The Organ in Oratorio

press release: Samuel Hutchison joins forces with two outstanding singers who return to Overture Hall in a program of favorite arias and overtures from Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and other opera favorites. Featured by Opera News as one of their top 25 brilliant young artists, tenor Andrew Bidlack makes his debut in Overture Hall following performances at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Chicago's Lyric Opera, the Welsh National Opera, and London's Covent Garden. Likewise, bass Kyle Ketelsen has sung with major opera companies throughout the world including the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago’s Lyric Opera, and State Opera of Berlin and is praised for his vibrant stage presence and his distinctive vocalism. Join this trio of artists for an exciting evening of great music from opera and oratorio!

Tickets can be purchased at madisonsymphony.org, by calling (608) 258-4141, or at the Overture Center Box Office

Program

George Frederick Handel, Messiah

Sinfonia; Comfort ye my people; Ev’ry valley shall be exalted; But who may abide the day of His coming

Felix Mendelssohn, Elijah

Overture; Then shall the righteous shine forth

Gioachino Rossini, Stabat Mater

Pro peccatis; Cujus animam

Pietro Mascagni, Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

Georges Bizet, Carmen

Fantasy on themes from Carmen (Transcribed by Edwin H. Lemare); Toreador Song

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin

Polonaise; Aria—Kuda, kuda

Charles Gounod, Faust

Waltz; Duet—Act I—Mais ce Dieu