The Metroplex Opera Company's
Valentine's Romantic Concert, February 14, 2010

A Valentine's Concert
of Opera and Operetta

February 14, 2010

A Program of Favorite Romantic Arias and Duets

Including selections made famous by
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy

Sunday at 2:00 PM

Let The Metroplex Opera Company fill your heart with love on Valentine's Day with a concert of favorite romantic opera arias and duets. Hear lovely melodies you will recognize, sung by eight different soloists, and enjoy an afternoon filled with musical and artistic delights!

The concert is free to the public - bring your family, friends, and lovers! Yummy refreshments will follow the concert.

We look forward to entertaining and enchanting you! Thank you very much for your support.

PROGRAM

• Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann) by Jacques Offenbach
  Patricia Daves, Contralto and Ann Petty, Soprano

• La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni) by W.A. Mozart
  Angela Hawkins, Soprano and Ed Flaspoehler, Bass-Baritone

• Mon coeur s' ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila) by Camille Saint-Saens
  Jillian Escamilla, Mezzo-Soprano

• O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) by Giacomo Puccini
  Ann Petty, Soprano

• Che faro senza Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice) by Christoph Gluck
  Katie Harner, Contralto

• Le Reve (Manon) by Jules Massenet
  Shane Hurst, Tenor

• Flower Duet (Lakme) by Leo Delibes
  Ed Flaspoehler and Ann Petty, Flutists

• Chacun le sait (La Fille du Regiment) by Gaetano Donizetti
  Elizabeth Saxe, Soprano

• Habanera (Carmen) by Georges Bizet
  Katie Harner, Contralto

• Love Duet from Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini
  Ann Petty, Soprano and Shane Hurst, Tenor

OPERETTA SELECTIONS

• One Alone and The Desert Song (The Desert Song) by Sigmund Romberg
  Ed Flaspoehler, Bass-Baritone

• 'Neath the Southern Moon (Naughty Marietta) by Victor Herbert
  Jilian Escamilla, Mezzo-soprano

• Serenade (The Student Prince) by Sigmund Romberg
  Shane Hurst, Tenor

• My Own True Love (Theme Song from Gone with the Wind) by Max Steiner
  Patricia Daves, Contralto

• Indian Love Call (Rose- Marie) by Rudolf Friml
  Angela Hawkins, Soprano Ed Flaspoehler, Bass-Baritone

• When You're Away (The Only Girl) by Victor Herbert
  Patricia Daves, Contralto

• Mein Herr Marquis (Die Fledermaus) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
  Angela Hawkins, Soprano

• Thine Alone (Eileen) by Victor Herbert
  Ann Petty, Soprano

• Sweethearts, Sweethearts (Maytime) by Sigmund Romberg
  Ann Petty, Soprano Shane Hurst, Tenor