Rebecca Hains sings "O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn," the Queen of the Night's first act aria from Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE (Die Zauberflöte). In concert with New England Light Opera, accompanied by Eric Schwartz. July 8, 2009. http://rebecca.hains.net
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(Original German lyrics)

O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!
Du bist unschuldig, weise, fromm;
Ein Jüngling, so wie du, vermag am besten
Dies tiefbetrübte Mutterherz zu trösten.

Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren,
Denn meine Tochter fehlet mir;
Durch sie ging all mein Glück verloren,
Ein Bösewicht entfloh mit ihr.
Noch seh ich ihr Zittern
Mit bangem Erschüttern,
Ihr ängstliches Beben,
Ihr schüchternes Streben.
Ich musste sie mir rauben sehen,
Ach, helft! ach helft! war alles, was sie sprach.
Allein vergebens war ihr Flehen,
Denn meine Hilfe war zu schwach.

Du, du, du wirst sie zu befreien gehen,
Du wirst der Tochter Retter sein.
Und werd' ich dich als Sieger sehen,
So sei sie dann auf ewig dein.

(English translation)

Oh, tremble not, my dear son!
You are innocent, wise, pious;
A youth like you must do his best
to console this deeply troubled mother's heart.

I am chosen for suffering
For my daughter is gone from me;
Through her all my happiness has been lost,
A villain fled with her.
I can still see her trembling
with fearful shaking,
her frightened quaking,
her timid effort.
I had to see her stolen from me,
Oh help! Oh help! was all that she said.
But in vain was her pleading,
For my powers of help were too weak.

You, you, you will go to free her,
You will be the rescuer of my daughter.
And if I see you return in triumph,
Then she will be yours forever.

--via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O _zittre_nicht,_mein_lieber_Soh n

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Rebecca Hains and Thomas B. Dawkins sing "None shall part us from each other" from IOLANTHE, in concert with the New England Gilbert & Sullivan Society, June 21, 2009. http://rebecca.hains.net
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Phyllis.
None shall part us from each other,
One in life and death are we:
All in all to one another —
I to thee and thou to me!
All in all to one another —
I to thee and thou to me!

Phyllis./Strephon.
Thou the tree, and I the flower; /I the tree, thou the flower;
Thou the idol, I the throng; /I the idol, thou the throng;
Thou the day, and I the hour;/I the day, and thou the hour;
Thou the singer; I the song!/I the singer; thou the song!

Strephon.

All in all since that fond meeting
When, in joy, I woke to find
Mine the heart within thee beating,
Mine the love that heart enshrined!
Mine the heart within thee beating,
Mine the love that heart enshrined!

Phyllis. /Strephon.
Thou the stream, and I the willow; /I the stream, and thou the willow;
Thou the sculptor, I the clay; /I the sculptor, thou the clay;
Thou the ocean, I the billow; /I the ocean, thou the billow;
Thou the sunrise, I the day! /I the sunrise, thou the day!
Thou the stream, and I the willow; /I the stream
Thou the sculptor, I the clay; /and thou the willow
Thou the ocean, I the billow; /I the ocean, thou the billow;
Thou the sunrise, I the day! /I the sunrise, thou the day!

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Rebecca Hains sings "'Tis done! I am a bride" from THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD, in recital at the Salem Arts Festival (Salem, MA, June 5, 2009). Accompanied by Thomas B. Dawkins. http://rebecca.hains.net

LYRICS:
RECITATIVE & SONG - ELSIE.

'Tis done! I am a bride!
Oh, little ring, That bearest in thy circlet
All the gladness That lovers hope for, and that poets sing,
What bringest thou to me but gold and sadness?
A bridegroom all unknown, save in this wise,
Today he dies! Today, alas, he dies!

Though tear and long-drawn sigh
Ill fit a bride,
No sadder wife than I
The whole world wide!
Ah me! Ah me!

Yet maids there be
Who would consent to lose
The very rose of youth,
The flow'r of life,
To be, in honest truth,
A wedded wife,
No matter whose!

Ah me! what profit we,
O maids that sigh,
Though gold should live
If wedded love must die?

Ere half an hour has rung,
A widow I!
Ah, heaven, he is too young,
Too brave to die!
Ah me! Ah me!

Yet wives there be
So weary worn, I trow,
That they would scarce complain,
So that they could
In half an hour attain
To widowhood,
No matter how!

O weary wives
Who widowhood would win,
Rejoice that ye have time
To weary in.

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Rebecca Hains and Thomas Dawkins sing "Dear friends, take pity on my lot" from Gilbert & Sullivan's THE SORCERER, in recital at the Salem Arts Festival (Salem, MA, June 5, 2009). http://rebecca.hains.net

LYRICS:
Constance.

Dear friends, take pity on my lot,
My cup is not of nectar!
I long have loved as who would not?
Our kind and reverend rector.
Long years ago my love began
So sweetly yet so sadly
But when I saw this plain old man,
Away my old affection ran
I found I loved him madly.
Oh! (To Notary) You very, very plain old man,
I love, I love you madly!
You very, very plain old man,
I love you madly!

Notary.
I am a very deaf old man,
And hear you very badly!

Chorus.
You very deaf old man,
She loves you madly!

Constance.
I know not why I love him so;
It is enchantment, surely!
He's dry and snuffy, deaf and slow
Ill-tempered, weak and poorly!
He's ugly, and absurdly dressed,
And sixty-seven nearly,
He's everything that I detest,
But if the truth must be confessed,
I love him very dearly!
I love him dearly!
Oh! (To Notary) You're everything that I detest,
But still I love you dearly!
You're all that I detest,
I love you dearly!

Notary.
I caught that line, but for the rest,
I did not hear it clearly!

Chorus.
You very plain old man,
She loves you dearly!

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Rebecca Hains sings "I'm a simple little child" from The Zoo, a one-act opera by Arthur Sullivan and Bolton Rowe (the pseudonym of B.C. Stephenson), as part of her recital given at the Salem Arts Festival in Salem, MA, June 5, 2009. Accompanied by Thomas Dawkins.

No.11. - SONG - Eliza. I'm a simple little child, And my ways are nice and mild And I never harmed a soul in all my life. I don't know what's wrong, And my principles are strong For this hemisphere of wickedness and strife. I have bracelets it is true, And I've diamonds just a few That are locked up in a chest of drawers at home. And a dressing case with tops Of gold and diamond drops, But I haven't an idea from whence they come. And the bouquets come in showers Of the most expensive flowers That Covent Garden market can provide. While it happened once last year That a park hack did appear The very best of thoroughbreds to ride. I have dresses by the dozen But they're given me by cousins Who have known me ever since I was that high; And tickets for the play Are sent me every day, But I'm sure I never can imagine why. To Greenwich in the season, I have been and for the reason, That I did not like my cousin to offend. But I saved my reputation, To his very great vexation, By driving back to London with his friend. On more than one occasion, After very great persuasion, I have driven down to Richmond with his brother, And once I do remember In the middle of September, To Hampton Court I travelled with another. It is true I went to Dover, When the season was just over, But then it was with George, I should say Harry. And Harry, I mean Charlie, Or was it Thomas Parlie, Was the only man I ever meant to marry! It might have been the other, It might have been his brother, But neither could I ever bear to part. And whichever of the two, It really was it's true, That I loved him from the bottom of my heart.

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Rebecca Hains sings "The sun, whose rays are all ablaze" from Gilbert & Sullivan's THE MIKADO. In recital at the Salem Arts Festival, Salem, MA, June 5, 2009. Accompanied by Thomas B. Dawkins.

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LYRICS:

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The sun, whose rays
Are all ablaze
With ever-living glory,
Does not deny
His majesty —
He scorns to tell a story!
He don't exclaim,
"I blush for shame,
So kindly be indulgent."
But, fierce and bold,
In fiery gold,
He glories all effulgent!

I mean to rule the earth,
As he the sky —
We really know our worth,
The sun and I!
I mean to rule the earth,
As he the sky —
We really know our worth,
The sun and I!
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Observe his flame,
That placid dame,
The moon's Celestial Highness;
There's not a trace
Upon her face
Of diffidence or shyness:
She borrows light
That, through the night,
Mankind may all acclaim her!
And, truth to tell,
She lights up well,
So I, for one, don't blame her!

Ah, pray make no mistake,
We are not shy;
We're very wide awake,
The moon and I!
Ah, pray make no mistake,
We are not shy;
We're very wide awake,
The moon and I!

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Rebecca Hains and Robert Brown perform "Anything you can do, I can do better" at Salem State Sings, March 2009.

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Rebecca Hains sings "Goodnight, My Someone" from The Music Man, in production with New World Chorale and the Claflin Hill Symphony. Dress rehearsal, March 2009, Milford, MA. http://rebecca.hains.net

Marian:
Goodnight, my someone,
Goodnight, my love,
Sleep tight, my someone,
Sleep tight, my love,
Our star is shining it's brightest light
For goodnight, my love, for goodnight.
Sweet dreams be yours, dear,
If dreams there be
Sweet dreams to carry you close to me.
I wish they may and I wish they might
Now goodnight, my someone, goodnight
True love can be whispered from heart to heart
When lovers are parted they say
But I must depend on a wish and a star
As long as my heart doesn't know who you are.
Sweet dreams be yours dear,
If dreams there be
Sweet dreams to carry you close to me.
I wish they may and I wish they might
Now goodnight, my someone, goodnight.
Goodnight,
Goodnight.

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Rebecca Hains sings "Pie Jesu" at the Congregational Church of Harvard.

With choir, organ, orchestra and soloists conducted by Thomas Dawkins.

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Theo squirming around

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Sebastian the bunny rabbit eats some foraged greens for his dinner.

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An excerpt of Sarah Consentino singing "Goodnight, my someone" in The Music Man. http://www.sarahconsentino.com

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