The popular Bard Opera Workshop returns again this year with student singers performing a selection of scenes from the operatic canon. The performance is directed by Bard alum Emily Cuk ’11 and accompanied by an orchestra of Bard students.

Emmanuel will be serving as one of three conductors in this production, selections he will be conducting are listed below:

• George Frederic Handel, Radamisto - Act III Quartet “Qual nave smarrita”

• Jasquet de La Guerre, Céphale ed Procris - Final Chorus

• Pietro Mascagni, L’amico Fritz - Act II “Cherry Duet”

• Johann Strauss II, Die Fledemaus - Act I Trio “So muß allein ich bleiben”

• Pauline Viardot, Cendrillon - Act II Duet “C’est moi, ne craignez rein”