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PRESTON OPERA CONCERT
On Saturday 15th November 2008 in Preston Minster

Draft Programme

from German’s Merrie England:
"The Yeoman of England"                      Barrie Wright & chorus
"Long Live Elizabeth"                             Chorus
"Oh Peaceful England"                           Laura Hudson & chorus
"Dan Cupid hath a Garden"                    Chris Dodd

from Strauss’s Gipsy Baron:
"An Orphan since my early days"           Bruce McLaren & chorus
"Who blessed our love"                         Bruce McLaren, Marie’Louise Lane & chorus
"Hurrah and strike up the band"             Chorus

from Balfe’s Bohemian Girl:
"Gipsy Chorus (In the gipsy’s life)"         Chorus
"I dreamt that I dwelt"                            Laura Hudson
"When other lips"                                  Chris Dodd

from Wallace’s Maritana:
"Angelus (Angels that around us hover)" Chorus

INTERVAL

from Lehár’s Merry Widow:
"Pontevedro in Paree"                                        Bruce McLaren (Cascada), Chris Dodd (Zeta) & chorus
"You’ll find me at Maxim’s"                               Barrie Wright & female chorus
"Vilja"                                                               Marie’ Louise Lane & chorus
"The Merry Widow Waltz (Love Unspoken)"    Barrie Wright, Marie’Louise Lane & chorus

from Offenbach’s The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein:
"Carry Arms… Soldiers!"                                  Laura Hudson & chorus
"Song of the Regiment"                                      Laura Hudson, Bruce McLaren & chorus

from Lehár’s The Count of Luxembourg:
"Pierrette and Pierrot"                                       Marie’Louise Lane & chorus
"Are you going to Dance?"                                Marie’Louise Lane, Chris Dodd & chorus

from Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld:
"To Arms!"               Chris Dodd (Jupiter), Barrie Wright (Pluto), Bruce McLaren (Mars/Orpheus),                                             Marie’Louise Lane (Cupid/Venus), Laura Hudson (Diana/Calliope)  and chorus
Act II Finale            

Conductor: Chris Gill

 Our next full production  in the Charter Theatre, week commencing 26th April 2009' will be

Samson and Delilah

by Saint-Saëns

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

If you are not familiar with this opera then listen to these extracts posted on "You-Tube". 

First is Jessie Norman singing Delilah's Seduction Aria:

Second is Placido Domingo Destroying the Temple

Also you can listen to a short lecture by Dr. Nicolas Reveles on Saint-Saëns and his best known opera by following this link to You-Tube:  Samson and Delilah

 Click here for the Charter Theatre On line booking  system