2007 Repertoire
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Beginning our fourteenth year - thanks to you!
FEBRUARY 7 thru MARCH 3
A TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM B. FOSSER
FEATURING A SELECTION OF
BILL'S FAVORITE SCENES
PAGLIACCI
LEONCAVALLO
Act 1 "Prologue" & "Vesti la giubba"
LA GIOCONDA
PONCHELLI
Act 2 - "Cielo e'Mar"
LAKME
DELIBES
Act 1 "Viens Mallika"
LA FORZA del DESTINO
VERDI
Act 4 Sc.2 "Pace, Pace mio Dio"
MARCH 7 thru MARCH 31
LAND OF SMILES
LEHAR
"You Are My Heart's Delight"
RIGOLETTO
VERDI
Act 2 "Quel Vecchio Maledivami" & "Caro Nome"
SHOWBOAT
KERN - HAMMERSTEIN
"Only Make Believe", "Just My Bill" & "Old Man River"
APRIL 4 thru APRIL 28
IL TROVATORE
VERDI
Act 4 Sc. 2 (The Prison Scene)
LA RONDINE
PUCCINI
Act 1 "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta"
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
BOCK & HARNICK
"Tradition", "If I Were A Rich Man",
"Matchmaker" and "Sunrise - Sunset"
MAY 2 thru MAY 26
POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA
Fourth Edition
Scenes From "Man Of La Mancha",
"Carousel" and "Kismet"
FAUST
GOUNOD
Act 5 Sc. 2 The Prison Scene
PORGY AND BESS
GERSHWIN
"Summertime", "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin"
"Strawberries", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
and "Lord I'm On My Way"
MAY 30 thru JUNE 23
POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA
First Edition - Segment One
featuring Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy
"Indian Love Call" and "Only A Rose"
THE PEARL FISHERS
BIZET
Act 1 "Au Fond Du Temple Sant"
POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA
First Edition - Segment Two
"Rosalie" and "Les Filles De Cadiz"
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
WAGNER
Act 3 "Liebestod"
POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA
First Edition - Segment Three
"I'm Falling In Love With Someone" and
"Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life"
JUNE 27 thru JULY 21
MADAMA BUTTERFLY
PUCCINI
Act 3 (Complete)
THE STUDENT PRINCE
ROMBERG
"Drinking Song", "Summertime In Heidelberg"
"Serenade" and "Golden Days"
JULY 25 thru AUGUST 18
AN OPERATIC POTPOURRI
from CARMEN
BIZET
"The Habenera" and "The Toreadore Song"
from GIANNI SCHICCI
PUCCINI
"O mio babbino caro"
from THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
ROSSINI
"Largo Al Factotum"
TOSCA
PUCCINI
Act 3 "E lucevan la stele"
SOUTH PACIFIC
ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN
"The Twin Soliloquies", "Now I Am Alone"
"Cockeyed Optimist" and "Some Enchanted Evening"
AUGUST 22 thru SEPTEMBER 15
POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA
Second Edition - Segment One
"Wanting You" & "Beyond The Blue Horizon"
TURANDOT
PUCCINI
"Nessun Dorma"
POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA
Second Edition - Segment Two
"Italian Street Song", "Stout Hearted Men" and
"Lover Come Back To Me"
AIDA
VERDI
Act 4 Sc. 2 The Tomb Scene
POPS AT THE PUPPET OPERA
Second Edition - Segment Three
"Vilia" and "Will You Remember?"
SEPTEMBER 19 thru OCTOBER 13
***PREMIERE ***
THREE NEW "POPS" PRODUCTIONS
Featuring a collection of timeless songs
from classic moments in cinema!
From the WIZARD OF OZ by Arlen & Harburg
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow" as sung by Judy Garland
From WEST SIDE STORY by Bernstein & Sondheim
"One Hand, One Heart" as sung by Natalie Wood
and Richard Beymer
And from THE SOUND OF MUSIC by Rogers and Hammerstein
"The Sound Of Music" as sung by Julie Andrews
PLUS
THAIS
MASSENET
Act 3 - Including "The Meditation"
***PREMIERE ***
OCTOBER 17 thru NOVEMBER 10
A Halloween Spooktacular
FAUST
GOUNOD
Act 4 Sc. 2 The Cathedral Scene
BORIS GODUNOV
MUSSORGSKY
Act 2 Sc. 2 (The Clock Scene)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
ANDREW LLOYD WEBER
"Music Of The Night", "All I Ask Of You",
"Masquerade" and "Point Of No Return"
NOVEMBER 14 thru DECEMBER 8
HANSEL AND GRETEL
HUMPERDINCK
Three Abridged Acts In English
DECEMBER 12 - 22
A Christmas Offering
LA BOHEME
PUCCINI
Act I "Love Duet" & "O souve fanciulla"
and Act III (Complete)
Plus our beautiful "White Christmas Interlude"
featuring
Three MAGICALLY Staged CHRISTMAS CAROLS