Opera Queens: Drama Queens

Nov. 10, 2023

November 14th, 2023, 12pm, Theatre Auditorium
Reserve Tickets
 
Dedicated to the memory of Lorin Shalanko and in honour of Transgender Awareness Week 2023
 
Tanya Smania, drag diva a.k.a. Mike Fan | 范祖铭, tenor
Cesar Bello Rodriguez, baritone
Jingyi Zhou, piano

Program

TWO SCREAMING DIVAS
Del Sultano Amurratte… lo son l’umile ancella from Adrianna Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilèa (1866 - 1950)

Adriana: Tanya Smania

Te Deum and
Vissi d’Arte from Tosca by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Scarpia: Cesar Bello Rodriguez
Tosca: Tanya Smania

CLEOPATRA

Cleopatra Built (2023) by Dr. Jay Marchand Knight
Theirs was a Music
Cleopatra, you are eaten by Yesterday

Charmian: Tanya Smania

Final Duet: Marc-Antoine! Cléopâtre…C’est le plus beau des soirs! from Cléopâtre by Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

Marc-Antoine: Cesar Bello Rodriguez
Cleopatra: Tanya Smania

CARWOMAN

Romanza de Germán: Ya mis horas felices from La del Soto del Parral by Reveriano Soutullo (1880-1932) & Juan Vert (1890-1931)

Germán: Cesar Bello Rodriguez

Les tringles des sistres tintaient from Carmen by Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

Carmen: Tanya Smania
Escamillo: Cesar Bello Rodriguez