Paula Natalie Mustea is from the studio of Viktoria Vizin. This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the degree Master of Music.

Lisa Zilberman, piano

Program

The moon in French Mélodie
Duparc | Chanson Triste, Op. 2, No. 4 
Debussy | Clair de lune, Quatre chansons de jeunesse, No. 2 
Fauré | Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2 
Fauré | La lune blanche luit dans le bois, La bonne Chanson, Op. 61, No. 3 

The moon in different languages
Schubert | An den mond, D. 193 
Tosti | Luna d’estate 
Sorozábal |Noche Hermosa, Katiuska Act 2 
Eric Whitacre | Goodnight Moon, Op. 2 

The moon in Eastern Europe
Bartók | Ablakomba, Hungarian Folk Songs, Sz. 33, BB 42, No. 6 
Symanowski | The Lonely Moon, Songs of a Fairytale Princess, Op. 31, No. 1 
Petrovics | Somnoroase păsărele, Cantata No. 1, No. 2 

The moon in European Opera
Dvořák | “Song to the moon”, Rusalka, Op. 114 
Verdi | “Sul fil d’un soffio etesio”, Falstaff Act 3 

The moon in American Opera and Musical Theater
Weill | “What good would the moon be?”, Street Scene Act 1 
Dave Malloy | “No one else,” Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 Act 1

View the complete recital program here and the text and translations here.