Nathan Gunn, baritone & Julie Jordan Gunn, piano
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at 7:30 PM
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Preconcert talk by David Evan Thomas at 6:45pm
“The voice of American opera” − Washington Post
“Nathan Gunn commands an operatic baritone whose mighty heft and richness confer an outsize authority on everything he touches.” − New York Times
The 2014-15 International Artist Series opens with American baritone, Nathan Gunn and pianist Julie Jordan Gunn. Nathan Gunn has made a reputation as one of the most exciting and in-demand baritones of the day. He has appeared in internationally renowned opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Paris Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Theater an der Wien, Teatro Real in Madrid, and the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. His many roles include the title roles in Billy Budd, Eugene Onegin, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Hamlet; Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte, the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro, Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucetia, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore, and Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea.
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Program
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Dichterliebe, Op. 48
SAMUEL BARBER (1910-1981)
Church Bell at Night
Heavenly Banquet
The Monk and his cat
Desire for Hermitage
I hear an Army
INTERMISSION
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Die Taubenpost
Im Walde
Auf der Bruck
HUGO WOLF (1860-1903)
Der Musikant
Auf dem grünen Balkon
Verschwiegene Liebe
Nachtzauber
Der Rattenfänger
CHARLES IVES (1874-1954)
General William Booth enters into Heaven
The Things our Fathers Loved
Two little flowers (And dedicated to them)
Down East
Tom Sails Away
The Circus Band