Event listing: Opera Singers Initiative: "Do Something Different" | (Le) Poisson Rouge | Tue 23 Jul 2013 at 19:30

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(Le) Poisson Rouge158 Bleecker Street, New York City, New York, 10012, United States

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Performers

Eric Sedgwick	Piano
Margaret Meyer	Soprano
Elizabeth Fagan	Soprano
Andrea Chinedu Nwoke	Soprano
Alexandra Smith	Soprano
Opera Cowgirls

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See Au bord de l'eau, Op.8 no.1 in

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Opera Singers Initiative and Opera Cowgirls "do something different" at (Le) Poisson Rouge

Lydia Brown, 23rd July

In keeping with the theme of Tuesday’s (Le) Poisson Rouge concert entitled “Do Something Different”, I will diverge from the ordinary by opening with the evening’s closing remark: “This is opera in New York City today!”Opera Singers Initiative founder Anna Lee excitedly delivered this terse eight-word proclamation on the venue’s dimly-lit stage, where she was joined by vocalists from Opera Singers

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Programme to include:
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)	Au bord de l'eau, Op.8 no.1
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)	Ici-bas! Op.8 no.3
Hahn, Reynaldo (1875-1947)	Vingt Mélodies: Si mes vers
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	La Courte Paille, FP 178: Ba, be, bi, bo, bu
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)	Les Berceaux, Op.23 no.1
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: excerpts
Works by Sondheim, Stephen (1930-2021)
Works by Siebenhaar, Malachias (1616-1685)
Works by LaChiusa, Michael John (b. 1962)
Radiohead	High and Dry
Cohen, Leonard (1934-2016)	Hallelujah
Works by Presley, Elvis (1935-1977)