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Literally "overdone arias". A tongue-in-cheek (and recession-friendly) survey of some of the overdone arias mezzo Stephen Chen was asked to perform over the years. Most of which he resisted, and some he ended up liking.
Literally "overdone arias". A tongue-in-cheek (and recession-friendly) survey of some of the overdone pieces mezzo Stephen Chen was asked to perform over the years - most of which he resisted, and some he ended up liking.
Mezzo Stephen Chen departs from his usual earnest esoteric fare with a light evening of audience favorites. He is joined by Christina Faye who is new to the Toronto music scene.
Ombra Mai Fu (Handel)
I Know a Bank (Britten)
Jai Perdu Mon Euridice (Gluck)
Memory (Webber)
When I am Laid (Purcell)
My Favorite Things (Rodgers)
Mon Coeur Souvre Ta Voix (Saint-Saens)
Bu Liao Qing (Mo Ran)
Un Bel Di (Puccini)
Send In The Clowns (Sondheim)
Habanera (Bizet)
Stephen Chen, Mezzo
Christina Faye, Piano
Sat, 26 Sep 2009 | 8:00 PM | Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, ON
Admission: By Donation