The Graduation Recital of Opera Diploma Candidates

April 9, 2026

Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Emmanuel Dye, baritone
Nicole Hamilton, soprano
Meghan Mair, soprano
Naomi Schlegel, soprano
Susan Taylor, soprano

From the studios of Kimberly Barber, Leslie Fagan, and Brandon Leis

with
Kate Carver, collaborative pianist
Anna Ronai, collaborative pianist
Lucy Gill, soprano
Alexander Muth, bass-baritone
TL Sutherland, percussion

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Opera Diploma

Program

Oh! Just what I wanted…Hello! Oh, Margaret, it’s you from The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
Lucy: Nicole Hamilton
Ben: Emmanuel Dye
Kate Carver, piano

Oh, where has he gone?...Hello? Hello (Final Duet) from The Telephone by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
Lucy: Nicole Hamilton
Ben: Emmanuel Dye
Kate Carver, piano

Cosa mi narri...Sull’aria from Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
La Contessa: Meghan Mair
Susanna: Susan Taylor
Kate Carver, piano

Ah, taci ingiusto core from Don Giovanni, K.527 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Donna Elvira: Nicole Hamilton
Leporello: Alexander Muth
Don Giovanni: Emmanuel Dye
Kate Carver, piano

E pur così in un giorno…Piangerò la sorte mia from Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Cleopatra: Susan Taylor
Kate Carver, piano

Ich bin Euer Liebden sehr verbunden from Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Octavian: Meghan Mair
Sophie: Naomi Schlegel
Kate Carver, piano

Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein from Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Octavian: Meghan Mair
Sophie: Naomi Schlegel
Kate Carver, piano

O grandes leçons du passé from La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Grande-Duchesse: Susan Taylor
General Boum: Emmanuel Dye

Ach, ich fühl’s from Die Zauberflöte, K.620 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Pamina: Susan Taylor
Kate Carver, piano

Der Hölle Rache from Die Zauberflöte, K.620 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Königin der Nacht: Naomi Schlegel
Anna Ronai, piano

Scene 29 (“Papagena! Weibchen! Täubchen!”) from Die Zauberflöte, K.620 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Papageno: Emmanuel Dye
First Spirit: Susan Taylor
Second Spirit: Nicole Hamilton
Third Spirit: Lucy Gill
Papagena: Meghan Mair
Anna Ronai, piano
TL Sutherland, percusssion

Intermission

Dôme épais le jasmin (“Flower Duet”) from Lakmé by Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
Lakmé: Susan Taylor
Mallika: Lucy Gill
Kate Carver, piano

Je suis Titania from Mignon by Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
Philine: Naomi Schlegel
Kate Carver, piano

Summertime from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Clara: Meghan Mair
Kate Carver, piano

In the Bedroom Down the Hall from Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek (b. 1985) and Justin Paul (b. 1985)
Cynthia: Nicole Hamilton
Heidi: Susan Taylor
Kate Carver, piano

Look, through the port from Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Billy Budd: Emmanuel Dye
Anna Ronai, piano

Signore, ascolta from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Liù: Meghan Mair
Kate Carver, piano

Aber der Richtige from Arabella by Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Arabella: Nicole Hamilton
Zdenka: Naomi Schlegel
Kate Carver, piano

Ma questa trama...Vado, corro al gran cimento from Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Norina: Naomi Schlegel
Malatesta: Emmanuel Dye
Anna Ronai, piano

Donde lieta uscì from La bohème by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Mimì: Nicole Hamilton
Kate Carver, piano

So muss allein ich bleiben from Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Rosalinde: Meghan Mair
Adele: Naomi Schlegel
Eisenstein: Emmanuel Dye
Anna Ronai, piano

Lippen, schweigen from Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Hanna: Meghan Mair
Danilo: Emmanuel Dye
Anna Ronai, piano

Goodbye (Finale) from Elegies by William Finn (1952-2025)
Kate Carver, piano

We ask that patrons take photos only during intermission and/or after the show and do not record audio or video unless otherwise announced at the beginning of the show.

Lyrics and Translations

Land Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge that Wilfrid Laurier University and its campuses are located on the shared traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabe (Anish-nah-bay) and Haudenosaunee (Hoe-den-no-show-nee) peoples. This land is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe peoples and symbolizes the agreement to share, protect our resources and not to engage in conflict. From the Haldimand Proclamation of Oct. 25, 1784 this territory is described as: “six miles deep from each side of the river (Grand River) beginning at Lake Erie and extending in the proportion to the Head of said river, which them and their posterity are to enjoy forever.” The proclamation was signed by the British wit​h their allies, the Six Nations, after the American Revolution. Despite being the largest reserve demographically in Canada, those nations now reside on less than five percent of this original territory.