Operatic Passions

Opera’s most beloved moments take center stage as Verdi’s soaring choruses, Puccini’s unforgettable arias, and Strauss’s effervescent sparkle bring the drama and emotion of the operatic stage to life. Passion, heartbreak, laughter, and triumph unfold through the extraordinary power of the human voice in an evening rich with melody and theatrical flair.

James Lowe, conductor
Madison Leonard, soprano
Alex Richardson, tenor
Spokane Symphony Chorale
Dr. Meg Stohlmann, chorale director

Richard Wagner

Three Excerpts from Act III of Die Meistersinger

Giuseppe Verdi

“Coro di zingari” (Anvil Chorus) from Il trovatore

Charles Gounod

“Ah! Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette

Giacomo Puccini

“Che gelida manina” from La bohème

Giuseppe Verdi

“Va, pensiero” from Nabucco

Giuseppe Verdi

“É strano!… Ah, fors’è lui… Sempre libera” from La Traviata

Richard Wagner

“Siegfried’s Rhine Journey” from Götterdämmerung

Giuseppe Verdi

“Caro nome” from Rigoletto

Giacomo Puccini

“E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca

Giacomo Puccini

“The Humming Chorus” from Madama Butterfly

Johann Strauss II

Overture to Die Fledermaus

Giacomo Puccini

“O mio babbino caro” from Gianni Schicchi

Giacomo Puccini

Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut

Giacomo Puccini

“Nessun dorma” from Turandot

SATURDAY DOORS 6PM | PRECONCERT TALK 6:30PM | SHOW 7:30PM
SUNDAY DOORS 1:30PM | PRECONCERT TALK 2PM | SHOW 3PM

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Madison Leonard, Soprano

Praised for her “silvery, ethereal-sounding Sophie” by Opera magazine and “lovely vocal delicacy” in The Telegraph, Madison Leonard makes her role debut as Violetta in La traviata in a return to Garsington Opera in the 2025-26 season. She also makes her Metropolitan Opera debut as Frasquita in Carmen and joins the company for its production of Don Giovanni as well as sings Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra. Future engagements include a return to Dallas Opera for another role debut. Last season, she eturned to Dallas Opera as Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice and Garsington Opera as Adina in L’elisir d’amore. She sang her first performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Colburn Orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale and joined the Utah Symphony for a concert of Mozart arias at the Deer Valley Music Festival

She maintains a close relationship with Garsington Opera, at which she has previously sung Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier and Giulietta di Kelbar in Un giorno di regno. She has joined Seattle Opera for Gilda in Rigoletto and Chrisann Brennan in The [R]evolution of Steve Jobs as well as Adina in L’elisir d’amore and Frasquita in Carmen. She has sung Gilda in Rigoletto with Dallas Opera and Austin Opera—her performance at the latter was named one of the Top Ten Joys in Dance and Classical Music by the Austin Chronicle. She has sung further performances of Chrisann Brennan in Bates’ The [R]evolution of Steve Jobs with Austin Opera and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City; Leïla in Les pêcheurs des perles with Austin Opera; Juliette in Roméo et Juliette with Central City Opera; Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, Marie in La fille du régiment and Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with Utah Opera; Musetta in La bohème with Atlanta Opera; Despina in Così fan tutte with Palm Beach Opera, and further performances of Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance with Opera San Antonio. She also joined the Sacramento Philharmonic for excerpts of Lucia di Lammermoor.

With Wolf Trap Opera, she debuted Ilia in Idomeneo and Juliette in Roméo et Juliette following previous performances as Madeline in Glass’ The Fall of the House of Usher and the Daughter in Glass’ The...