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The program:

Schelm! Halt fest! from Der Freischutz by Carl Maria von Weber
Agathe: Ms. Carroll
Ännchen: Ms. Powers

Ah guarda, sorella from Cosi Fan Tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Fiordiligi: Ms. Carroll
Dorabella: Ms. Powers

Oh! mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini
Lauretta: Ms Powers

Although of native maids from Utopia, Ltd. by Sir Arthur S. Sullivan
Nekaya: Ms. Powers
Kalyba: Ms. Leeds Carroll

L'Africaine - Giacomo Meyerbeer

Sous mes genoux

Selika: Ms. Leeds Carroll

Lakmé - Leo Delibes

Barcarolle: Dôme epais

Lakmé: Ms. Powers

Mallika: Ms. Leeds Carroll

Intermission

Les Contes d'Hoffman - Jaques Offenbach

Barcarolle: Belle nuit

Giulietta: Ms. Powers

Niklaus: Ms. Leeds Carroll

L'Elisir D'Amore - Gaetano Donizetti

Prendi, per me sei libero

Adina: Ms. Powers

Romeo et Juliet - Charles Gounod

Que fait-tu, blanche tourterelle

Stephano: Ms. Leeds Carroll

Le Nozze di Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Canzonetta sull'aria

Susanna: Ms. Powers

Countess: Ms. Leeds Carroll

Madama Butterfly - Giacomo Puccini

Un bel di vedremo

CioCioSan: Ms. Leeds Carroll

Der Freischutz - Carl Maria von Weber

Einst traümte meiner sel'gen Base

Ännchen: Ms. Powers

Norma - Vincenzo Bellini

Mira, o Norma

Norma: Ms. Leeds Carroll

Adalgisa: Ms. Powers

PDF: translations and notes by Marion Leeds Carroll

About the artists:

Sallyanne Powers, soprano, a student of Robert Honeysucker, has sung in many local musical productions, including five at MIT, and recently made her solo recital debut in Killian Hall at MIT. She is the soprano section leader/soloist of a local church. Sally sings a wide variety of musical styles, including Irish folk songs, Broadway, and Gilbert and Sullivan as well as opera. Her specialty, however, is Swing Era torch songs that require crooning in the style of Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby. At MIT, Sally is the Local Technical Expert for the Dewey Library.

Marion Leeds Carroll, soprano, holds degrees from Barnard College and the Mannes College of Music. Her teachers and coaches have included H. Wesley Balk, Nico Castel, D'Anna Fortunato, Boris Goldovsky, and Dan Merriman. Marion made her operatic and recital debuts in New York City, and has performed and directed opera and Gilbert and Sullivan in New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, and Massachusetts. At MIT, Marion is a Senior Secretary for the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Noriko Yasudo, pianist, is a native of Osaka, Japan. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Piano from the Osaka College of Music and was for many years a member of the Osaka Opera Company and Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra. She received her Artist Diploma in harpsichord and was named Outstanding Graduating Student from Longy School of Music in 1996. She has worked with Opera New England and Boston Lyric Opera. Currently, she is a member of the coaching staff of the Longy Opera Workshop. Next summer she will be the official accompanist for the 4th Kobe International Flute Competition in Kobe, Japan.