CINCINNATI OPERA’S chorus presents
OPERA CHORUS CABARET
Monday, July 7, 2025
Music Hall | wilks studio
8:00 P.M.
From Ensemble to Spotlight — One Night Only!
You've heard their voices soar in our grand productions—now see them take center stage. Opera Chorus Cabaret features the powerhouse talents of the Cincinnati Opera Chorus in a one-night-only event filled with opera classics and Broadway favorites.
With dazzling solos, bold duets, and a playful duel between opera and musical theater, this unforgettable evening is accompanied by Cincinnati Opera music staff James Maverick, Michael Patterson, and Eunjin Bang, as well as Cincinnati Opera's chorus master Henri Venanzi—joined by bassoonist Coltan Foster.
Admission is free, but seating is limited. We kindly ask that you reserve only the number of seats you’ll use—up to four tickets per guest. Beverages will be available for purchase through intermission.
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Program
“Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle!” (Rhinemaidens Trio) from Das Rheingold Richard Wagner
Nia Spaulding, Talia Zoll, Diamond Sparks
Coltan Foster, bassoon, Henri Venanzi, piano
“O Mimi, tu più non torni” from La Bohème Giacomo Puccini
Avery Bargassé, Kade Bennett
Michael Patterson, piano
“Durch die Wälder” from Der Freischütz Carl Maria von Weber
Mark Hockenberry
Henri Venanzi, piano
”Mir ist so wunderbar” from Fidelio Ludwig van Beethoven
Natalie Almeter, Victoria Ellington, Alex Gushrowski, Gabriel Hernandez
James Maverick, piano
“Au fond du temple saint” from The Pearl Fishers Georges Bizet
Cameron Barrett Johnson, Andrew Hallam
Eunjin Bang, piano
“Presentation of the Rose” from Der Rosenkavalier Richard Strauss
Victoria Ellington, Diamond Sparks
James Maverick, piano
“Smugglers Quintet” from Carmen Georges Bizet
Natalie Almeter, Nia Spaulding, Emily Cotten, Alex Gushrowski, Mark Hockenberry
Michael Patterson, piano
- Intermission -
“Tradition” from Fiddler on the Roof Joseph Stein
Stephen Hanna, Full Chorus
Coltan Foster, bassoon, Eunjin Bang, piano
“Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better” from Annie Get Your Gun Irving Berlin
Talia Zoll, Mark Hockenberry
Michael Patterson, piano
Selections from Sweeney Todd Stephen Sondheim
“Joanna”
“Green Finch and Linnet Bird”
“Kiss Me”
Claire Lopatka, Will Tanski, Cameron Barrett Johnson, Stephen Hanna
Coltan Foster, bassoon, Henri Venanzi, piano
“Catch Our Act at the Met” from Two on the Aisle Jule Styne
Emily Cotten, Andrew Hallam,
James Maverick, piano
“Make Them Hear You” from Ragtime Stephen Flaherty
Avery Bargassé
Henri Venanzi, piano
“Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide Leonard Bernstein
Natalie Almeter, Alex Gushrowski, Talia Zoll, Cameron Barrett Johnson, Stephen Hanna, Full Chorus
James Maverick, piano
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