September 25 “Great Aria Throwdown #1”

    Great Aria Throwdown #1 in WaHI

    September 25, 3pm
    Location – Isham Park lawn near Bruce’s Garden –

    Isham Park lawn - Inwood

    map of Isham Park

    enter the park by 215th St and Bruce Reynold’s Way

    Diana Charlop, soprano
    Flavia Darcie, mezzo soprano
    Robert Colon, counter tenor
    Geddy Warner, tenor
    Pablo Zinger, pianist

    Program:

    Flavia – Faites-lui mes aveux from Faust (Gounod)
    Robert – Di tanti palpiti from Tancredi (Rossini)
    Diana – Quel guardo il cavaliere from Don Pasquale (Bellini)
    Geddy – Il mio tesoro from Don Giovanni (Mozart)

    Flavia – Voi che sapete from Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
    Robert – Ah giacché son tradito… Son reo from Mitridate re di Ponto (Mozart)
    Diana – Padre germani addio from Idomeneo (Mozart)
    Geddy – Dies Bildnis (The Magic Flute)

    Flavia – Va laisse couler mes larmes from Werther (Massenet)
    Robert – Che farò senza Euridice from Orfeo (Gluck)
    Diana – Obéissons quand leur voix appelle from Manon (Massenet)
    Geddy – Vainement ma bien aimée from Le Roi d’Ys (Lalo)

    Pablo Zinger is widely acclaimed as a conductor, pianist, composer, arranger, writer, lecturer and narrator, specializing on Astor Piazzolla, tango, Spanish zarzuela, and Latin American music. He has accompanied Plácido Domingo, and recorded with Paquito D’Rivera and Astor Piazzolla.He leads the Valencia-based Zinger Septet, has written for The NY Times, Opera News, and lectured for The NY Philharmonic.He wrote the tango musical Bela, and Las tentaciones de González, premièred in 1999 to a NY Times rave. His show Bésame mucho won the HOLA and ACE prizes.He was Musical Director of the Zarzuela Series at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.He has conducted for Paquito D’Rivera, Tito Puente, Dave Valentin, & Néstor Torres.

    Pablo Zinger

    Flavia Darcie

    Robert Colon

    Geddy Warner

    Diana Charlop