Three weeks after Concurso San Miguel 2017 Maestro Bills invited the top prize winners and two additional prize winners to participate in our 2nd Annual Winners Concert, held at the Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende. Accompanied by Mario Alberto Hernandez, the singers presented a wonderful program of arias and ensembles from favorite operas. Maestro Bills conducted the finale of this most memorable concert featuring the entire cast.
Below photos, click on the aria’s name to see the video.
Carlos López, baritone
Carlos interprets:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Hai già vinta la causa from Le Nozze di Figaro
Darenka Chávez, soprano
Darenka Chávez interprets:
Gaetano Donizetti’s O luce di quest’anima from Linda di Chamounix
José Manuel González, baritone with Carlos López
José Manuel interprets:
Gaetano Donizetti’s Bella siccome un angelo from Don Pasquale
Gamaliel Reynoso, counter-tenor
Gamaliel interprets:
George Frederic Handel’s Vivi tiranno from Rodelinda
Diana Peralta, mezzo-soprano
Diana interprets:
Georges Bizet’s L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) from Carmen
Octavio Rivas, tenor
Octavio interprets:
Giacomo Puccini’s Ch’ella mi creda from La Fanciulla del West
Darenka Chávez, soprano; Carlos López, baritone; Diana Peralta, mezzo-soprano
Darenka, Carlos, and Diana interpret:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Soave sia il vento from Così fan tutte
Octavio Rivas, tenor; José Manuel González, baritone
Octavio y José Manuel interpret:
Giacomo Puccini’s O Mimì, tu più non torni from La Bohème
Diana Peralta, mezzo-soprano; Carlos López, baritone
Diana and Carlos interpret:
Gioachino Rossini’s I Dunque io son from l Barbiere di Siviglia
Gamaliel Reynoso, counter-tenor; Darenka Chávez, soprano
Gamaliel and Darenka interpret:
Jacques Offenbach’s Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour (Bacarolle) from Les contes d’Hoffmann
Maestro Mario Alberto Hernández
Maestro Hernández performs:
Wagner/Liszt’s Elsas brautzug zum Münster aus Lohengrin
Carlos López, baritone
Carlos interprets:
Richard Wagner’s O du mein holder Abendstern from Tannhäuser
Octavio Rivas, tenor; Diana Peralta, mezzo-soprano
Octavio and Diana interpret:
Georges Bizet’s C’est toi? C’est moi! from Carmen
José Manuel González, baritone; Darenka Chávez, soprano
José Manuel and Darenka interpret:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Pa…pa…pa from Die Zauberflöte
José Manuel González, baritone; Carlos López, baritone; Darenka Chávez, soprano; Octavio Rivas, tenor;
Diana Peralta, mezzo-soprano; Gamaliel Reynoso, counter-tenor
Singers interpret:
Jacques Offenbach’s Sextet, Act II from Les contes d’Hoffmann, conducted by Maestro John Bills, Artistic Director of Opera San Miguel.
José Manuel González, baritone; Darenka Chávez, soprano; Octavio Rivas, tenor; Carlos López, baritone;
Diana Peralta, mezzo-soprano; Gamaliel Reynoso, counter-tenor
Singers interpret:
Giuseppe Verdi’s Brindisi from La Traviata