Selected Arias and Duets from the opera Pocahontas
Mixed voices, piano
This collection includes four individual arias and three duets:
1. Nobody Knows My Name - Mezzo Soprano
2. Your Majesty - Tenor
3. Compass Duet - Tenor and Baritone
4. Reverie: Pocahontas Duet - Two Sopranos
5. If I Am To Be Remembered - Soprano
6. Love Duet - Soprano and Baritone/Bass
7. Will She Wish To Marry Me? - Baritone/Bass
The opera Pocahontas was commissioned by the Virginia Arts Festival and the Virginia Opera to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of Jamestown, and premiered in May of 2007 in Norfolk and Williamsburg, Virginia. Opera Today praised Haugen's opera, Pocahontas, as "superbly crafted," "engaging," and "beautiful and often powerful." Samuel Black of the Duluth Tribune wrote ”this opera is one of the most riveting 100 minutes I have ever attended” and ”the true success of this opera is in the haunting, soaring melodies and harmonies created by Haugen” Black called Pocahontas “an exquisite cameo of an opera.”
Click here to view the Table of Contents with aria and duet descriptions.
For more information on the Virginia and Minnesota productions of Pocahontas, click here.
Audio and Score Samples:
1. Nobody Knows My Name
2. Your Majesty
3. Compass Duet
4. Reverie: Pocahontas Duet
5. If I Am To Be Remembered,
5. If I Am To Be Remembered,
6. Love Duet, One
6. Love Duet, Two
7. Will She Wish To Marry Me?
Mixed voices, piano
This collection includes four individual arias and three duets:
1. Nobody Knows My Name - Mezzo Soprano
2. Your Majesty - Tenor
3. Compass Duet - Tenor and Baritone
4. Reverie: Pocahontas Duet - Two Sopranos
5. If I Am To Be Remembered - Soprano
6. Love Duet - Soprano and Baritone/Bass
7. Will She Wish To Marry Me? - Baritone/Bass
The opera Pocahontas was commissioned by the Virginia Arts Festival and the Virginia Opera to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of Jamestown, and premiered in May of 2007 in Norfolk and Williamsburg, Virginia. Opera Today praised Haugen's opera, Pocahontas, as "superbly crafted," "engaging," and "beautiful and often powerful." Samuel Black of the Duluth Tribune wrote ”this opera is one of the most riveting 100 minutes I have ever attended” and ”the true success of this opera is in the haunting, soaring melodies and harmonies created by Haugen” Black called Pocahontas “an exquisite cameo of an opera.”
Click here to view the Table of Contents with aria and duet descriptions.
For more information on the Virginia and Minnesota productions of Pocahontas, click here.
Audio and Score Samples:
1. Nobody Knows My Name
2. Your Majesty
3. Compass Duet
4. Reverie: Pocahontas Duet
5. If I Am To Be Remembered,
One
5. If I Am To Be Remembered,
Two
6. Love Duet, One
6. Love Duet, Two
7. Will She Wish To Marry Me?