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Interplay Opera Workshop: An Evening with Karim Al-Zand

Karim Al-Zand

Artistic Credits

Singers

Wallis Lucas Soprano
Aemelia Moser Soprano
Hillary Tufford Alto
Nicole Percifield Alto
Yanik Gosselin Tenor
Christian Matta Tenor
Evan Lindberg Bass
Mihnea Nitu Bass

Orchestra

Andrés Romero Guzman Violin
Selen Nsabiyeze Violin
Savannah Seibel Viola
Tsung-Yu Tsai Cello
Run Time 2 hours
Intermission 15 minutes
Audience Advice Please turn off all cellphones, photo/video cameras.

Program 

Solo Songs                                    Karim Al-Zand
A selection of vocal works

Wallis Lucas (soprano), Nicole Percifield (mezzo soprano),
Hillary Tufford (mezzo soprano), Spencer Kryzanowski (piano), Alex Chen (piano)

Two Songs 
on texts of Reg Huston

In the Wee Hours

Glimpse through the Fog

Unsentimental Love Songs

I Shall Forget You Presently 
poem by Edna St. Vicent Millay

Carrefor
poem by Amy Lowell

Your Letter Pleased Me Greatly 
variations for soprano and piano
on texts of Erasmus

The Stranger’s Case                                Karim Al-Zand
Songs and Chronicles of the Immigrant Experience
Tenor and Piano Quintet    
                    
Yanik Gosselin (tenor), Christian Matta (tenor), Andrés Felipe Romero Guzman (violin), 
Selen Nsabiyeze (violin), Savannah Seibel (viola), Tsung-Yu Tsai (cello), 
Spencer Kryzanowski (piano)

1     Lady of the Harbor/Such an Illumination
2     Who Can Pity My Loneliness?
3     Whither Would You Go?
4     The Stranger Within My Gate
5     They Came from Terror and Tumult
6     Exile
7     When Dawn Comes to the City
8     The Statue of Liberty 
       (New York Harbour, A.D. 2900)
9     These Strangers in a Foreign World

INTERMISSION

The Book of Tales                                    Karim Al-Zand
two scenes from an opera-in-progress
on the origins of The Thousand and One Nights

Aemilia Moser (soprano), Wallis Lucas (soprano), Mihnea Nitu (baritone),
Evan Lindberg (bass baritone), Connor O'Kane (piano), Alex Chen (piano)

Scene 1, Murjana and Ali Baba
Oh, Sesame, Smallest of Seeds 
You and I

Scene 2, Scheherazade & Shahryar
How the Jerboa Got Its Long Tail

A Joint Interest 
Libretto and Music by Karim Al-Zand
Comic scene after a short story by O. Henry

Nicole Percifield (mezzo soprano), Hillary Tufford (mezzo soprano), Mihnea Nitu (baritone), 
Evan Lindberg (bass baritone), Spencer Kryzanowski (piano), Alex Chen (piano)

 

 

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Biographies

Staff Credits

Christian Aylward Audio Engineer
Brendan Briceland Head of Projection
Angel Everett Technical Director
Amiel Gladstone Director, Theatre Arts
Ben Ewing Senior Recording Engineer
Sharon Fish Assistant Head Stage Carpenter
Marissa Gell Assistant Production Manager
Pui Leung Lighting Technician
Henry Ng Audio and Music Technician
Albert Picknell Head Piano Technician
Josephine Ridge Executive Director, Arts
Ally Schuurman Program Manager, Theatre
Andrew Smith Production Manager