DOCTORAL LECTURE RECITAL Yiyu Tang, soprano Andreas Landstedt, piano PROGRAM —there will be no intermission— “Enchantresses and Agency: Female Power from Caccini to Handel” La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (1625)............................ Francesca Caccini (1587–c.1641) ”Quanto per dolce, e mia beata sorte” “Chi nel fior di giovinezza” “Non solo il chiaro Astolfo” “Ferma, ferma crudele” Alcina, HWV 34 (1735) ................................................................ George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) “Ah! mio cor, schernito sei!” “Di’, cor mio” “Ombre pallide, lo so, m’udite” Yiyu Tang is a student of Dr. Maria Kanyova This recital is being presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance.