The Musical World of Disney
Tannery Pond Center presents Seagle’s The Musical World of Disney
Friday, October 4 | 7:30 PM
THE MUSICAL WORLD OF DISNEY
Join the 2024 Seagle Festival Fall Artists in celebrating 100 years of Disney in this revue of music from many of the Disney movies and musicals. Perfect for the whole family, and including songs from Cinderella, Snow White, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Moana, Frozen and many, many more.
ACT 1
Medley - Company
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Song of the South
Give a Little Whistle - Pinocchio
Whistle While You Work - Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
Heigh-Ho - Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
The Mickey Mouse March - Company
The Big Bad Wolf - Three Little Pigs Company
The Age of Not Believing - Bedknobs & Broomsticks - Hannah
Fortuosity - The Happiest Millionaire - Collin
My Favorite Dream - Fun & Fancy Free - Emily
The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book - Nicholas
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - Cinderella - Emily
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo - Cinderella - Hannah
Pretty Irish Girl - Darby O’Gill & the Little People - Collin
Dakota - The One and Only Original Family Band - Nicholas
It’s a Jolly Holiday - Mary Poppins - Emily & Collin
Feed the Birds – Mary Poppins = Hannah
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Mary Poppins - Emily & Company
Chim Chim Cher-ee - Mary Poppins - Nicholas
Let’s Go Fly a Kite - Mary Poppins - Collin & Company
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mary Poppins - Company
ACT 2
King of New York - Newsies - Company
Santa Fe - Newsies - Collin
A Whole New World - Aladdin - Hannah & Nicholas
How Far I’ll Go - Moana - Emily
Me - Beauty and the Beast - Nicholas
Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast - Hannah
You’ve Got a Friend in Me - Toy Story - Collin
When She Loved Me - Toy Story 2 - Emily
Out There - The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Collin
Poor Unfortunate Souls - The Little Mermaid - Hannah
Kiss the Girl - The Little Mermaid - Nicholas
Dos Oruguitas - Encanto - Collin
For the First Time in Forever - Frozen - Emily & Hannah
I See the Light - Tangled - Hannah & Nicholas
Friend in Me - Aladdin - Company
When You Wish Upon a Star - Company
Cast & Crew
Nicolas Fahrenkrug, baritone, has been sought after throughout the Northeast region for his powerful sound and expressive story-telling. A versatile performer, Nicholas thrives on singing diverse repertoire in opera, in addition to chamber, and new music. This season he has appeared with the Boston Lyric Opera, the Boston Holiday Pops, Boston Opera Collaborative, the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Nightingale Vocal Ensemble. Notable roles include Hawkins Fuller (Fellow Travelers), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Giulio Cesare (Giulio Cesare), Conte Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Harlekin (Ariadne auf Naxos), Raimbaud (Le comte Ory), and John Buchanan (Summer and Smoke). Nicholas is a proud alum of Louisiana State University (MM) and Lawrence Conservatory of Music (BM). Learn more about his recent and future engagements at nickfahrenkrug.com
Collin LaHood, tenor, is in his third year of study pursuing his Master of Music degree at Rice University in the studio of Professor Nova Thomas. During his undergraduate studies at Mercer University, he was a winner in competitions including the National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition, where he won first place in the Georgia State Competition for his division. Collin has performed with The Savannah Philharmonic as the tenor soloist in Messiah. His most recent performances were with Rice University as Lensky in Eugene Onegin and Seagle Festival as Veasey in Cold Mountain.
Richard Kagey, stage director, began his career at Seagle Festival as a 16-year-old singer in 1963. Since then he has continued to act, direct, design and teach for colleges, universities, the Broadway Theatre, professional opera companies and regional and community theatres across the US. He has designed and directed more than 300 productions including standard repertoire, children’s operas, and world premieres. He considers himself to be lucky to have spent his career discovering new works or new approaches to old works and then sharing them with an audience - “there is nothing better.”
Tony Kostecki, music director/piano, was appointed General Director of Seagle Festival in January of 2008. Before moving into management, he was on the faculty of Seagle Festival as a vocal coach/pianist and conductor for ten years. Between 2002 and 2007, Tony was Director of Education at Fort Worth Opera and also Director of the Fort Worth Opera Studio. As a vocal coach/pianist, Tony worked for Fort Worth Opera, Shreveport Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Utah Opera, Kansas City Lyric Opera Express, and Kansas City Civic Opera.
Emily O’Connor, soprano, is a soprano from Slate Hill NY. She received a Bachelor's degree from Ithaca College and a Master’s in Opera Performance from Boston Conservatory. At Boston Conservatory, she played roles such as Mrs. Wordsworth in Albert Herring, Mrs. Gleason in Susannah, and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. Miss O’Connor was also a Young Artist at the Brevard Janeic Opera Company as Frasquita in Carmen and Cinderella in Into the Woods. Recently she was an Emerging Artist at Seagle Festival as Fiona in Brigadoon, covering Zerlina in Don Giovanni, and the ensemble of Sweeney Todd.
Hannah Reich, mezzo-soprano, is a mezzo-soprano originally from Atlanta, GA now based in Rochester, NY. She returned to Seagle Festival this year to perform the roles of Ruby in Cold Mountain and the Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd. Last summer, she sang the roles of the Ugly Duckling in the children’s opera, The Ugly Duckling and Mrs. Segstrom in A Little Night Music. Hannah is a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music with a Master of Music in Voice Performance and Literature with a Certificate in Arts Leadership where she sang the roles of Soeur Mathilde in Dialogues des Carmelites, the Sorceress in Dido and Aeneas, and cover for Der Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos. Previous roles include Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Hansel in Hansel und Gretel, Miss Todd in The Old Maid and the Thief, Rosine in Signor Deluso, Mrs. McLean in Susannah, and Maria in The Sound of Music.
