HAND(el) | SHAKES(peare)
Join first year graduate students as they present an evening of Handel arias and Shakespeare monologues.
Steven Goldstein directs the Shakespeare monologues, Joshua Major directs the Handel arias, and Daniel Wyneken and Ji Yung Lee are the accompanists and coaches for the Handel arias.
This is an in-person event with a private stream available to the NEC community here: https://necmusic.edu/live.
ACT I
Daniel Wyneken, pianist and coach
“Apri le luci e mira” from Ariodante
Artists- Margaret Stone, soprano, Dalinda
“My lord, as I was sewing” from Hamlet (Act II, Scene I)
Artists- Olivia Sheehy, Ophelia
“Vieni, o figlio” from Ottone
Artists- Maklyn Baley, mezzo-soprano, Gismonda
"Unhappy that I am” from King Lear (Act I, Scene I)
Artists- Jie Lee, Cordelia
“Svegliatevi nel core” from Giulio Cesare
Artists- Anneke Stern, soprano, Sesto
“So you must be the first” from Measure for Measure (Act II, Scene II)
Artists- Maklyn Baley, Isabella
“Io gia t’amai” from Rodelinda
Artists- Dong Eun Yoon, tenor, Grimoaldo
“Is there no pity in the clouds” from Romeo and Juliet (Act III, Scene V)
Artists- Zhengyin Yan, Juliet
“Nay, would I were so angered” from The Two Gentleman of Verona (Act I, Scene II)
Artists- Megan Hull, Julia
“Dove sei, amato bene” from Rodelinda
Artists- Olivia Sheehy, soprano, Bertarido
“Lo, she is one of this” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Act III, Scene II)
Artists- Anneke Stern, Helena
"Non disperar” from Giulio Cesare
Artists- Zhengyin Yan, soprano, Cleopatra
“Thou, nature, art my goddess” from King Lear (Act I, Scene II)
Artists- Dong Eun Yoon, Edmund
“Lascia ch’io pianga” from Rinaldo
Artists- Megan Hull, soprano, Almirena
“I would not be thy” from As You Like It (Act III, Scene V)
Artists- Margaret Stone, Phebe
“Bel piacere” from Rinaldo
Artists- Jie Lee, soprano, Almirena
ACT II
Ji Yung Lee, pianist and coach
“Un cenno leggiadretto” from Serse
Artists- Mara Riley, soprano, Atalanta
“Away! I do condemn my ears” from Cymbeline (Act I, Scene VI)
Artists- Sara Cox, Imogen
“Qual nave smarrita” from Radamisto
Artists- Alesandra Collins, mezzo-soprano, Zenobia
If by your art, my dearest father” from The Tempest (Act II, Scene I)
Artists- Shiyu Zhuo, Miranda
“Mio caro bene” from Rodelinda
Artists- Xijin Chen, soprano, Rodelinda
“She should have died hereafter” from Macbeth (Act V, Scene V)
Artists- Hyungjin Son, Macbeth
“Gallop apace, you fiery footed steeds” from Romeo and Juliet (Act III, Scene II)
Artists- Mara Riley, Juliet
“Alma mia” from Floridante
Artists- Sara Cox, soprano, Floridante
“Was the hope drunk” from Macbeth (Act I, Scene VII)
Artists- Alexandra Wiebe, Lady Macbeth
“Sibillar gli angui d’Aletto” from Rinaldo
Artists- Hyungjin Son, baritone, Argante
“Y’have ungently, Brutus” from Julius Caesar, Part I (Act II, Scene I)
Artists- Alesandra Collins, Portia
“Crude furie degli orridi abissi” from Serse
Artists- Harper Yin, mezzo-soprano, Serse
“No shame but mine” from The Taming of the Shrew (Act III, Scene II)
Artists- Xijin Chen, Katherine
“Ah, crudel! il pianto mio” from Rinaldo
Artists- Alexandra Wiebe, soprano, Armida
“Puppet? Why so” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Act III, Scene II)
Artists- Harper Yin, Hermia
“Chi cede al furore” from Serse
Artists- Shiyu Zhuo, soprano, Romilda