UMS Concert Program, October 19: Enrico Caruso -- Nina Morgana

Season: 1918-19
Concert: First
Complete Series: CCCXIX
Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor, Mich

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
F. W. KELSEY, President :: :: A. A. STANLEY, Director
CHORAL UNION SERIES, 1918-19
Fortieth Season No. CCCXIX Complete Series First.'Concert
The Metropolitan Musical Bureau
PRESENTS
ENRICO CARUSO
IN CONCERT NINA MORGANA ELIAS BREESKIN
Soprano Violinist
Assisting Artists
Salvatore Fucito at the piano for Mr. Caruso and Miss Morgana Isaac Van Grove at the piano for Mr. Breeskin
Saturday Evening, October 19th
HILL AUDITORIUM
Ann Arbor, Mich.
The Next Concert in this Series will be given by ANNA CASE, Soprano, on Sat. eve., November 16, 1918, instead of the date previously announced
PROGRAMM
1. Souvenir de Moscow..........................WieniaTvsl(i
Elias Breeskin
2. Cavatina, "Come per me sereno"
from "Sonnambula"...............Bellini
Nina Morgana
3. ARIA, "Celeste Aida" from "Aida"..............., . Verdi
Enrico Caruso
4. a. Caprice Espagnole .........................Chaminade
b. Zapateado.................................Sarasate
Elias Breeskin
5. Songs, a. "He Loves Me"......................Chadwicli
b. "The Wee Butterfly"................Mana Zucca
c. "Summer" .........................Chaminade
Nina Morgana
6. ARIA, "Una Furtiva Lagrima"
from "L'Ehsir d'Amore"............Donizetti
Enrico Caruso
INTERMISSION
7. Gypsy Airs ..................................Sarasate
Elias Breeskin
8. Shadow Dance, from "Dinorah".................Meyerbeer
Nina Morgana
9. ARIA, "Vesti La Giubba" from Paghacci".....Leoncavallo
Enrico Caruso
10. "The Star-Spangled Banner".............Francis Scoil Key
Enrico Caruso
and Nina Morgana
HARDMAN PIANO USED
ARIA, "CELESTE AIDA"
From "Aida"
What if 'tis I am chosen,
Ana my dream be now accomplish'd!
Of a glorious army I the chosen leader,
Mine glorious vict'ry ... by Memphis received in triumph!
To thee return'd Aida, my brow entwined with laurel . . .
Tell thee: for thee I battled, for thee 1 conquer'd!
Heav'nly Aida, beauty resplendent,
Radiant flower queenly thou reignest
O'er me transcendent,
Bathing my spirit in beauty's light.
Would that thy bright skies once more
beholding, Breathing the soft airs of thy native
land,
Bound thy fair brow a diadem folding, Thine were a throne next the sun to
stand.
"UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA"
From "L'Elisir d'Amore"
In her dark eye there stood
Trembling a furtive tear;
While the gay smiles that others wear,
Seemed parent to a fear.
What can this heart wish more
She loves me,---what joy in store!
Ah, for a moment but to feel
The throbbing of that heart,
While glance to glance, and sigh for sigh,
It seerns we ne'er could part.
Death were a price too poor,---I'd give
Eternity such bliss to share ....
But here she comes.
Oh, how her beauty grows with growing love! ....
I will, however, continxie to affect indifference
Until she explains herself.
"VESTI LA GIUBBA"
From "Pagliacci"
To act, with my heart maddened with
sorrow! 1 know not what I'm saying or what
I'm doing.
Yet I must face it. Courage, my heart! Thou are not a man; thou'rt but a
jester! On with the motley, the paint and the
powder, The people pay thee, and want their
laugh, you know.
If Harlequin thy Columbine has stolen, Laugh, Pagliacci! The world will cry
"Bravo!" Go hide with laughter thy tears and
thy sorrow, Sing and be merry, playing thy part.
Laugh, Pagliacci, for the love that is ended.
Laugh for the sorrow that is eating thy heart.
"CAVATINA"
From "La Sonnambula"
O'er me to-day are dawning Visions of joy ne'er to fade;
Flow'rs on my path are laid, flow'r3
of your love Bloom round me this happy morning.
Never dawned such a day of radiance All nature rejoicing glows delight,
glows delight; For love doth all on earth unite
Doth all unite in blest, in blest allegiance.
Feel this heart with joy o'erflowing, How it bounds in wild, exulting
measure, So much rapture, so much rapture,
Mortal words cannot declare, A wild, exultant measure of rapture
and of pleasure, No word, no word can declare.
"SHADOW SONG"
From "Dinorah"
Sight flitting shadow
Companion gay, Go not away, No, No, No!
I love thee, Fairy or vision airy,
Go not away, No, No, No! Keep close beside me,
Dark fears betide me, When thou dost go far from me!
Ah! Go not away, go not away! Each dawn before me thy form doth bring;
Stay, I implore thee, dance while 1
sing! To woo thee near me,
Bright smiles shall cheer thee, Sweet songs 111 sing,
Come, still move nigh! To me reply,
Join in my song! Ah! dance now, ah! stay thee,
Stay thee with me!
THE
HARDMAN FIVE-FOOT GRAND
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A letter from Caruso which "Rings True" in every tune.
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE NEW YORK.
Messrs . Hsxdman, Peck 4 Cc. 433 Jifth Avor.ua, Hew York.
.April 15, 1918
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Yours sincerely,
HARDMAN, PECK & COMPANY
Founded 1842
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