Allison Hunter Nielson and Eric Callison

On Highway 89 we prepare for Valentine’s Day by celebrating love and the heart through song. Soprano Allison Hunter Nielson is a graduate student in vocal performance at BYU. She is accompanied by civil engineer and pianist Eric Callison. This episode forgoes traditional love songs in favor of feisty and tender arias from a soprano’s perspective. Host Bruce Seely chats with the performers about bus ninjas, Metropolitan Opera, and the many facets of love. Repetoire: PERGOLESI Stizzoso, mio stizzoso; MOZART S’alto che lacrime; BRAHMS Vergebliches ständchen; WOLF Ich hab’ in Penna; DONIZETTI Prendi per me sei libero; WEBER Kommet ein Schlanker Bursch gegangen; MASSENET Frere voyez…du gai soleil; SULLIVAN The Sun, Whose Rays are all Ablaze; WEILL What Good Would the Moon Be?; HERBERT Art is Calling for Me; Follow Highway 89 on twitter: @byuh89 and on instagram: @byuh89