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Opera Repertoire

 

"Artistic Director Thomas Carlo Bo articulated the emotional pace of the opera (Don Giovanni) quite well, from its soaring silliness to its dark madness. The musicians played well for him."

-Willa Conrad, Newark Star Ledger

 

Bellini                   I Capuletti e i Montecchi
                              Norma
                              I puritani                   
Beethoven           Fidelio
Bizet                     Carmen
                              Les pêcheurs de perles
Donizetti              Lucia di Lammermoor
                              L’elisir d’amore
                              Roberto Devereux
Dvorák                 Rusalka
Gershwin             Porgy & Bess
Gluck                    Alceste
Gounod                Faust
                              Romèo et Juliette
Haydn                   Il mondo della luna
Hines                    I am the Way
Lehar                    The Merry Widow
                              The Land of Smiles
Leoncavallo         I Pagliacci
Mascagni             Cavalleria Rusticana
                              L’amico Fritz
Massenet             Herodiade
                              Le Cid
                              Manon
Menotti                 Amahl & the Night Visitors
Mozart                  Die Entführung aus dem Serail
                              Le nozze di Figaro
                              The Impressario
                              Don Giovanni
                              Die Zauberflöte
Offenbach            Les Contes d’Hoffman
Puccini                  Le villi
                              Manon Lescaut
                              La bohème
                              Tosca
                              Madama Butterfly
                              Suor Angelica
                              Turandot
Rossini                 The Barber of Seville
                              Mosè in Egitto
Strauss, J.            Die Fledermaus
Tchaikovsky         Eugene Onegin
Verdi                     Nabucco
                              Macbeth
                              Rigoletto
                              Il trovatore
                              La traviata
                              Un ballo in maschera
                              La forza del destino
                              Don Carlo
                              Aida
                              Simon Boccanegra
Wagner                Tannhäuser


New American Opera

"I have had the great pleasure of hearing my music conducted by Tom Bo. He is insightful, precise and knows just what to do to get the best performance out of an ensemble. I know my composition is in good hands when Tom is at the helm."

-Gene Pritsker, composer

 

Barab                   The Duel
Bergsma              The Murder of Comrade Sharik
Brooks                 Robert and Hal
Coleman              Redemption
Deak                     Lad, a Dog
DeKennessy       The Other Wise Man
Earnest                The Theory of Everything
Foss                     Introductions and Goodbyes
Gal                       Venus in Furs
Gottlieb               The English Lesson
Innerarity            10,000 Miles
Kuskin                 Floating
Mitchell               La Tristezza
Owen                   A Moment of War
Pritsker               Cheaters
Rodgers              Nights of Anibell Lee
                             After Hours
Rorem                 Robbers
Schneider           Friends, Romans, Countrymen (concert aria)
Sinco                   Raya and Sag-in
Spektor               Villa Diodati


Orchestral Works

 

Barber                Adagio for Strings
Beethoven         Symphony nos. 3, 5-7
                            Egmont Overture
                            Fidelio Overture
                            Creatures of Prometheus Overture
Brahms               Symphony nos. 3-4
                            Violin Concerto
                            Piano Concerto no. 1
                            Academic Festival Overture
                            Haydn Variations
Brubeck             Blue Rondo a la Turk
Bruckner            Symphony no. 4
Corelli                Christmas Concerto
Debussy             Danses Sacrée et Profane
Dvorák               Symphony no. 8
                            Serenade for Strings
Glinka                 Ruslan i Ludmila Overture
Gould                 ‘Cellos
Haydn                 Symphony no. 104
                            Violin Concerto in G
Hanson               Romantic Symphony
Mahler                Symphony no. 4
Mendelssohn    Symphony no. 3
                            String Symphony in D major
                            Concerto for Violin
                            Hebrides Overture

Mozart                Symphony nos. 29, 35, 40-41
                            Concerto for Piano no. 21
                            Concerto for Violin no. 3
                            Serenade K136, K247
                            Exultate, Jubilate
Paganini             Violin Concerto in D major
Part                     Canticus in Memorium Benjamin Britten
Prokofiev           Cinderella Suite
Respighi             Ancient Airs & Dances Suite
Rossini               La gazza ladra Overture
                            String Symphony no. 3
Sarasate             Zeigeunerweisen
Schubert            Symphony no. 8
Schuman            Symphony nos. 3-4
Sibelius              Violin Concerto
Strauss, J.         Tales from the Vienna Woods
                            Emperor Waltzes
Saint-Saëns       Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso
                            Morceaux de Concert
Suppé                 The Poet & the Peasant Overture
Tchaikovsky       Symphony no. 5
                            Sleeping Beauty Suite
Villa Lobos         Bachianas Brasilliearas
Weber                 Euranthe Overture
Weinberger        Polka & Fugue from Shwanda