Le Nozze Di Figaro–La Folle Journée
Date: March 15, 2012
Senate and Board Chambers
Time: 1:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Academic Lectures: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
1. “Pierre Beaumarchais and the Figaro Trilogy”
Nathalie Freidel, Department of Languages and Literatures, French
2. “Elements of Dance in Nozze di Figaro”
Alma Santosuosso, Faculty of Music, Musicology
3. “Lorenzo Da Ponte and the Genre of the Opera Libretto”
Laura Mosco, Department of Languages and Literatures, Italian
4. “Staging the Power Game – Interpretational Concepts of Nozze di Figaro
Productions”
Alexandra Zimmermann, Department of Languages and Literatures, German
Intermission: 3:00-3:30 p.m.
Coffee, tea, sandwiches, cookies
Performances from Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro by Opera Laurier students
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Via resta servita:Duet:Marcellina/Susanna Emma Mansell (mezzo) and Rachel Pines (soprano)
Voi che sapete: Cherubino
Emma Mansell (mezzo)
Se vuol ballare: Count
Andrew Bailey (baritone)
Deh vieni, non tardar: Susanna
Stephanie Desjardins (soprano)
Porgi amor: Countess
Jayne Hammond (soprano)
Sull'aria: Duet Countess/Susanna
Samantha Pickett and Anne Sorbara (sopranos)
Piano: Sabatino Vacca
Co-ordinator of Opera Program: Kimberly Barber, Faculty of Music, Voice
Film screening: 4:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Edouard Molinaro: Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)