Description
Friday, February 20, 2015
Conductor’s Notes Q&A at 7 PM
Concert 8 PM—10:20 PM
Carnegie Hall
(Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage)
PROGRAM
Max von Schillings – Mona Lisa (sung in German)
English translations will be provided in the concert program
CONCERT NOTES
The Stolen Smile
by Leon Botstein
Max von Schillings, Mona Lisa
by Walter Frisch
A jealous husband, a valuable pearl, a former lover, and that mysterious smile. What was it hiding? And who is that man locked in her closet? “Sin is the salt of all delight.”
ARTISTS
Leon Botstein, conductor
Foreigner/Francesco del Giocondo: Michael Anthony McGee, bass-baritone
Woman/Mona Fiordalisa: Petra Maria Schnitzer, soprano
Lay Brother/Giovanni de Salviati: Paul McNamara, tenor
Pietro Tumoni: Justin Hopkins, bass-baritone
Arrigo Oldofredi: Robert Chafin, tenor
Alessio Beneventi: John Easterlin, tenor
Sandro da Luzzano: Christopher Burchett, baritone
Masolino Pedruzzi: Michael Scarcelle, bass-baritone
Mona Ginevra: Ilana Davidson, soprano
Dianora: Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Piccarda: Katherine Maysek, mezzo-soprano
Bard Festival Chorale
James Bagwell, director