Opera Without Words

Thursday, February 25, 2027 – 7:30 pm

Second Presbyterian Church of Little Rock

Experience 250 years of opera’s greatest music in one exciting all-instrumental concert—from Mozart and Verdi to Wagner and Lloyd Weber.  No singers, no staging—just the unforgettable music of opera’s greatest composers, transcribed for wind symphony.

Israel Getzov conducts.

Program

•  Joseph Compello:  Band at the Opera
•  W. A. Mozart:  Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
•  Richard Wagner:  “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” from Lohengrin
•  Giacomo Puccini:  “Nessun Dorma” from Turandot
•  Andrew Lloyd Webber:  Phantom of the Opera
•  Camille Saint-Saëns:  “Bacchanale” from Samson & Delilah
•  Gioachino Rossini:  Overture to Barber of Seville
•  Giacomo Puccini:  “Love Scene” from La Boheme
•  Sergei Prokofiev:  “March” from The Love for 3 Oranges
•  Richard Wagner:  “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre

Concert Sponsors

Robert and Jo Ann McQuade