25 Feb 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
