A Mother’s Day celebration of all that is lovely, join Amore Opera and AFHLE, Hungarian House for a high-tea at the opera experience, a mélange of operatic music during yum cha accompanied by strudel and dim-sum.

We are excited to invite you to a special benefit and celebration that promises not only to honor the spirit of motherhood but also will help bring the much-anticipated “Faust” to the stage of Amore Opera later this year and help share the beauty of Hungarian culture by supporting the mission of Hungarian House. Securing your tickets is a gesture of love and appreciation, offering the mothers and mother-figures in your life an experience filled with enchanting musical performances, a lovely afternoon high-tea, and lasting fond memories.

 

PROGRAM (subject to change)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Bei Mannern, welche lieben fühlen,

Vincenzo Bellini – “Mira, O Norma” from Norma,

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn” from Die Zauberflöte (“The Magic Flute”)

Francesco Durante – Vergin tutt’amor,

Franz Schubert – Ellens dritter Gesang III, D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6 “Ave Maria”,

Georges Bizet – Carmen, “Parle-moi de ma mère!”,

Camille Saint-Saëns – “Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson et Dalila (“Samson and Delilah”), Op. 47,

Emmerich Kálmán – “Mi kell a férfiaknak?”,

Pietro Mascagni – “Addio alla madre”,

Antonín Dvořák – Songs My Mother Taught Me, B. 104, Op. 55, No. 4,

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Soave sia il vento” from Le nozze di Figaro (“The Marriage of Figaro”)

Amy Beach – Three Browning Songs, Op. 44: 1. The Year’s at the Spring,

Arrigo Boito – “L’altra notte in fondo al mare”,

Stanislao Gastaldon – Musica proibita (“Forbidden Music”),

Giacomo Puccini – Suor Angelica, “Senza Mamma”,

Amore Opera Artists: Rebecca Grady, Yeawon Jun, Vee Visnov, Tomoko Nago, Nikhil Krishna, Charles Gray, Jihye Seo

Hungarian arias & duet performed by: Ildikó Rozs & Tünde Csonka

High-Tea: A social gathering with tea and snacks, usually in the afternoon or early evening. Its origins date to 19th-century England, where the classic tea party was an elevated social experience, with special cakes and sandwiches.

Yum-cha: Literally translated as “drinking tea,” is a traditional Cantonese dining experience that involving tea and eating a variety of dim sum (small portions, steamed, fried, boiled).

Strudel: A popular Hungarian pastry made from paper-thin, hand-stretched dough with a variety of fillings, typically sweet (apple, cherry cheese, poppy seed) or savory (cabbage).

This is a joint non-profit fundraiser event for Amore Opera and AFHLE, Hungarian House. “AFHLE, Hungarian House is a 501(c)3, 509(a)2 non-profit public charity organization. The portion of your ticket that exceeds $45/person (FMV) is a donation that is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.”