Washington National Opera Orchestra with the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artists
Part 1: Holiday Opera Classics
BIZET: Farandole from L’Arlesienne
HUMPERDINCK: Hansel and Gretel
“Susie, little Susie”
Sandman’s Song and Evening prayer
Witch’s Aria: “Hop, hop hop!”
PUCCINI: La Bohème
Act 2: “Quando m’en vo . . . Gioventù mia”
JOHANN STRAUSS II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
JOHANN STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus
“Come along to the ball”
Adele’s Laughing Song
Czárdás
Finale, Act II: “Sing to love”
-Intermission-
Part 2: Carols, Folk Songs, and Pops Favorites
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Snowflakes
TRADITIONAL: Maoz Tzur
BRITTEN: A Ceremony of Carols
Wolcum, Yole
This Little Babe
JOHN JACOB NILES: I Wonder as I Wander
TRADITIONAL: Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen
PIETRO YON: Gesu Bambino,
TRADITIONAL: Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabella
ADOLPHE ADAM: Minuit, Chrétiens
FREDERICK SILVER: The Twelve Days After Christmas
HUGH MARTIN & RALPH BLAINE: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
ROBERT WENDEL: Finale: A Merry Christmas Sing-Along
*Cover for this production