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ARTS FIRST Festival Performance: HCO ✕ THUD — Overture and Scenes Concert

Saturday, April 30 @ 11:45 am. | Harvard Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138.

Beginning with an instrumental overture performed in collaboration with THUD (The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers), undergraduate and graduate singers and instrumentalists from HCO will present four scenes from the operatic repertory, closing with a finale number for orchestra and chorus.

This event is generously sponsored by the Office for the Arts at Harvard.

The Concert

Programmed by Arhan Kumar ’23 and James Rose ’22/’23

 
 

Overture

I. [HCO Ft. THUD] Overture to don Giovanni — W. A. Mozart

Conductor … Jasper Schoff ’22
(Cover: Isaac Newman ’25)

 

HCO Orchestra

Violin I … Danilo Thurber ’25, Soren Choi ’22

Violin II … Benjamin Fisher ’24

Viola … Maya Bharara ’23

Cello … Hahn Lheem ’24

Bass … JP Reddy ’24

Flute … Joanna Lau ’23, Sasha Hitachi ’25

Oboe … Ashley Gong ’25, Dora Woodruff ’24

Clarinet … Omar Wahby ’24, Paul Chin ’24

Bassoon … Nora Cannizzaro (BU ’25)

Horn … Anna Teunis ’25, Ishaan Modi ’25

Trumpet … Henry Bosch ’22

Trombone … Fred Larsen ’24

Piano … Benjamin T. Rossen ’24, Zhang ’24

+ THUD

 

Accompanied Scenes


II. Quartet: “Mir Ist so wunderbar”

from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Fidelio

Conductor … Benjamin T. Rossen ’24

 

Cast

Marzelline … Isabella Meyer ’24

Leonore … Sophie Choate ’23

Jaquino … Jasper Schoff ’22
(Cover: Arhan Kumar ’23)

Rocco … Andrew Lu ’24

+ HCO Orchestra

III. Septet: “va sossopra il mio cervello”

from gioachino Rossini’s L’italiana in Algeri

Conductor … Benjamin T. Rossen ’24

 

Cast

Elvira … Olympia Hatzilambrou ’24

Zulma … Julia Paolillo (HGSE)

Isabella … Inés Hynett ’24

Lindoro … Arhan Kumar ’23

Taddeo … Henrique Neves ’22

Mustafà … Carl Ho ’24

Haly … Andrew Lu ’24

chorus

Tenors … Sophie Choate, Jasper Schoff, James Rose, Alexander Chen
Basses … Soren Choi, Jordan Woods

+ HCO Orchestra

 

IV. Sextet: “Chi mi frena in tal momento”

from Gaetano donizetti’s lucia di lammermoor

Conductor … Sophie Choate ’23

 

Cast

Lucia Ashton … Rebecca Stewart (GSAS)

Alisa … Natalie Kahn ’23

Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood … Arhan Kumar ’23

Lord Arturo Bucklaw … James Rose ’22/’23

Lord Enrico Ashton … Alexander Chen ’22

Raimondo Bidebent … Soren Choi ’24

CHORUS

Shreya Nair ’24, Lauren Xu ’24, Peggy Yin ’25, Alina Dong, Olympia Hatzilambrou, Carl Ho, Inés Hynett, Hannah Liu, Andrew Lu, Isabella Meyer, Henrique Neves, Julia Paolillo, Jahnavi Rao, Jasper Schoff

+ HCO Orchestra

 

V. Septet and chorus: “Make our garden groW”

from Leonard Bernstein’s (’39) candide

Conductor … Andrew Courtney ’24

 

Cast

Cunegonde … Jahnavi Rao ’22

Candide … James Rose ’22/’23

Paquette … Alina Dong '23

Old Lady … Hannah Liu ’23

Governor … Jasper Schoff ’22
(Cover: Arhan Kumar ’23)

Maximillian … Alexander Chen ’22

Pangloss … Jordan Woods ’24

CHORUS

Shreya Nair ’24, Lauren Xu ’24, Peggy Yin ’25, Sophie Choate, Soren Choi, Natalie Kahn, Olympia Hatzilambrou, Carl Ho, Inés Hynett, Andrew Lu, Isabella Meyer, Henrique Neves, Julia Paolillo, Rebecca Stewart

+ HCO Orchestra

 
 

Finale

VI. Pavane, op. 50 — G. Fauré

Conductor … Isaac Newman ’24

 

Chorus

Sopranos … Shreya Nair ’24, Lauren Xu ’24, Natalie Kahn, Alina Dong, Olympia Hatzilambrou, Isabella Meyer, Jahnavi Rao,
Altos … Peggy Yin ’25, Sophie Choate, Hannah Liu, Julia Paolillo, Rebecca Stewart
Tenors … Alexander Chen, Arhan Kumar, James Rose, Jasper Schoff
Basses … Soren Choi, Carl Ho, Andrew Lu, Henrique Neves, Jordan Woods

HCO Orchestra

Produced by James Rose ’22/’23, Arhan Kumar ’23, Danilo Thurber ’25, and Alexander Chen ’22

 

Legal Disclaimer: “Make our Garden Grow No. 27 from Candide (II)” by Leonard Bernstein is published by Boosey & Hawkes Bernstein. The Materials of the Work are rented from BOOSEY & HAWKES, INC., Rental Library, 250 West 57th St, Fl 6 New York, NY 10107-010 (“B&H”) for live non-dramatic performances by Harvard College Opera Society.