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Chattanooga Symphony and Opera

Conductor

Pierre Vallet

Orchestra

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Chattanooga Symphony Opera Chorus

Singer

Soprano

Chelsea Lehnea

Violetta Valery

Tenor

Kevin Punnackal

Alfred Germont

Susannah

Nadir

Baritone

Craig Irvin

Zurga

Mezzo-soprano

Gretchen Krupp

Cassandra

Escamillo

Bass-baritone

Emile De Becque

Antonia

Miracle

Rodolfo

Gilda

Contralto

Maddalena

The Duke of Mantua

Rigoletto

Chorus master

Darrin Hassevoort

Opera Extravaganza

Chattanooga

United States

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium

Public

Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb/2, Op. 101

The Pearl Fishers

The Trojans

Carmen

O sole mio

The Tales of Hoffmann

Rustic Chivalry

South Pacific

La Bohème

Carousel

La traviata

Matias Vergara Moyano

Approved

Conducted by Pierre Vallet of the famed Metropolitan Opera in New York City, opera makes its glorious return to the CSO stage! Experience selections from Verdi’s La Traviata, Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s La Bohème, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, and more, all performed by today’s hottest rising opera stars!
PROGRAM
Franz Joseph Haydn | Allegro Moderato from Concerto in D Major for Violoncello, Hob. VIIb:2
Giuseppe Verdi | Libiamo from La Traviata
Carlisle Floyd | Ain’t It a Pretty Night from Susannah
Georges Bizet | "Au fond du temple saint" from Les pêcheurs de perles (Pearlfishers)
Hector Berlioz | Malheureux Roi from Les Troyens
Georges Bizet | Air du Toréador from Carmen
Eduardo Di Capua | O Sole Mio
Jacques Offenbach | Entr’acte et Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Pietro Mascagni | Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II | Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific
Jacques Offenbach | Tu ne chanteras plus from Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Giacomo Puccini | "Che gelida manina" from La Bohème
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II | You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel
Giuseppe Verdi | "Bella Figlia dell'amore" from Rigoletto
ARTISTS
Pierre Vallet | conductor
Chelsea Lehnea | soprano
Gretchen Krupp | mezzo-soprano
Kevin Punnackal | tenor
Craig Irvin | baritone
Ewan Manalo | cello
CSO Chorus | Darrin Hassevoort, director
Laura Brooks Rice | Opera Artistic Advisor

English

Opera Extravaganza by Haydn, Floyd, Bizet, Berlioz, Di Capua, E., Offenbach, Mascagni, Rodgers, Puccini, Verdi, From (2023/2023), Conductor Pierre Vallet, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, United States

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