Friday, October 30th at 4:00 PM PDT: Tenor Frederick Ballentine returns to the virtual stage for a Halloween-themed recital that is sure to get you into the spooky spirit. He partners with mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron and pianist Kunal Lahiry to perform some of opera's most mysterious and scariest songs-- including the final hair-raising scene from Carmen.
Frederick Ballentine, tenor
Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano
Kunal Lahiry, piano
Program subject to change
"Erlkönig" (duet) by Carl Loewe
Lensky's aria from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
(Frederick Ballentine)
"Dance of the Moon in Santiago" by George Crumb
(Fleur Barron)
"Doundou Tchil" from Olivier Messiaen's Harawi
(Fleur Barron)
"Smut" by Tom Lehrer
(Frederick Ballentine)
"Hexenlied" by Felix Mendelssohn
(Frederick Ballentine)
"Totengräbers Heimweh" by Franz Schubert
(Fleur Barron)
"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" by Tom Lehrer
(Frederick Ballentine)
"C'est toi! C'est moi" (duet) from Georges Bizet's Carmen