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SUMMER RECITAL SERIES

The Met’s annual Summer Recital Series features six performances in parks throughout all five boroughs, starting June 11 at SummerStage in Central Park. The Summer Recital Series is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and in collaboration with the Department of Parks and Recreation. Major funding has also been provided by The Elizabeth B. McGraw Foundation, in honor of Mrs. McGraw. Bill de Blasio, Mayor, City of New York Tom Finkelpearl, Commissioner, Cultural Affairs Mitchell J. Silver, Commissioner, Parks and Recreation Heather Lubov, Executive Director, City Parks Foundation

CORY14 WEAVER / MET MON JUN 11 | 8 PM Central Park SummerStage ROSSINI “Largo al factotum della città” MANHATTAN from Il Barbiere di Siviglia JOSHUA HOPKINS

PUCCINI “” from La Bohème WED MARIO CHANG

JUN 13 | 7 PM DVORˇ ÁK “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” Brooklyn Bridge Park (Song to the Moon) from Rusalka Pier 1 LATONIA MOORE BROOKLYN BIZET “Au fond du temple saint” from Les Pêcheurs de Perles Latonia Moore MARIO CHANG JOSHUA HOPKINS

Mario Chang BIZET “Parle-moi de ma mère” from LATONIA MOORE MARIO CHANG Joshua Hopkins BELLINI “Ah! per sempre io ti perdei” from Dan Saunders JOSHUA HOPKINS PUCCINI “” from Mary Jo Heath LATONIA MOORE HOST MOZART “Bei Männern” from Die Zauberflöte Program subject to change LATONIA MOORE JOSHUA HOPKINS The photographing, audio recording, or videotaping of DONIZETTI “Una furtiva lagrima” this performance is prohibited. from L’Elisir d’Amore Yamaha is the Official Piano of MARIO CHANG the . PUCCINI “Addio, mio dolce amor” from LATONIA MOORE

INTERMISSION

16 PUCCINI “O Mimì, tu più non torni” from La Bohème MARIO CHANG JOSHUA HOPKINS

CATALANI “Ebben … ne andrò lontana” from La Wally LATONIA MOORE

MOZART “Deh vieni alla finestra” from JOSHUA HOPKINS

VERDI “Ella mi fu rapita! . Parmi veder le lagrime” from MARIO CHANG

VERDI “Parigi, o cara” from La Traviata LATONIA MOORE MARIO CHANG

RODGERS “If I Loved You” from Carousel LATONIA MOORE JOSHUA HOPKINS

VIVES “Por el humo se sabe donde está el fuego” from Doña Francisquita MARIO CHANG

LEHÁR “Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß” from Giuditta LATONIA MOORE

RODGERS “” from JOSHUA HOPKINS

17 THU VERDI “Questa o quella”from Rigoletto JUN 21 | 7 PM GERARD SCHNEIDER Clove Lakes Park MOZART “Hai già vinta la causa … STATEN ISLAND Vedrò mentr’io sospiro” from Le Nozze di Figaro ADRIAN TIMPAU

LEONCAVALLO “Qual fiamma avea nel guardo … SAT Stridono lassù” from Pagliacci JUN 23 | 3 PM GABRIELLA REYES DE RAMÍREZ Williamsbridge Oval DONIZETTI “Tran, tran, tran, tran … BRONX In guerra ed in amor” from L’Elisir d’Amore GABRIELLA REYES DE RAMÍREZ GERARD SCHNEIDER WED ADRIAN TIMPAU VERDI “Dio, che nell’alma infondere” JUN 27 | 7 PM from Don Carlo Jackie Robinson Park GERARD SCHNEIDER MANHATTAN ADRIAN TIMPAU

PUCCINI “” from FRI GABRIELLA REYES DE RAMÍREZ TCHAIKOVSKY “Ya vas lyublyu” (Yeletsky’s ) JUN 29 | 7 PM from The Queen of Spades Socrates Sculpture Park ADRIAN TIMPAU QUEENS GOUNOD “Salut! demeure chaste et pure” from Gabriella Reyes GERARD SCHNEIDER de Ramírez MOZART SOPRANO “Là ci darem la mano” from Don Giovanni Gerard Schneider GABRIELLA REYES DE RAMÍREZ ADRIAN TIMPAU TENOR

TCHAIKOVSKY “Kuda, kuda, kuda vy udalilis” Adrian Timpau (Lenski’s Aria) from BARITONE GERARD SCHNEIDER

Dan Saunders FLOYD “Ain’t it a pretty night” from Susannah PIANO GABRIELLA REYES DE RAMÍREZ

Program subject to change WAGNER “O du, mein holder Abendstern” from Tannhäuser The photographing, audio ADRIAN TIMPAU recording, or videotaping of this performance is prohibited. PUCCINI “” from La Bohème Yamaha is the Official Piano GABRIELLA REYES DE RAMÍREZ of the Metropolitan Opera. GERARD SCHNEIDER

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Mario Chang TENOR (Guatemala City, Guatemala)

UPCOMING Alfredo in La Traviata at Washington National Opera and Atlanta Opera, and Corrado in Verdi’s Il Corsaro in concert in Frankfurt.

MET APPEARANCES Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore, the Italian Singer in , and the Fourth Esquire in (debut, 2013).

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS He is a graduate of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and a member of the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt, where his performances have included the title roles of and Roberto Devereux, the Italian Singer in and Der Rosenkavalier, the Duke in Rigoletto, Lenski in Eugene Onegin, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Cassio in , and Rodolfo in La Bohème. Other recent credits include Ismaele in and Rodolfo at LA Opera, Edgardo at the , and Alfredo at North Carolina Opera.

Joshua Hopkins BARITONE (Pembroke, Canada)

UPCOMING Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Glimmerglass Festival, Harry Bailey in ’s It’s a Wonderful Life at , Valentin in Faust at Washington National Opera, and Dr. Malatesta in at Pittsburgh Opera.

MET APPEARANCES Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Schaunard in La Bohème, Cecil in Maria Stuarda, and Ping in Turandot (debut, 2009).

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Recent performances include Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at , Figaro at the Norwegian National Opera, Dr. Falke in and Olivier in Capriccio at the Santa Fe Opera, the title role of Don Giovanni at Utah Opera, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte at the Canadian Opera Company, Harry Bailey in the world premiere of It’s a Wonderful Life at the Dallas Opera, and the Count in Le Nozze di Figaro at Washington National Opera.

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Latonia Moore SOPRANO (Houston, )

UPCOMING Serena in at Dutch National Opera and the title role of at Washington National Opera.

MET APPEARANCES The title role of (debut, 2012) and Cio-Cio-San in .

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS She has sung Aida in Buenos Aires, Zurich, and Tokyo; at the Polish National Opera, , , Pittsburgh Opera, Opera, Opera Theatre, San Diego Opera, and Dallas Opera; and in concert in Bergen, Norway, and at . Other recent credits include Tosca at Opera Australia and ; Desdemona in Otello in Bergen; Fidelia in Puccini’s Edgar in Dortmund, Germany; Cio-Cio-San at San Diego Opera and in Hamburg; Liù in Turandot at Covent Garden; and Liù, Mimì in La Bohème, and Cio-Cio-San in Dresden.

Gabriella Reyes de Ramírez SOPRANO (Meriden, Connecticut)

UPCOMING The Priestess in Aida for her house debut, Nella in Gianni Schicchi, and the First Lady in at the Met.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS She is a member of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and was a grand finalist in the 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Recent credits include the First Lady in excerpts of Die Zauberflöte with the ; Beethoven’s No. 9 with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra; the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, the title role of Tobias Picker’s Emmeline, and the soprano soloist in Philip Glass’s Hydrogen Jukebox with the Boston University Opera Institute; and the Princess in Montsalvatge’s El Gato con Botas with OperaHub.

Dan Saunders PIANIST (New York, New York)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS He joined the Met’s music staff in 1985 and has performed with many of the world’s leading singers, including , , , , , Isabel Leonard, , Sir , Nathan Gunn, and Gerald Finley, among others. He has performed at , the Kennedy Center, Paris’s Opéra Bastille, San Francisco Opera, London’s Wigmore Hall, and the White House, as well as at the Salzburg, Tanglewood, Ravinia, and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festivals. He has also been featured on Live from , The Today Show, The Tonight Show, and The Late Show with David Letterman and can be heard on the Sony, Denon, and Newport Classics labels.

22 Gerard Schneider TENOR (Melbourne, Australia)

UPCOMING Mozart in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Mozart and Salieri and Ivan Likov in The Tsar’s Bride at the Bard SummerScape Festival; the First Guard in Die Zauberflöte, the Prince in Rusalka, and the Shepherd in Szymanowski’s King Roger in Frankfurt; and the title role of Faust at Opera Omaha.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS During the 2018–19 season, he will become a member of the ensemble at Oper Frankfurt. Recent credits include Nicias in Thaïs at Minnesota Opera, Arturo in Bellini’s La Straniera at Washington Concert Opera, Prince Dimitri in Alfano’s Risurrezione with Wexford Festival Opera, Rossini’s with North Carolina’s Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Boris in Kát'a Kabanová with Juilliard Opera, Romeo in Sutermeister’s Romeo und Julia in Frankfurt and Alzenau, the title role of at Ireland’s Kilkenny Arts Festival, and Osaka in Mascagni’s Iris at the Bard SummerScape Festival.

Adrian Timpau BARITONE (Nisporeni, Moldova)

UPCOMING Jim Larkens in for his house debut and Moralès in Carmen at the Met.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS He is a member of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and a graduate of Opernhaus Zürich’s Opernstudio, where his roles included Schaunard in La Bohème and Le Dancaïre in Carmen. Other recent credits include Escamillo in Carmen at Opera Philadelphia and the Moldova National Opera, in Szczecin, Poland, and Thessaloniki, Greece, and in concert with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem at New York’s Saint Thomas Church; Eustachio in Donizetti’s L’Assedio di Calais at the Glimmerglass Festival; and Robert in , the title role of Eugene Onegin, and Prince Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades at the Moldova National Opera.

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