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Opera Idol™ Semi-Finals Songlist

First Round
Jenny Smith: “Un bel dì” from Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly
Jesse Ragland: “La donna è mo­bile” from Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto
Daniel Moody: “Voi che sapete” from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro
Steven Shafer: “Eri tu” from Verdi’s A Masked Ball
Quarndra Ryan: “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel
Alexander Kozlovsky: “Because You’re Mine,” from the Mario Lanza film of the same name
Molly Stehn: “Sempre Libera” from Verdi’s La Traviata
Krystina Booker: “Summertime” from George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess
Phillip Jennings: “Questa o quella” from Verdi’s Rigoletto
Margaret Russo: “Quando m’en vò” from Puccini’s La Bohème


Second Round
Steven Shafer: “O du, mein holder Abendstern” from Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser
Margaret Russo: “Chi il bel sogno” from Puccini’s La Rondine
Phillip Jennings: “Pourquoi me réveiller” from Jules Massenet’s Werther
Jenny Smith: “His Eye is on the Sparrow”, a gospel hymn by Civilla D. Martin and Charles H. Gabriel
Daniel Moody: “Ombra mai fù” from George Frideric Handel’s Xerxes
Quarndra Ryan: “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”, a traditional spiritual