Opera in the Park

June 11, 2023 | 7:30 PM
WASHINGTON PARK

1230 Elm Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

Cincinnati Opera presents Opera in the Park, a free concert of opera and musical theater favorites performed by stars from Cincinnati Opera’s 2023 season, the Cincinnati Opera Chorus, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Brass Institute. This year’s event will also feature an extended selection of excerpts from Rossini’s charming favorite, The Barber of Seville, with Evans Mirageas, The Harry T. Wilks Artistic Director, as emcee.

FREE ADMISSION

Admission is free, but registration is recommended to receive event updates and weather alerts. Registrants will be entered to win a pair of tickets to a Cincinnati Opera 2023 Summer Festival performance.

PROGRAM

    George Gershwin
    Summertime from Porgy and Bess
Raven McMillon, soprano
  

    Rodgers and Hammerstein
    June is Bustin’ Out all Over from Carousel 
Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano
Cincinnati Opera Chorus
  

    Giuseppe Verdi
    La donna e mobile from Rigoletto 
Santiago Ballerini, tenor
  

    Eduardo di Capua
    O Sole Mio
Santiago Ballerini, Terrence Chin-Loy, Sahel Salam, tenors
  

    Ruggero Leoncavallo
    Prologue from I Pagliacci
Anthony Clark Evans, baritone
  

    Pietro Mascagni
    Regina Coeli/Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana
Felicity Tomkins, soprano
Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano 
Cincinnati Opera Chorus
  

    Gioachino Rossini
    Opening scene from The Barber of Seville 
Thomas Dreeze, baritone; Terrence Chin-Loy, 
tenor
Cincinnati Opera Chorus 
  

    Gioachino Rossini
    Una voce poco fa from The Barber of Seville 
Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano
  

    Gioachino Rossini
     La Calunnia from The Barber of Seville 
Griffen Hogan Tracey, bass
  

    Gioachino Rossini
    Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville 
Armando Contreras, baritone
  

    Gaetano Donizetti
    Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor
Raven McMillon, soprano; Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano
Santiago Ballerini, tenor; 
Sahel Salam, tenor
Anthony Clark Evans, baritone; Griffen Hogan Tracy, bass
Cincinnati Opera Chorus
  

    Giacomo Puccini
    Un bel dì vedremo from Madame Butterfly
Saane Halaholo, soprano
  

    Giuseppe Verdi
    Act II Finale from Aida
Cincinnati Opera Chorus
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Brass Institute
  

    Irving Berlin
    God Bless America
Anthony Clark Evans, baritone
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Brass Insitute
Cincinnati Opera Chorus
  