OPERA
Handel: "E pur così in un giorno...Piangerò la sorte mia" from Giulio Cesare with Susan Wenckus, piano
Rossini: "Una voce poco fa" from Il barbiere di Siviglia (New York Opera Society)
Rorem: "Emily's Aria" from Our Town with Janna Ernst, piano
Humperdinck: "Wo bin ich?" from Hänsel und Gretel with Janna Ernst, piano
Thomas: "Je suis Titania" from Mignon with Susan Wenckus, piano
Bel Canto in Thirty Minutes: Teatro Nuovo asked 22 singers to record one arietta each from Vaccai's Practical Method of Italian Singing ("Metodo pratico di canto italiano per camera") using their own equipment at home during COVID-19. With Alisa Jordheim (seen at 15:22), Santiago Ballerini, Lawrence Brownlee, Teresa Castillo, Junhan Choi, Georgia Jarman, Hannah Ludwig, Christine Lyons, Megan Marino, Dorian McCall, Madison Marie McIntosh, Angela Meade, Tamara Mumford, Lisette Oropesa, Daniel Mobbs, Jennifer Rowley, Nicholas Simpson, Michael Spyres, Derrek Stark, Alina Tamborini, Hans Tashjian, and Meigui Zhang.
ART SONG
Grieg: En drøm, Op. 48, no. 6 with Susan Wenckus, piano
Barber: Nuvoletta, Op. 25 with Susan Wenckus, piano
Grieg: En svane, Op. 25, no. 2 with Susan Wenckus, piano
MUSICAL THEATER
Webber: "Think of Me" from The Phantom of the Opera; performed during COVID-19
Sondheim: "Losing My Mind" from Follies; "I Have Dreamed - An Alumni Recital" with Yasuko Oura, piano (Florentine Opera)
Gisle Kverndokk/Aksel-Otto Bull: "All the Days Get Brighter" from Letters from Ruth, a new musical based on the diary of Ruth Maier (New York Opera Society, National Gallery of Art). Alisa Jordheim portrays Ruth Maier.
NEW MUSIC
Laitman: Wertheim Park (World Premiere - performance begins at 4:15 in the video)
With Laura DeLuca, clarinet; Mikhail Schmidt, violin; Jonathan Green, double bass; Mina Miller, piano (Music of Remembrance)
This video recording is streaming in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
With Laura DeLuca, clarinet; Mikhail Schmidt, violin; Jonathan Green, double bass; Mina Miller, piano (Music of Remembrance)
This video recording is streaming in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Higdon: Love Sweet - Five Poems by Amy Lowell
1. Apology 2. The Giver of Stars 3. Absence 4. A Gift 5. A Fixed Idea
With Benjamin Hoffman, violin; Allan Hon, cello; Irene Kim, piano (Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra)
1. Apology 2. The Giver of Stars 3. Absence 4. A Gift 5. A Fixed Idea
With Benjamin Hoffman, violin; Allan Hon, cello; Irene Kim, piano (Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra)
Gilliigan: Living in Light
1. Buried Love 2. I Shall Not Care 3. June Night 4. A Little While
With Allan Hon, cello (Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra)
1. Buried Love 2. I Shall Not Care 3. June Night 4. A Little While
With Allan Hon, cello (Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra)