The seventh video in our Staying Alive series features baritone Steven LaBrie singing “Love Serenade” from the 1939 film Let Freedom Ring. He is accompanied by Adam Nielsen on the piano. This song is a translation of the Italian piece...
The sixth video in our Staying Alive series features soprano Madison Leonard and tenor John Irvin singing the roles of Emmeline and Matthew from Tobias Picker’s Emmeline. At the beginning of Act II, Emmeline has returned home to live with her parents. She is...
The fifth video in our Staying Alive series features bass Andrew Potter singing the role of Emmeline’s father in Tobias Picker’s Emmeline. Twenty years have passed, and Emmeline is unmarried and living with her parents. In this scene, her father urges Emmeline...
The fourth video in our Staying Alive series features soprano Madison Leonard singing the Maryanne Aria from Tobias Picker’s Emmeline. This aria begins the second act of the opera. Emmeline is caring for her elderly parents and anxious for news from her aunt...
The third video in our Staying Alive series features soprano Madison Leonard singing the title role in Tobias Picker’s Emmeline. In the Letter Aria from the first act of the opera, Emmeline has gone to work in the mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, to support her...
The second video in our Staying Alive series features mezzo-soprano Jennifer Roderer in her kitchen, singing the role of Mrs. Bass in Tobias Picker’s Emmeline. In this aria, Mrs. Bass leads the girls of the boarding house in prayer as they clear their plates and...