QUEEN OF HEARTS Opera Lafayette St. Francis Hall February 12, 2026 The Georgia Room February 14, 2026
QUEEN OF HEARTS Curator and Host Nicholas McGegan* Vocalists Maya Kherani, soprano James Reese, tenor Instrumentalists Nicholas McGegan*, harpsichord Natalie Kress, violin I Rebecca Nelson*, violin II Alexa Haynes-Pilon, cello William Simms, theorbo and guitar Movement Director Erica Ferguson* *Opera Lafayette Debut
PROGRAM What is this thing called Love? Nicola Matteis (c. 1650-1713) Thomas Campion (1567-1620) Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Prelude from Suite in A Now winter nights If Music be the food of Love I attempt from love's sickness Oh that I had a fine man Le doux Silence To Virgins to make much of Time The Epicure Nel cor più non mi sento from L'Amor Contrasto' When cockleshells Somebody Aria Amorosa from Suite in e minor Dialogue upon a kiss Pelham Humfrey (1647-1674) William Lawes (1602-1645) Thomas Jordan (c. 1612-1685) Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) British Folksong Anonymous Matteis Henry Lawes (1596-1662) INTERMISSION
Courtship Adagio from Suite in C Bel Pastor Oh Mother, Roger with his Kisses Monsieur le Chien Matteis Claudio Monteverdi (1667-1643) Thomas D'Urfey (c. 1653-1723) William Mountfort (c. 1664-1692) Dear Pretty Youth from The Tempest' The Knotting Song Sylvia the Fair Quel tuo visetto from 'Orlando Paladino' Purcell Dryden Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Amor vincit omnia Broken Concert No. 6 Ayre When first I saw bright Aurelia's eyes from Dioclesian Sweeter than Roses from Pausanias Pur ti miro from 'L'incoronazione di Poppea' Cupid's Nightcap Man is for the woman made from 'The Mock Marriage' Matthew Locke (1621-1677) Purcell Purcell Monteverdi Stanley J. Sharpless Purcell
Tonight is a 17th Century Valentine's with Opera Lafayette
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