Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Recorded live at Ravinia's Bennett Gordon Hall on August 12, 2025. Learn more about Ravinia’s Steans Institute at ravinia.org/steans

James Conlon, Former Ravinia Music Director

Sophia Baete, mezzo-soprano
Sophia Maekawa, mezzo-soprano
Laura Santamaria, soprano
Robert Wente, baritone

Collaborative Pianists:
Ye In Kwak
Lucas Nogara
Michael Sikich

Discussion and performance of selections from:

Donizetti: “È sgombro il loco” from Anna Bolena
Mahler: Urlicht
Sophia Maekawa, mezzo-soprano
Lucas Nogara, piano

Mozart: “Padre, germani, addio!” from Idomeneo
Schubert: Die Allmacht
Laura Santamaria, soprano
Michael Sikich, piano

Mozart: “Smanie implacabili” from Così fan tutte
Brahms: Von ewiger Liebe
Sophia Baete, mezzo-soprano
Lucas Nogara, piano

Mozart: “Aprite un po’ quegli occhi” from Le nozze di Figaro
Leoncavallo: “E fra quest’ansie” from Pagliacci
Robert Wente, baritone
Ye In Kwak, piano