Join Whatcom Chorale for a thrilling evening of grand opera choruses. Long considered to be the pinnacle of artistic musical expression, opera inspired the creative brilliance of Europe’s most beloved composers. Our program offers choral masterworks from Bizet, Leoncavalla, Mascagni, Mozart, Purcell, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and Wagner—a vibrant surround sound of genius. This repertoire features our own Sara Negishi as accompanist.

Program

Georges Bizet, Habanera (Carmen)
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Bell chorus (Pagliacci)
Pietro Mascagni, Easter hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana)
Wolfgang Mozart, Voyageurs’ chorus (Idomeneo)
Henry Purcell, Dido’s lament, and final chorus (Dido and Aeneas)
Piotr Tchaikovsky, Chorus of peasant girls (Eugene Oregon)
Guiseppe Verdi, Anvil chorus (Il travatore), Chorus of the Hebrew slaves (Nabucco)
Richard Wagner, Bridal chorus (Lohengrin), Pilgrims’ chorus (Tannhaüser),
Spinning chorus (Der fliegende Holländer)