• Ernani, involami - Ernani (Verdi)
  Karen Amlaw
  Elvira is in love with Ernani and sings of their elopement.
• Podru gi Milya - The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky)
  Giliana Norkunas
  Pauline sings a plaintive song to her friends about a person who, like them, was enjoying life. However, death does not go away.
• Casta Diva - Norma (Bellini)
  Rachel Traughber
  The Druids want to revolt against their Roman oppressors. Norma invokes the "pure goddess" of the moon and prays for peace.
• Que fais-tu blanche tourtetelle - Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)
  Roselin Osser
  Stephano mocks the Capulets, telling them that their white dove (Juliette) will go free one day.
• Gavotte - Manon (Massenet)
  Kimberly States
  Manon tells everyone she lives only for the moment: loving, singing, and dancing.
• Non più andrai - Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
  Dave Wadden
  Figaro tells Cherubino that he must give up his easy life romancing women and become a soldier.
• Salut à la France - La Fille du Régiment (Donizetti)
  Sara Michale Smith
  Marie leads the regiment singing a patriotic tribute to France.
• Faites lui mes aveux - Faust (Gounod)
  Bethany Condon
  The lovesick boy Siébel leaves a bouquet for Marguerite.
• Non piu mesta - La Cenerentola (Rossini)
  Roselin Osser
  "I'm no longer sitting sadly by the fire." Cinderella has married her prince and forgiven all.
• Honour and Arms - Samson (Handel)
  Thomas Dawkins
  The Philistine Harapha boasts that fighting the blinded Samson is beneath him.
• Song to the Moon - Rusalka (Dvorak)
  Sangeetha Vandeyar Appavoo
  Rusalka the water sprite loves a human Prince and asks the moon to tell her love that she is thinking of him.

INTERMISSION

• Verdi prati - Alicina (Handel)
  Ed Batutis
  Ruggiero discovers the green meadows are an illusion created by the sorceress Alcina, but he loves them anyway.
• E strano....Sempre libera - La Traviata (Verdi)
  Sangeetha Vandeyar Appavoo
  Violetta has strange feelings and wonders if Alfredo could actually be her true love.
• Or sai chi l'onore - Don Giovanni (Mozart)
  Stephanie Mann
  Donna Anna wants Don Giovanni's head for killing her father - she tells Don Ottavio he must fetch it.
• Mi chiamano Mimì - La Bohème (Puccini)
  Alexandra Lang
  Mimi tells the adoring Rodolfo about her simple life and the fact that they call her Mimi, although her name is Lucia.
• Della crudele Isotta - L'elisir d'Amore (Donizetti)
  Sara Michale Smith
  Admina tells of the cruel Isolde and the elixir of love she used on Tristan. She'd like to get some herself.
• La mamma morta - Andrea Chénier (Giordano)
  Karen Amlaw
  Maddalena tells the story of her cursed life including how her mother was killed while saving her.
• Miei rampolli femminini - La Cenerentola (Rossini)
  Thomas Dawkins
  Don Magnifico tells the kids about his dream where he is turned into a donkey. His interpretation: he'll rise to royalty!
• Smanie implacabili - Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
  Bethany Condon
  Dorabella works herself into a deep grief at seeing her fiance (seemingly) go off to war.
• Si, tra i ceppi - Berenice (Handel)
  Ed Batutis
  Demetrius assures his beloved Selene of his undying love even as he's led off in chains.
• Ah, non credea mirarti...Ah, non giunge - La Sonnambula (Bellini)
  Stephanie Mann
  Amina the sleepwalker sings of wilted flowers, tears, and love.