The lad almost lost his senses, ( for) Thus loved and kissed no earthly child. As soon as she was sated with kissing She disappeared at that moment! Just once did the poor lad wave to her: Vilja, 0 Vilja, you little wood·s-maiden, Take me and let me be your dearest true love! Vilja, 0 Vilja, what are you doing to me? Fearfully begs a lovesick man! Caro mio ben Ah, dearest love, if you should leave, Heaven above knows how I'd grieve. Ah, dearest love, Heaven above knows how I'd gneve Your faithful friend sighs without end, This cruel torment, cease now, I pray! Cease now, I pray! This cruel torment, cease now, I pray! Ah, dearest love, if you should leave, Heaven above knows how I'd grieve. Ah, dearest love, if you should leave, Heaven above knows how I'd grieve. Prendi per me sei libero Take it, because of me you are free Stay on your native soil There is not destiny for you so bitter That will not change one day. Stay! Here where everyone loves you Wise, loving, honest Always unhappy and miserable No, you will not always be that way. You must forgive me and forget: I give you my love forever. Now I shall make you happy, I give you my faithful love. This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the requiremen for the degree of Bachelor of Music in Musical Theatre Mrs. Nichols is a member of Theta Alpha Phi Mrs. Nichols is a student of Ms. Suzetta Glenn And Dr. Scott Holsclaw You are cordially invited to a reception in the Hammons Gall _ immediately following the performance 

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