Listen: Opera/Oratorio

All Listen selections are from live performances by One World Symphony with live audience members and are unedited. Click on the Play button to hear each selection.

Verdi: from La forza del destino
Concert info: Live from Church of the Holy Apostles, September 2011, 5:52
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony

Britten: "Storm" from Peter Grimes
Concert info: Live from Church of the Holy Apostles, January 2012, 4:12
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony

John Adams: from Doctor Atomic
Concerto info: Live from Church of the Holy Apostles, May 2013, 2:30
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony

Britten: "Moonlight" From Peter Grimes
Concert info: Live from Church of the Holy Apostles, January 2012, 2:04
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony

Robert Schumann: from Mondnacht
(world premiere orchestration and arrangement by Sung Jin Hong)
Concert info: Live from Church of the Holy Apostles, January 2012, 2:40
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Sara Paar: Soprano (see her live performing Hong’s world premiere Edge inspired by Sylvia Plath’s final poem)

Gluck: from Orfeo ed Euridice
Concert info: Live from Church of the Holy Apostles, May 2012, 4:37
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Marshall Coid: Orfeo, One World Symphony Chorus

Richard Strauss: from "Ein schoenes war," Ariadne auf Naxos
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, June 2008, 3:15
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Natasha Uspensky: Ariadne

Richard Strauss: from Komp/Zerbi Duet 1, Ariadne auf Naxos
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, June 2008, 2:16
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Elena McEntire: Komponist, Amberleigh Aller: Zerbinetta

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Richard Strauss: from Komp/Zerbi Duet 2, Ariadne auf Naxos
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, June 2008, 4:01
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Elena McEntire: Komponist, Amberleigh Aller: Zerbinetta

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Richard Strauss: from Zerbinetta's aria, Ariadne auf Naxos
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, June 2008, 5:25
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Katherine Wessinger: Zerbinetta

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Richard Strauss: from Final Scene, Ariadne auf Naxos
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, June 2008, 2:52
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Natasha Uspensky: Ariadne, Laura Farmer: Najade,
Katherine Wessinger: Echo, Adrienne Metzinger, Dryade

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Richard Strauss: Jochanaan's entrance, Salomé
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, June 2007, 3:17
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Juan Jose Ibarra: Jochanaan

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Mascagni: from Intermezzo, Cavalleria Rusticana
Concert info: Live from St. Ann's, September 2008, 2:03
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony

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Mascagni: Prelude and Siciliana, Cavalleria Rusticana
Concert info: Live from St. Ann's, September 2008, 5:04
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Hansu Kim: Turridu, Kristi Rostad Shade: Harp

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Mascagni: from "Inneggiamo," Cavalleria Rusticana
Concert info: Live from Anche Chesed, September 2008, 2:34
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Zhanna Menshikova: Santuzza, Leslie Middlebrook: Lucia
One World Symphony Chorus

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Mascagni: from Duet, Cavalleria Rusticana
Concert info: Live from Anche Chesed, September 2008, 1:56
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Zhanna Menshikova: Santuzza, Shannon De Vine: Alfio

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Mascagni: from Brindhisi, Cavalleria Rusticana
Concert info: Live from Anche Chesed, September 2008, 1:50
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Noah Stewart: Turridu, Adrienne Metzinger: Lola
One World Symphony Chorus

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Mascagni: from Finale, Cavalleria Rusticana
Concert info: Live from Anche Chesed, September 2008, 3:40
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Noah Stewart: Turridu, Shannon De Vine: Alfio,
Adrienne Metzinger: Lola, Leslie Middlebrook: Lucia
One World Symphony Chorus

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Puccini: from Act 1, La Bohème
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, November 2007, 1:55
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Roseanne Ackerley: Mimi, David Katz: Rodolfo
Benefit concert for The Coalition for the Homeless

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Puccini: from Act 2, La Bohème
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, November 2007, 3:24
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Kate Oberjat: Musetta, Shannon Devine: Marcello
Jonathan Keeley: Alcindoro, Roseanne Ackerley: Mimi
David Katz: Rodolfo, Darren Walker: Colline, Kian Freitas: Schaunard
Benefit concert for The Coalition for the Homeless

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Verdi: from Act 1 Finale, Aida
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, June 2006, 1:43
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
One World Symphony Chorus
Darren Walker: Ramfis, Tony Kim: Radames

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Verdi: from Act 3 Finale, Aida
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, June 2006, 3:16
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Zhanna Menshikova: Aida, Tony Kim: Radames, Lawrence Harris: Amonasro
Elizabeth Russo: Amneris, Darren Walker: Ramfis

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Mozart: from "Kyrie" and "Dies Irae," Requiem, K. 626
Concert info: Live from St. Luke's, October 2001, 4:43
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
One World Symphony Chorus
Benefit concert for Uniformed Firefighters' Association's Widows and Children's Fund

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Mozart: from "Agnus Dei," Requiem, K. 626
Concert info: Live from St. Luke's, October 2001, 3:33
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
One World Symphony Chorus
Benefit concert for Uniformed Firefighters' Association's Widows and Children's Fund

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Richard Strauss: from Monologue, Elektra
Concert info: Live from St. Ann's, January 2009, 6:17
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Elektra: Claire Primrose

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Richard Strauss: from Chrysothemis' aria, Elektra
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, January 2009, 1:46
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Chrysothemis: Marjorie Leake

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Richard Strauss: Klytemnestra's entrance, Elektra
Concert info: Live from St. Ann's, January 2009, 3:04
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Klytemnestra: Nina Lorcini

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Richard Strauss: Klytemnestra's scene, Elektra
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, January 2009, 4:00
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Klytemnestra: Nina Lorcini, Elektra: Claire Primrose

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Richard Strauss: "Orest ist Tod," Elektra
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, January 2009, 3:27
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Chrysothemis: Marjorie Leake, Elektra: Claire Primrose

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Richard Strauss: Orest's scene, Elektra
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, January 2009, 3:04
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Orest: Steven Fredericks, Elektra: Claire Primrose

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Richard Strauss: Recognition, Elektra
Concert info: Live from Ansche Chesed, January 2009 2:38
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Elektra: Claire Primrose

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Richard Strauss: Murder of Aegisth, Elektra
Concert info: Live from St. Ann's, January 2009, 1:10
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Aegisth: Hansu Kim, Elektra: Claire Primrose

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Richard Strauss: Finale, Elektra
Concert info:Live from Ansche Chesed, January 2009, 3:46
Sung Jin Hong: Conductor, One World Symphony
Chrysothemis: Marjorie Leake, Elektra: Claire Primrose, One World Symphony Chorus

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