Programme Graduation Recital 2019
Programme Graduation Recital 2019
Programme Graduation Recital 2019
Is an aria from Handel’s oratorio messiah. The text was taken from unsuccessful and ultimately suicidal love for his friend’s fiancé and then wife.
Isaiah 40:4. The text are frequently heard during Advent (preparing a way for The aria is in the third act. Charlotte (the object of Werther’s desire) draws his
the Lord). The voice illustrates the exaltation by long coloraturas, whereas
attention (in an attempt to divert him from thoughts of self-destruction) to a
"plain" is depicted with a long note. More word painting occurs in a low note
for "low" and a complicated figure for "crooked". book of Ossian that he had once started to translate; its words fit his mood of
growing despair. Ossian’s poem is the aria.
Un’ Aura Amorosa (A Breath of Love)
(Da Ponte) | W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) from Così fan tutte [Act I, Scene II]
Dein Ist Mein Ganzez Herz (Yours is my heart alone)
Written in 1790, one year before his death, Mozart's Così fan tutte is (Blau) | Franz Lehar (1842 –1912) from I Das Land des Lächelns [Act II]
set with a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. Contrary to popular belief, it is not
Is an aria from the operetta Das Land des Lächelns by Franz Lehár. It
exactly a comic opera, but is classified as a dramma giocoso, which has a
tendency to mix characteristics of opera seria and opera buffa. At the end of was for many years associated with the tenor Richard Tauber, for whom it was
Act I, Fernando ponders the idea of love being the only nourishment he needs written. The aria is sung by the character of Prince Sou-Chong in act 2. The
to sustain life. The beloved hero believes that Dorabella’s love is the only thing
aria reveals the love of prince to the heroine Lisa despite of their cultural
he will ever need.
differences.
Pakiusap (Plea)
(de Jesus) | Fransico Santiago (1889 –1947))