Side by side, opera and musical theater numbers are not so different. Whether it’s Così fan tutte or Bye Bye Birdie, The Magic Flute or Jekyll & Hyde, the stories and emotions are still the same human struggles, joys, and social mishaps that happen to all of us, no matter how much musical styles change. Soprano Phoebe Gildea, joined by Nathalie Fortin on piano and with a guest appearance by tenor Matt Leach, explores these timeless byways of the human condition through a series of pairings, then and now: “O wär’ ich schon mit dir vereint” (Fidelio) with “Out of My Dreams” (Oklahoma!), Una donna a quindici anni” (Così fan tutte) with “How Lovely To Be A Woman” (Bye Bye Birdie), and “Là ci darem la mano” (Don Giovanni) with “Dangerous Game” (Jekyll & Hyde), and more.
| Una donna ha quindici anni ("A woman of fifteen…") |
| Here On This Night (2005) The Pirate Queen Richard Maltby (en), Alain Boublil (fr), John Dempsey (en) (w) Claude-Michel Schönberg (m) |
| Nuit d’hyménée ("Wedding night!...") (1867) Roméo et Juliette Michel Carré, Jules Barbier (w) Charles Gounod (m) |
| Dangerous Game (1997) Jekyll & Hyde Leslie Bricusse (w) Frank Wildhorn (m) |
| When I Look At You (1997) The Scarlet Pimpernel Nan Knighton (w) Frank Wildhorn (m) |
| Ach, ich fühl’s ("Ah, I feel it…") |
| Think of Me (1988) The Phantom Of The Opera Charles Hart (w) Andrew Lloyd Webber (m) |