Once the storm is over

And once the storm is over,

You won’t remember how you made it through,
How you managed to survive.
You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over.
But one thing is certain,
You won’t be the same person who walked in.
That’s what this storm is all about.
 Haruki Murakami – Kafka on the shore

The calm before the storm

Britten: The Tower Scene – Turn of the Screw Sophie

Bernstein : Lonely Town - On the Town Alex
Puccini: Che gelida manina – La Bohème Zwakele
Gershwin: The man I love Idunnu

Storm’s a-brewing

Mozart: Soave sia il vento – Così fan tutte Sophie, Idunnu, Alex
Bernstein: Maria – West Side Story Zwakele
Strauss: Champagne Chorus – Die Fledermaus Sophie, Idunnu, Zwakele, Alex
Storm’s a brewin’: trad sea shanty Alex and audience:
‘Be on your guard, for the waters hit hard when you’re unprepared.
Let it all begin, for a storm’s a-brewin’, power uncompared

In the midst of a storm

Strauss: Cäcilie Zwakele

Handel: Da Tempeste – Giulio Cesare Sophie
Rossini: Una voce poco fa – The Barber of Seville Idunnu
Verdi: Bella figlia dell’amore – Rigoletto Sophie, Idunnu, Zwakele, Alex

Interval

Storms in the mind

Mozart: Ch’io mi scordi di te Sophie

Mozart: Hai gia vinta la causa – The Marriage of Figaro Alex
Verdi: Lunge da lei - La traviata Zwakele
Handel: Ah sleep why dost thou leave me – Semele Sophie

After the storm

Mozart: Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pagena – The Magic Flute Alex and Sophie

Gershwin: Love is here to stay Idunnu
Bernstein: Lucky to be me - On the Town Alex
Gershwin: Someone to watch over me Sophie

Rebirth

Guettel: The light in the piazza Idunnu

Frank Sinatra medley Alex
Novello: We’ll gather lilacs Sophie
Verdi: Brindisi – La traviata Sophie, Idunnu, Zwakele, Alex