The Fairfax Symphony Presents an Opera Celebration

To round out the season, the FSO will perform a selection of opera arias and overtures from two well-loved composers who are both celebrating the 200^th anniversary of their birth in 2012-2013, Guiseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner.

Conductor: Christopher Zimmerman

Guest Artists: Brennen Guillory, tenor, Joni Henson, soprano

VERDI: Overture to La Forza del Destino

WAGNER: “Prelude and Liebestod,” Tristan und Isolde

VERDI: Overture to I vespri siciliani

VERDI: Love Duet, Finale Act I, Otello

VERDI: “Dio ti giocondi, O Sposo” Otello

VERDI: “Dio mi potevi, scagliar” Otello

VERDI: Willow Song, Otello

WAGNER: Prelude to Act 3, Lohengrin

VERDI: “Libiamo,” La Traviata