An Evening of Opera and Song
January 9th, 2024
7 pm
Pahala Plantation House: 96-3209 Maile St, Pahala, HI 96777
Carmine Aufiero, Conductor
Maika’i Nash, Piano
Featuring:
Sandra Aldaz Meraz, Soprano (Mexico)
Lori DeMello, Soprano (Hawaii Island)
Andrew Fellows, Baritone (San Francisco)
Zoe Gao, Soprano (China)
Karmina Guzman, Soprano (Mexico)
Alejandra Loera, Contralto (Mexico)
Ian McMillan, Tenor (Hawaii Island)
Tyler Shimabukuro, Baritone (Oahu)
Marius Finn Stranger, Tenor (Hawaii Island)
Program:
*from Mozart’s Così fan tutte*
Duet: “Ah guarda sorella”
Fiordiligi: Zoe Gao
Dorabella: Alejandra Loera
Trio: “Soave sia il vento”
Fiordiligi: Zoe Gao
Dorabella: Alejandra Loera
Don Alfonso: Andrew Fellows
*from Le Nozze di Figaro*
Trio: “Cosa sento”
Susanna: Karmina Guzman
Basilio: Ian McMillan
Count: Andrew Fellows
Trio: “Susanna, via sortite”
Susanna: Karmina Guzman
Countess: Lori DeMello
Count: Andrew Fellows
*from Mozart’s Don Giovanni*
Sextet: “Sola, sola in buio loco”
Donna Elvira: Alejandra Loera
Donna Anna: Sandra Aldaz Meraz
Don Ottavio: Ian McMillan
Leporello: Andrew Fellows
Masetto: Tyler Shimabukuro
Zerlina: Karmina Guzman
*from Le Nozze di Figaro*
“Gente, gente, all’armi”
Count: Andrew Fellows
Figaro: Tyler Shimabukuro
Basilio/Don Curzio: Ian McMillan
Countess: Sandra Aldaz Meraz
Susanna: Karmina Guzman / Lori DeMello
Marcellina: Alejandra Loera
*Intermission (10 minutes)*
The Year’s At the Spring - Amy Beach
Zoe Gao, Soprano
Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) - Giuseppe Verdi
Alejandra Loera, Contralto
Casta Diva (from Norma) - Vincenzo Bellini
Lori DeMello, Soprano
En fermant les yeux (Le Rève) (from Manon) - Jules Massenet
Ian McMillan, Tenor
Chacun le sait (from La fille du Régiment) - Gaetano Donizetti
Karmina Guzman, Soprano
Flickan kom ifrån sin elskling møte -Jean Sibelius
Marius Finn Stranger
A Chance for Me (from Amazing Grace) - Giron & Smith
Tyler Shimabukuro, Baritone
Selections from Carmen - Georges Bizet
Habanera
Sandra Aldaz Meraz, Soprano
Si tu m’aimes, Carmen
Sandra Aldaz Meraz, Soprano
Andrew Fellows, Baritone
Toreador!
Andrew Fellows, Baritone