Mondavi Center Presents
Barbara K. Jackson
Rising Stars of Opera
UC Davis Symphony Orchestra and singers from the San Francisco Opera Center
Sunday, February 22, 2026
2:00pm
Jackson Hall
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Since its inception in 2010, Rising Stars of Opera has featured vocal artistry, stirring melodies, and a glimpse at the opera stars of tomorrow, and every ticket has been free to the public thanks to Barbara K. Jackson.
Rising Stars of Opera features singers from the acclaimed San Francisco Opera Center performing a wide range of great arias with full orchestral accompaniment from our own UC Davis Symphony Orchestra.
This is a Free Ticketed Event. Limit of 2 tickets per person.
Program List
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“Largo al factotum” from The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini
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“Sull’aria” from Le nozze di Figaro
W. A. Mozart
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“Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix” from Samson and Delilah
Camille Sant-Saëns
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“Dunque io son” from The Barber of Seville
Rossini
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“Vissi d’arte” from Tosca
Giacomo Puccini
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“Votre toast” from Carmen
Georges Bizet
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INTERMISSION
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Dance from La vida breve
Manuel de Falla
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“Ebben! Ne andrò lontana” from La Wally
Alfredo Catalani
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“La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” from Carmen
Bizet
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“Io son l’umile ancella” from Adriana Lecouvreur
Francesco Cilea
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“Glitter and be Gay” from Candide
Leonard Bernstein
Sponsored by
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The Nancy and Hank Fisher Family Fund
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UC Davis Health
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University Credit Union
Individual support provided by
Karen Broido; John and Lois Crowe
Artist Bios
Matilda Hofman
Conductor
Matilda Hofman
Matilda Hofman has a varied and busy conducting schedule. Reviewers have described her conducting as “taut and finely controlled” and giving “a striking sense of purpose.” She is Music Director of the Diablo Symphony Orchestra, conductor-in-residence for the Empyrean Ensemble at UC Davis and Artistic Director of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. Matilda also serves as a cover conductor for the San Francisco Symphony.
Matilda is a committed educator. In the 2024–25 season Matilda will be conductor-in-residence at the University of the Pacific, and a guest conductor at the Eastman School of Music and for the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. When Matilda is not making music she can be found hanging out with her kids or working as a Wilderness Ranger in the Trinity Alps.
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