Join us at Alterra’s Fifth Ward Foundry on Saturday at 2pm for a free program that explores…The many sides of love.

We're letting our Studio Artists out of the Opera Center once again - but not for long. Don't miss them this Saturday at Alterra!

PERFORMERS:

Florentine Opera 2009-2010 Studio Artists
(Top, l-r: Scott Johnson, baritone; Aaron Blankfield, tenor
bottom, l-r: Sarah Lewis Jones, soprano; Julia Elise Hardin, mezzo soprano)

(not pictured: Anne Van Duesen, piano)

I. The mood:

My Funny Valentine, from Babes In Arms, (1937)
music by Richard Rodgers, words by Lorenz Hart, arranged by Roger Emerson – the ensemble

II. French: the language of love…

Valse Chantée: Les chemins de l’amour (The paths of love), (1940)
from Léocadia, musique de Francis Poulenc, paroles de Jean Anouilh – Julia Hardin

Hôtel, (1940) musique by Francis Poulenc, paroles de Apollinaire – Scott Johnson

Complainte de la Butte (The rime of the hill), (1954)
musique de Georges Van Parys, paroles de Jean Renoir and Bernadette Colomine – Scott Johnson

Je ne t’aime pas, (1934)
music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Maurice Magre – Sarah Lewis Jones

Tango Habanera: Youkali, (1934/46)
music by Kurt Weill, words by Roger Fernay (1934/46) – the ensemble

III. Love @ the Foundry:

Black Coffee, (1948)
words and music by Paul Francis Webster and Sonny Burke – Julia Hardin

Taylor, The Latte Boy, (2204)
music by Zina Goldrich, lyrics by Marcy Heisler – Aaron Blankfield

Java Jive, (1940)
music by Ben Oakland, words by Milton Drake, arranged by Kirby Shaw – the ensemble

IV. A question & answer about love:

Tell me the truth about love, from Cabaret Songs, (1937-39)
music by Benjamin Britten, words by W. H. Auden – Julia Hardin

Ages Ago, (1957)
words and music by Vernon Duke, arranged by Roger Vignoles – Sarah Lewis Jones

V. Permanence of love….

Dream, (1944)
words and music by Johnny Mercer, arranged by Hawley Ades – the ensemble

You Made Me Love You, (1913), introduced in The Honeymoon Express
music by James V. Monaco, words by Joe McCarthy, arranged by Carl Strommen – the ensemble

Our Love Is Here To Stay, from Goldwyn Follies, (1938)
music by George Gershwin, words by Ira Gershwin, arranged by Kirby Shaw – the ensemble

They Can’t Take That Away From Me, (1937)
music by George Gershwin, words by Ira Gershwin, arranged by Kirby Shaw

VI. Love’s lonliness:
Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß aus Liebe eingestellt (Falling in Love Again – Can’t Help It) (1930),
words and music by Friedrick Hollaender – Julia Hardin

Lonely House, from Street Scene, (1946)
music by Kurt Weill, words by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice – Aaron Blankfield

Lonely Town, from On The Town, (1944)
music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1944) – Scott Johnson

Some Other Time, from On The Town, (1944)
music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1944) – the ensemble

VII. Love is…

The Best of All Possible Worlds, from Candide, (1955)
music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by John La Touche [1955] (2:45) – the ensemble