[BROADCAST] Wolf Trap Opera UNTRAPPED: Into the Woods, Part 1 (on-demand until 12/31/2020)
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Giuseppe Verdi – "Sul fil d’un soffio etesio" from Falstaff
Vincenzo Bellini – Act 1, Scene 1 from Norma
George Frideric Handel – "Ombra mai fu" from Serse ("Xerxes"), HWV 40
Richard Wagner – "Wo in Bergen" from Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B
Engelbert Humperdinck – Excerpt of Act 3 from Hänsel und Gretel
Igor Stravinsky – "Graveyard Scene" from The Rake’s Progress
Bejnamin Britten – Excerpt of Act 2 from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 64
Stephen Sondheim – "Agony" from Into the Woods
Giacomo Puccini – “E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca
In the most natural of pairings, WTO explores – quite literally – the natural world, and operatic works inspired by it. Our beautiful National Park for the Performing Arts serves as a lush backdrop for Verdi, Bellini, Wagner, and more.
Part 1: Streaming starts September 6
Part 2: Streaming starts September 13
About the series: Wolf Trap Opera (WTO) is a summer residency program of Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, offering emerging professional singers one of the best career development and performing experiences in the nation. Through a rigorous annual audition tour, WTO selects its artists from among the best classical vocalists in the country.
UNTRAPPED performances take WTO artists into various communities in the larger DC area, bringing the thrill of live vocal music to new places and unexpected spaces.
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