... From Opera to Musical ... From Verdi to Kern ...
The Upper Canada Choristers
Under the direction of Laurie Evan Fraser
Present
To salute the new millennium, we re-visit the turn of the last century and the birth of the Musical from its roots in European opera, to Broadway in the 1920's
A Multimedia Event
with guest artist
Robert Ouellette
Friday May 7, 1999 at
8:00 p.m.
Flora McCrae Auditorium
Timothy Eaton Memorial Church
St. Clair Avenue just west of Avenue Road
(Entrance off Dunvegan)
| Va pensiero from Nabucco (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) |
Verdi |
| Vous qui faites l'endormie from Faust Soloist: Tony Sneyd |
Gounod |
| Oh, Promise Me from Robin Hood | deKoven arr. Fraser |
| After the Ball from A Trip to Chinatown | Gaunt arr. Fraser |
| Vilia from The Merry Widow | Lehar arr. Fraser |
| My Hero from The Chocolate Soldier | O. Strauss arr. Fraser |
| March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland | Herbert |
| Excerpt from the 2nd Act of Die Fledermaus | J. Strauss |
| Sing-Along Look for the Silver Lining from Sally I'm Just Wild About Harry from Shuffle Along The Varsity Drag from Good News |
Kern Blake Henderson |
| They Didn't Believe Me from The Girl from Utah | Kern arr. Fraser |
| Play a Simple Melody from Watch Your Step | Berlin arr. Fraser |
| Someone to Watch Over Me from Oh, Kay! | Gershwin arr. Chinn |
| I Want to be Bad from Good News Soloists: Jacqui Atkin, Sheri Etherington, Arlene Zock |
Henderson arr. Zock |
| Choral Selections from Showboat | Kern arr. O'Neill |
| The Music's Always There With You | Rutter |
Special Thanks to our Guest
Artist and Volunteers ...
Robert Ouellette - Guest Artist
Robert worked for almost 10 years as a professional actor. He enjoyed a season at the Stratford Festival and worked in most major theatres across Canada. He then turned his attention to his second love, and taught for a number of years in Ontario and Europe. He currently enjoys both worlds - working in community theatre and teaching part-time. He will be seen as the defending lawyer, Mr. Stevens, in the East Side Player's production of Ayn Rand's Night of January 16th opening May 20th at Todd Morden Mills.
Valerie Abels - Stage Director and Script Co-ordinator
Nora Fraser - Stage Manager
François Balthazar - Stage Assistant
Frummie Diamond - Box Office
Rick Harper of Great Northern Productions - Recording
Thanks to MDS Inc., The Hospital for Sick Children, and Accounting Resources Group for providing the projection equipment for this evening.
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