Description:

The Boston Phoenix declares, “Matthew Polenzani has perhaps the finest tenor voice of his generation.” Winner of a 2004 Richard Tucker Award and the Metropolitan Opera’s 2008 Beverly Sills Artist Award, Polenzani appeared in 2015–16 at the Paris Opera in Don Giovanni, at the Bavarian and Vienna State Operas in Werther, and at the Metropolitan Opera in Les pêcheurs de perles and Roberto Devereux. Season highlights for 2016–17 include a return to the Bavarian State Opera for La favorita, La bohème, and Die Zauberflöte and to the Metropolitan Opera for Idomeneo, Der Rosenkavalier, and Don Giovanni, as well as Die Zauberflöte at Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Program

Frank Laucerica, tenor
“Pour me rapprocher de Marie” from Gaetano Donizetti’s La fille du régiment

Evelyn Wouters, soprano
“Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln” from W. A. Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Ricky Feng Nan, tenor
“Ah! lève-toi, soleil!” from Charles Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette

Matthew Cummings, tenor
“Pace non trovo” from Franz Liszt’s Tre sonetti di Petrarca