Concert Program
NIU Opera Theatre
Voices for Change 2025
Make Them Hear You
Thursday, November 13, 2025
7:00 pm
Boutell Memorial Concert Hall
David Charles Tay, Director of Opera Theatre
Maria Kurochkina, Director of Orchestral Activities
Milla Taylor, pianist
Concert Program
Program
| Way Down Hadestown from Hadestown Full Company |
Words and Music by Anais Mitchell (b. 1981) |
| “When Man Was First Created” from Johnny Johnson EmVi Nullas Legaspi |
Kurt Weill (1900-1950) |
| “How can you tell an American” from Knickerbocker Holiday Matthew Skirmont, Gunnar Magnuson |
Kurt Weill |
| Schnickelgruber Maggie Garner |
Kurt Weill |
| The World is Mean from The Threepenny Opera Isabella Froh, Annalee Kalbfleisch, EmVi Legaspi |
Kurt Weill |
| La Vendetta from Le nozze di Figaro Daniel Chukwunyen |
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) |
| Wrong is Never Right from Treemonisha Joseph Quaynor, ensemble |
Scott Joplin (1868-1917) |
| Dido’s lament from Dido and Aeneas Kayti Miller |
Henry Purcell (ca. 1659-1695) |
| Sull’aria from Le nozze di Figaro Emily Kmetz, Kayti Miller |
W.A. Mozart |
| Remember That I Care from Street Scene Matthew Skirmont, Emily Kmetz |
Kurt Weill |
| No One Is Alone from Into The Woods Olivia Yedinak, Daniel Chukwunyem, Annalee Kalbfleisch, Joseph Quaynor |
Steven Sondheim (1930-2021) |
| Make Them Hear You from Ragtime Gunnar Magnuson |
Stephen Flaherty (b. 1960) Lynn Ahrends (b. 1948) Terrence McNally (1938-2020) |
| The Color Purple Reprise from The Color Purple Chenoa Randolph, Full Company |
Brenda Russell (b. 1949) Allee Willis (b. 1947) Stephen Bray (b. 1956) |
Tickets
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