Braden Auditorium Sunday Evening May 2, 1999 7:00p.m

Block, Glenn, Conductor

Keenan-Takagi, Kathleen, Director

Major, James, Director

Stutheit, Sue Ann, Director

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Braden AuditoriumSunday EveningMay 2, 19997:00 p.m

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Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData School of Music Programs Music 5-2-1999 Favorite Opera Choruses James Major Director Illinois State University Kathleen Keenan-Takagi Director Sue Ann Stutheit Director Glenn Block Conductor Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp  Part of the Music Performance Commons Recommended Citation Major, James Director; Keenan-Takagi, Kathleen Director; Stutheit, Sue Ann Director; and Block, Glenn Conductor, "Favorite Opera Choruses" (1999). School of Music Programs. 1887. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/somp/1887 This Concert Program is brought to you for free and open access by the Music at ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Music Programs by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact ISUReD@ilstu.edu. 1; Music Department Illinois State University I II I I, I I II I :I 11 I Ii I: ''Favorite Opera Choruses'' Illinois State University Civic Chorale Concert Choir Treble Choir University Choir Madrigal Singers James Major, Director Kathleen Keenan-Takagi, Director Sue Ann Stutheit, Director· and Symphony Orchestra Glenn Block, Conductor The one-hundred sixty-fourth program of the 1998-99 season. Braden Auditorium Sunday Evening May 2, 1999 7:00p.m. from The Magic Flute Overture Program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Anne Decker, Conducting from Tannhauser "Pilgrims Chorus" from Nabucco "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves" Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) I I I I I I I I I I I I from Carmen "Toreador Song" Georges Bizet I I (1838-1875) from Madama Butte,fly "Humming Chorus" John Koch, Baritone Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) from The Magic Flute Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Queen of the Night" from Lohengrin "Bridal Chorus" from Die Fledermaus "Czardas" · Michelle Vought, Soprano Michelle Vought, Soprano Richard Wagner Johann Strauss, Jr. ( 1864-1949) I I I I I ·1 I I I I from Tannhauser "Entry of the Guests" Brian Dollinger, Conducting Intermission from Prince Igor "Polyvtsian Dances" from fl Trovatore "Anvil Chorus" from Die Meistersinger "Wach auf!" from Faust Soldier's Chorus" from Aida, Act II Finale "Triumphal March" ISU Civic Chorale ISU Concert Choir ISU Treble Choir ISU University Choir ISU Madrigal Singers ISU Symphony Orchestra Glenn Block, Conducting Richard Wagner Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) Giuseppe Verdi Richard Wagner Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Giuseppe Verdi Program Notes · Wagner: Tannhauser The action of this opera takes place in the early thirteenth century near Eisenach (Bach's future birthplace). The story revolves around the tension between spiritual and erotic love, embodied in a song contest between Wolfram von Eschenbach and Tannhauser. The Pilgrims' Chorus (its theme already heard in the Overture) comes in Act 3 as a group of aged pilgrims return from Rome. Verdi: Nabucco Verdi wrote in I 879 that he was given the libretto for Nabucco (after it had been rejected by Nicolai) and when he looked at it, it fell open at 'Va, pensiero ' . The opera's triumphant success was due at least in part to the melody to which he set this paraphrase of Psalm 137. It is recounted that all the stage-hands at the first run of performances would gather every night in the wings to hear the great chorus. It is sung by the Israelites as they lament the loss of their homeland, and was soon widely interpreted as a political gesture, becoming the anthem of Italian patriotism. At Verdi's funeral the crowd spontaneously sang this chorus. The narrative, which derives from a French play produced in Paris in I 836, is set around the biblical story of the Jews in Babylonian exile in 586 BC. Bizet: Carmen At the inn of Lillas Pastia, Carmen leads the merriment and Don Jose's old commanding officer, Captain Zuniga, is prominent among the guests trying to get close to Carmen. He does not succeed, for she prefers much less respectable company! Suddenly a popular athlete appears on the scene. He is Escamillo, the toreador; and of course, he sings his Toreador Song. He is taken with Carmen and she falls for him. Puccini: Madama Butterfly The opera, based on an allgedly true incident turn~d into a play by the American dramatist David Belasco, is set in Nagasaki, Japan. An American naval officer, Pinkerton, has enticed a Japanese geisha, Butterfly, to marry him. Duty soon takes him away, and when he returns three years later, he has an American wife. Butterfly is told this, but cannot believe it. The Humming Chorus is sung as the moon shines into her bedroom while she and her child sleep. Next day the truth becomes clear to her and broken-hearted, she kills herself. Mozart: The Magic Flute In the garden in Act II, Monostatos is gloating over the lovely Pamina as she lies asleep, practically at his mercy. Just in time, her mother, the Queen of the Night, interferes. In her terrific "Revenge Aria", she demands that her daughter murder I I I I I I I I I 11 I 11 I Sarastro. She hurls a dagger to Pamina for the purpose and swears that, should she fail , her daughter shall be disowned. Wagner: Lohengrin The opera is set in Antwerp in the early tenth century. Elsa has been promised in marriage to a mysterious knight as his reward for championing her. She, however, is disturbed by his condition that she must never ask him his true name or origin. The wedding celebrations begin Act 3. After the prelude, the curtain rises on an empty bridal chamber. Elsa and Lohengrin are escorted into the chamber to the music of this chorus. Their retinue leaves during the last few bars. Elsa is desquieted by her husband's anonymity and forces him to reveal that he is Lohengrin, son of Parsifal. He returns to Montsalvat, the temple of the Holy Grail, borne away in a boat which had appeared drawn by a swan, now miraculously transformed into Elsa's murdered brother Gottfried, restored to life and proclaimed by the departing Lohengrin as Duke of Brabant. Strauss: Die Fledermaus Rosalinda enters the party in Act II, wearing a mask and disguised as a Hungar-ian countess. When her husband, Rudolpho, questions her nationality, she offers proof by singing a passionate aria in the style of a Hungarian Czardas. Borodin: Prince Igor Borodin was by profession a chemist and was able to compose only in his spare time. He worked for eighteen years on Prince Igor, but it was incomplete at his death and was finished by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov. The Polovtsian Dances, however, were completed and orchestrated by Borodin himself. The libretto, by the composer, is based on an old Russian chronicle and relates to an incident in 1185, at a time of conflict between Russia and the Tartars. Igor, prince of Se_verk, is defeated by Khan Konchak of the Polovtsi, who holds him as an honoured and respected captive. The dances at the end of Act 2 are performed by the slave dancers of the Khan to entertain Prince Igor. Verdi: Ii Trovatore The opera is set in Spain in the early fifteenth century and is based on a play by Antonio Garcia Gutierrez that had been an immediate success in 1836. The Anvil Chorus opens Act 2: gypsies (who earn their living as tinkers) are striking their anvils and singing in praise of the approaching dawn and the pleasures of work, wine, and women. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Like Tannhiiuser, this opera is built around a song contest, but set rather later, in the sixteenth century, by which time the tradition of German guild-singers was no longer aristocratic. Two older masters, the cobbler poet Sachs and the town clerk Beckmesser, are confronted by a revolutionary youngster, Walther. The prize at the mid-summer song contest is Eva, with whom Walther is passionately in love. Walther wins; the pedantic Beckmesser cannot understand the new style and loses. Sachs recognizes that he is of the older generation (so foregoes winning Eva for himself), but reminds the crowd that the impetuosity of youth needs artistic descipline in order to uphold the tradition of true German art. The procession of the mastersingers is heard in Act 3 as the two assemble for the contest; Sachs appears, and the crowd spontaneously acclaims him, breaking into a rendition of one of his compositions, 'Wach auf' , a song in praise of the dawn. The text is by the historical Hans Sachs, the dawn referred to being Luther's Reformation. Gounod: Faust Gounod's opera on the Faust legend, set in sixteenth-century Germany, concen-trates primarily on a theme introduced by Goethe. The aged philosopher Faust is enticed by the vision of a young and beautiful woman, Marguerite, to accept the gift of youth offered by Mephistopheles. Faust sees her walking home from church, then courts her indirectly by offering a casket of jewels provided by Mephistopheles; she responds with the famous Jewel Song. They fall in love but he deserts her. Guiltily pregnant, she goes to church to pray, but Mephistopheles convinces her that she is doomed. The soldiers return from war and, in 'Deposons Jes armes', sing of victory. The scene leads to a brawl in which Faust kills Marguerite's brother. She is imprisoned for killing her child. Faust visits her, but she invokes the angels rather than escape with him. The Soldiers' chorus comes near the beginning of Act 3 as the troops are told they will assault the enemy next day. Verdi: Aida The Khedive of Egypt tried to get a new opera from Verdi for the opening of the Cairo Opera house and the Suez Canal in 1869, but had to be content with an existing work, Rigoletto. Two years later Verdi did give Cairo their new opera, Aida; the idea came from a noted Egyptologist, Auguste Mariette. The action is set in Egypt during the time of the Pharaohs, and, despite the local colour, uses situations familiar from countless opera plots . It includes a magnificent march and series of dances in honour of the king, providing a massive scene of state pomp before the private tragedy which takes up the rest of the opera. I .I I ISU Symphony Orchestra Glenn Block, Music Director VIOLIN I •Jennifer Smith - Concertmaster Al Bartosik Stephane Deimer · Wenyan Dong Julia Edwards Michelle Kang Benjamin Roberts Stephanie Schmidtgall VIOLIN II •Jennifer Louie Christopher Barnyak Elizabeth Hunt Keith Larkowski Michelle Scroggins Jennifer Ycstuto Rick Warner Michelle Warber VIOLA •Peggy Weiss Chrinstina Butzen Mandy DeSutter Steve Hampton Dana Schwartz CELLO •Charles Stephan Charles Davenport Jim Pesek Ha Young Lim Kimberly Martin Nicole Novak Shakira Smith Aaron Fleisher DOUBLE BASS •Brian Dollinger Benjamin Sullivan Jeffrey Johnson Eric Krell Grant Souder FLUTE •Sabina M . White Jennifer Smith (piccolo) Amy Perschall OBOE •Deana Rumsey Jennifer Schram] (English Horn) CLARINET •Debi Flowers Kathy Platek BASSOON •Scott E. Reynolds Laura Maland HORN •Ryan Heseltine Darcie Condon Molly Gholson Jennifer Herron Victor Pesavento TRUMPET •John P. Sierakowski John Hoagland Chad Morris TROMBONE •Gary Hollander Erich Deptolla Benjamin Bredemeier (bass) 1 I ISU Civic Chorale James Major, Director rl Patty Foltz, Accompanist TUBA ISU INSTRUMENTAL FACULTY I •Steven Hoigate Kim Reisinger, Flute Christina Anderson Cory Howell Pat Rosenbaum Judy Dicker, Oboe Louis Andrew Arlene Johnson Paula Rosenbaum TIMPANI Aris Chavez, Clarinet ~, I Emily Antrim Margret Jones Jennifer Rusk •Michael Dickson James Boitos, Saxophone Erin Aplington Cynthia Karr Angela Samuelson Michael Dicker, Bassoon Sally Bailey Charles Kerwin David Sauvageau PERCUSSION Joe Neisler, Horn I I Darcy Bean George Kidder Jack Schroeder •Michael Bonowicz Amy Gilreath, Trumpet Rachel Brew Doug Lamb Mary Selk Michael Cole Steve Parsons, Trombone Kathryn Brosseau Kristine Larson Jennifer Shuck Michael Mercer David Collier, Percussion I I Judith A. Brown Sonja Larson-Strieff laura Slown Sarah Gentry, Violin Judy L. Brown Krissy Linde Kim Snyder Kate Hamilton, Viola Lillian Bucher Beulah Lowery Ann Sokan Greg Hamilton, Cello Wayne Caldwell MaryaManak Dawn Stack • denotes principal. William Koehler, Double Bass 1· I Carol Campbell Janice Martinez Jeff Stenge Angelo Favis, Guitar Crystal Champion Mindy Maves Aaron Tappan Christie Chapman Kay Mays Marcia Thomas COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS I [I Benjamin Cubberly Mitch Mays Syleema Thompson STAFF Ron Mottram, Acting Dean Julie Darling Jerry McGinnis Andy Tillema Anne Decker, Brian Dollinger, Monica Dees Meredith Melton Robert Tridle Assistant Conductors DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC I fl LolaDeVore Riann Messenger Linda Tsang Kimberly Martin, Orchestra Manager I Arved Larsen, Chair Marie DiGiammarino Stephanie Miressi Janet Tulley Librarian Sandra Doty Marge Moisier Michelle Udell Ryan Golloway Tara Nogle Luke Ulrich ORCHESTRA COMMITTEE I [I Karen Gingerich Kathleen O'Meara Jennifer Vellella Kimberly Martin, Chair Harold Goyen Jr. Susan Palmer Jean Wallace Stephane Deimer Cheri Grizzard Phillis Parr Sharon Warrerr Anne Decker I ~ Ellen Hagen Barry Parsell Martha Wells Brian Dollinger Tara Hall Shanna Patrick Hyunhee Woo Molly Gholson Sabina White Dick Hanson Allen Popowski Roslyn Wylie I ~I John Hensley Judith Ronan Marjorie Hobbs ISU Concert Choir I I ISU Treble Choir fames Major, Director Sue Ann Stutheit, Director Dora Bizjak, Accompanist Amanda Bruce, Accompanist Shawn Degenhart, Assistant Conductor I Tom Mindock, Assistant Conductor Janna Peterson, Assistant Conductor Stephanie Adreasen Benjamin Cubberly, Administrative Assistant I I Linsay Bellow SoJ!rano Emily Safford Jane Borchers DoraBizjak Ragen Sanner Amanda Bruce Jennifer Bailey Elizabeth Stimac I Kathleen Brumbaugh Christy Bookwalter Emily Vizer Erin Dalton Lea Ann Dalldorf Julia Edwards Erica Devitt Tenor I Christine Gekas Kimberly Eilts Steve Bayer -Alison Ginsberg Corinne Erdman Jonathan Beer Hanna Hansen Amy Hendricks Njall Casserly Jessica Haris Stacie Hunt Stephen Donnell I I Jennifer Kr-ippelz· Gretchen Kemp Brett Garner Lindsay Kurtz Nozomi Nagasaka David Gray Amber Lasik Janna Peterson Joshua Masterman I I Jennifer Lierly Leslie Pomykala Tom Mindock Kathleen Leahy Amanda Reindl Josh Palmer Danica Levy Stephanie Sahs Steve Peter I I Cory Malcolm Lauren Stenzel Jason Tucholke I Meredith Melton Heather West Aaron Zinter Arianne Mirenda Lindsey Worthington Erin Miller Cynthia Zentner Bass I fl Stephanie Miressi Aaron Baecker Anne Nelson Alto Scott Bartnik Kelly Neuls Katie Bay Kevin Boyer I fl Elizabeth Nystedt Arianna Brown Ross Crean Molly Olson Bridget Burrell Benjamin Cubberly Melissa Reed Angie Chamberlain K. J. Cunz Amanda Reese Lindy Daniels Shawn Degenhart I ti Colleen Rychelewski Angela Haeseker Nathan Durbin Erin Salm Tori Hicks Chris Elven Jill Sawicki Mary Jane King Ryan Galloway I ti Amy Schrage Krista Koske Kent Krause Michelle Scroggins Elizabeth Marvin Dan Maslowski Caprice Vargas Sharol McNeilus Kevin Michelini I Beth Young Kathryn Milner Jonathan Smith l LaMetra Murdock Tim Soszko Laura Noonan Jason Svejda Faith Rinker Erik Tomlin I [I Joshua Wiltse ISU University Choir Kathleen Keenan-Takagi, Director Dora Bizjak, Accompanist Dana Aubry Kristine Larson Ellen Becker Rebecca Libby Deana Brown Gregory Lutz P. Terrance Brown Kristina Martens Amanda Bruce Beth Martin Amanda Carlson Janice Martinez Angela Chamness Gwendolyn Marzano Evelyn Claahsen Beth McDannel Travis Darby Riann Messenger Amy Daugherty Lynette Monjes Christopher Elven Brian Nobel Jill Foehner Elaine Nussbaum Carleen Glasgow Stephanie Olesch Sandy Graff Molly Olson Nicole Griffin Nilda Perez Jennifer Gunter Rebecca Reed Sarah Hahn Jennifer Ringwald Samantha Hannold Kathleen Ryan Katrina Henkel Alexiz Salgado Alexander Henry David Sauvageau Brittany Hochstettler Katie Smith Dina Hutchinson Erin Studer Brandon Joy Jill Sturz Katherine Kowalczyk Jaime Volk Justin Kurfman Emily Wait Hyon Kwak Morgan Whitcomb Shaun Landreth Carrie Wysicki I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1-11 I I I I I I I I I Madrigal Singers James Major, Director Janna Peterson, Assistant Conductor Shawn Degenhart, Assistant Conductor Stephanie Bonte, Assistant Conductor Benjamin Cubberly, Administrative Assistant Soprano Stephanie Bonte Rachel Devitt Janna Peterson Heather West Alto Julie Fallon Angela Haeseker Ragen Sanner Sondra Trumble Tenor Ronda! Drummond Andrew Jensen Jeremy Painter Andy Steadman Bass Benjamin Cubberly Shawn Degenhart Scott Grobstein Jonathan Smith Choral Faculty James Major, Director of Choral Activities. Kathleen Keenan - Takagi Sue Ann Stutheit Voice Faculty John Koch, Area Coordinator William McDonald Kathleen Randles Sue Ann Stutheit Michelle Vought by the Illinois State University Department of Music WILL AM• FM• TV Public Broadcasting for Central Illinois I I I: I I I' I\ l1 I I I 

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