Morris and Friends

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.
Music Hall

A Night of Opera and Gospel

World-renowned bass and Cincinnati Opera Artistic Advisor Morris Robinson hosts and curates a special, one-night-only concert of opera and gospel. The concert performance features extraordinary guest soloists, audience favorites, and star singers including Lawrence Brownlee, Jacqueline Echols, Russell Thomas, Damien Sneed, Will Liverman, Tichina Vaughn, Reginald Smith, Jr., the Cincinnati United Choir and HBCU Collective, and more, plus the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

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PROGRAM (PART 1)

G. DONIZETTI     La fille du regiment (“The Daughter of the Regiment”), Act I: Ah! Mes
amis…Pour mon âme, quel destin (“Ah, My Friends…Destiny Has
Granted Me Every Wish”
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

G. VERDI                Macbeth, Act II: Studia il passo…Come dal ciel precipita (“Hurry, My Son,
                                 Let Us Escape…How the Shade Falls”)
Morris Robinson, bass

J. OFFENBACH        Les contes d’Hoffmann (“The Tales of Hoffmann”), Act II: Belle nuit
(Barcarolle) (“Beautiful Night” Barcarolle)
Jacqueline Echols, soprano; Tichina Vaughn, mezzo-soprano

W.A. MOZART    Le nozze di Figaro (“The Marriage of Figaro”), Act III: Hai già vinta la
  causa…Vedro mentr’io sospiro (“We’ve Won Our Case…Shall I, While
Sighing, See”)
Will Liverman, baritone

G. VERDI              La traviata, Act I: E strano…Ah fors’ e lui…Sempre libera (“How Strange It
  Is!…Was This the Man…Always Free”)
Jacqueline Echols, soprano; Lawrence Brownlee, tenor

R. LEONCAVALLO  Pagliacci, Act I: Recitar!…Vesti la giubba (“To Recite!…Put on the
Costume”)
Russell Thomas, tenor

G. BIZET                   Les pêcheurs des perles (“The Pearl Fishers”), Act I: Au fond du temple saint
  (“At the Back of the Holy Temple”)
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor; Will Liverman, baritone

G. ROSSINI                Il barbiere di Siviglia (“The Barber of Seville”), Act II: La calunnia è un
venticello  (“Calumny is a little breeze”)   
Morris Robinson, bass

C. SAINT-SAËNS       Samson et Dalila, Act II: Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (“Love, Come Help
My Weakness”)
Tichina Vaughn, mezzo-soprano

G. VERDI                    Otello, Act II: Era la notte…Si, pel ciel marmoreo giuro (“It was night…Now,
by Yon Marble Heaven”)
Russell Thomas, tenor; Reginald Smith Jr. baritone

PROGRAM (PART 2)

Gospel favorites with the Cincinnati United Choir and HBCU Collective, featuring:

Walter Hawkins’ “Thank You”

Sonja Whitmore’s “More Abundantly”

Richard Smallwood’s “Total Praise”

…and more!