Graduation Recital: Opera Diploma

April 8, 2025

Saturday, April 26, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall

Drew Aarssen, baritone
Delaney Dam, mezzo-soprano
Sarah Hu-A-Kam, soprano
Gavin Yeomans, piano

From the studios of Allyson McHardy and Kate Carver

with
Kate Carver, collaborative pianist
Anna Ronai, collaborative pianist
Louise Pilatan, clarinet
Amye Buchan, soprano
Emmanuel Dye, baritone
Roland Kessler, baritone

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Opera Diploma

Program

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Come, now a roundel from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Tytania: Sarah Hu-A-Kam
Kate Carver, piano

Come along, darling from Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Nancy: Delaney Dam
Sid: Drew Aarssen
Anna Ronai, piano

Cease ruler of the day to rise from Hercules by Georg Fredrich Handel (1685-1759)
Iöle: Sarah Hu-A-Kam
Dejanira: Delaney Dam
Hercules: Drew Aarssen
Gavin Yeomans, harpsichord

Look through the port from Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Billy Budd: Drew Aarssen
Gavin Yeomans, piano

Chacun le sait from La fille du regiment by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Marie: Sarah Hu-A-Kam, soprano
Kate Carver, piano

Parto! Ma tu, ben mio from La clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sesto: Delaney Dam
Louise Pilatan, clarinet
Gavin Yeomans, piano

The Idle King from Ulysses by Drew Aarrssen (b. 2002)
Ulysses: Drew Aarssen
Kate Carver, piano

Abends will ich schlafen gehn from Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
Gretel: Sarah Hu-A-Kam
Hänsel: Delaney Dam
Gavin Yeomans, piano

Intermission

Wo bin ich? from Hänsel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
Gretel: Sarah Hu-A-Kam
Gavin Yeomans, piano

Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen from Die tote Stadt by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Fritz: Drew Aarssen
Kate Carver, piano

All ihr Amouretten from Die erste falte by Theodor Leschetizky (1830-1915)
Juliette: Sarah Hu-A-Kam
Kate Carver, piano

Und dann, und dann, und dann from Die erste falte by Theodor Leschetizky (1830-1915)
Juliette: Sarah Hu-A-Kam
Firmin: Roland Kessler
Kate Carver, piano

Près des remparts de Séville from Carmen by Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen: Delaney Dam
Anna Ronai, piano

Nous avons en tête une affaire from Carmen by Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Frasquita: Sarah Hu-A-Kam
Mercédès: Amy Buchan
Carmen: Delaney Dam
Remendado: Emmanuel Dye
Dancaĩro: Drew Aarssen
Gavin Yeomans, piano

Soave sia il vento from Così fan tutte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Fiordiligi: Sarah Hu-A-Kam
Dorabella: Delaney Dam, mezzo-soprano
Don Alfonso: Drew Aarssen, baritone
Gavin Yeomans, piano

Lyrics and Translations

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Land Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge that Wilfrid Laurier University and its campuses are located on the shared traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabe (Anish-nah-bay) and Haudenosaunee (Hoe-den-no-show-nee) peoples. This land is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe peoples and symbolizes the agreement to share, protect our resources and not to engage in conflict. From the Haldimand Proclamation of Oct. 25, 1784 this territory is described as: “six miles deep from each side of the river (Grand River) beginning at Lake Erie and extending in the proportion to the Head of said river, which them and their posterity are to enjoy forever.” The proclamation was signed by the British wit​h their allies, the Six Nations, after the American Revolution. Despite being the largest reserve demographically in Canada, those nations now reside on less than five percent of this original territory.