Program:

Lalo Schifrin/arr. Custer– Mission: Impossible Theme (excerpt)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor– Dance from Othello Suite

José Elizondo– Teotlalli (Land of Gods) from Estampas Mexicanas

Jacques Offenbach– Can Can from Orpheus in the Underworld (with the Orlando Ballet)

Soon Hee Newbold– Warrior Legacy (excerpt)

Giacomo Puccini– Musetta’s Waltz from La Boheme (with Opera Orlando)

Laura Pettigrew– Dòchas

Carlos Gardel/arr. Garetto– Tango por Una Cabeza (excerpt) (with Orlando Ballet)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart– Der Vogelfanger bin Ich ja from The Magic Flute (excerpt) (with Opera Orlando)

Lin-Manuel Miranda/arr. Campbell– How Far I’ll Go from Moana

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra is in trouble!

The evil, anti-musical mastermind, Dr. Monotone wants to take over the world and put an end to music forever with his new weapon: The Monotonizer 3000. This powerful device is capable of transforming all the musical notes that ever existed into one, singular, ear-piercing, terrible-sounding honk. What would our world be with one note, one instrument, one culture, one language?

Our narrator, a brand new spy on her very first mission under Maestro Enterprises Inc., has T-minus 45 minutes to travel the world in search of Dr. Monotone’s secret lair. Grab your high tech gadgets and spy gear as we explore cultures and countries for clues. Only with the audience’s imaginations, problem-solving skills, and musical insight will we be able to prevent the end of diversity in music as we know it!