Shakespeare-Inspired Operas at the Library

Hector Berlioz — Béatrice et Bénédict
Samuel Barber — Antony and Cleopatra
Giuseppe Verdi — Otello
Otto Nicolai — Merry Wives of Windsor
Giuseppe Verdi — Falstaff
Richard Wagner — Das Liebesverbot
Leonard Bernstein — West Side Story

Katie Hochman, Meg Daly and Lori Williams, soprano
Amber Rose Johnson and Claudia McCormack-Kester, mezzo-soprano
Joan Lundquist and Nicole Truesdell, piano

Berlioz – "Nuits paisible" from Beatrice et Benedict
Barber – "Give me Music" from Antony and Cleopatra
Verdi – "Willow song" and "Ave Maria" from Otello
Nicolai – Act I Duet and Nun eilt herbei from the Merry Wives of Windsor
Verdi – Act II, Part II from Falstaff
Wagner – "Welche wunder Erwarten" from Das Liebesverbot
Bernstein – "I feel pretty" from West Side Story

In celebration of the Shakespeare's first folio exhibit at the Central Library, LMC presents a program of operas based on his plays.

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