‘Many Faces of Love’ celebrates romance
Last Tuesday, Georgia College & State University students were treated to an evening of romantic song and a taste of culture.
Three professors of the Music and Theater Department of GC&SU presented “The Many Faces of Love,” a montage of opera love songs and arias aimed at exploring and celebrating the human emotion of love.
Performing for the audience at Max Noah Recital Hall were soprano and Associate Professor of Music at GC&SU Wendy Mullen, tenor and Assistant Professor of Music Chris Hendley, and pianist and Associate Professor of Music Richard Mercier.
The trio took turns filling the recital hall with beautiful renditions of Italian, French and German arias. Mullen and Hendley’s voices were outstanding and complemented each other perfectly as they performed several pieces, such as Beethoven’s “Adelaide,” Henry Duparc’s “Love Frite,” George Fredrick Handel’s “Wafter, Angels” and a hilarious cat duet by Gioachino Rossini, among others. Mullen put her skills as an opera soprano on display, hitting mind-boggling high notes in Gabrielle Faure’s “Chanson Triste.” Hendley also turned in an excellent performance, the highlight being his dramatic and powerful rendition of Francisco Paulo Tosti’s “Goodbye.”
Mercier accompanied the singers masterfully on piano, adding a bit of comic relief at the opening of the performance as he produced a toy horn at the end of Mullen and Hendley’s opening kazoo duet and gave it a couple of playful toots.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, “The Many Faces of Love” was a wonderful way to experience some of the most moving arias dealing with the powerful and mysterious emotion of love ever composed.
Posted by Colonnade Archives
on Feb 11 2005. Filed under Other.
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