Benjamin Rous, conductor
Jack Siegel, bass-baritone
These concerts are sponsored by the Vesta Lee Gordon Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation.
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HAUGE Morning Overture (2024)
UVA Concerto Competition Winner – Jack Siegel, bass-baritone
MOZART “La vendetta” from Marriage of Figaro
PUCCINI “Vecchia zimarra senti” from La Bohème
BIZET “Votre toast” from Carmen
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet – Excerpts from Suites 1 & 2 (1936) 35′
About the Program
UVA Concerto Competition Winner Performance
Bass-baritone Jack Siegel is the winner of the UVA Music Department’s second annual Concerto Competition. A fourth-year student at the University of Virginia, Siegel is double-majoring in music and political philosophy, policy and law. He studies voice with Pamela Beasley and will perform arias by Mozart, Puccini and Bizet.
Sergei Prokofiev, Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev’s cinematically vivid ballet music is a take on Shakespeare’s treasured tale of the star-crossed lovers, matching the playwright’s blend of tenderness and foul play, humor and calamity.
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