Dear Laura,
What a great idea for a concert! How about the Nightmare Song from Ruddigore -
G&S. Also, how about something from Turn of the Screw - Britten.
Laura, would you please tell us where your quote by L. Bernstein is from or
when he said or wrote it?
Phyllis
Deal Diva Laura wrote:
> Hi there,
> I'm considering producing a concert of scenes and arias with a Halloween
> theme. I'll have access to the whole gamut of voices (soprano, mezzo,
> tenor, bass, bari) and would like some suggestions of pieces/scenes that
> might be appropriate. So far I'm thinking of the following:
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> *The Three Witches opening scene in Macbeth
> *the card scene from Carmen
> *maybe a solo or ensemble piece from Tales of Hoffmann (maybe this is a
> stretch, but I've always thought this opera was very much like a costume
> ball with at least a couple of creepy stories in it - namely, when Antonia
> mother appears and ultimately Antonia dies) - suggestions would be welcome
> since we just did the Antonia/Mother scene yesterday in another concert.
>
> After those, I kind of draw a blank though. I'm sure there must be
> appropriate scenes and arias from any of the operas with Faust in them, and
> probably appropriate items from the Ring Cycle.
>
> Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Laura Ruiz
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