Genre: American Opera

22 posts

Frederica von Stade – Dearest Mama (Moore) 3/6

Master Artist: Frederica von Stade

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: Arizona State University

Date: 2016

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 3 of 6

Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Dearest Mama

Composer: Douglas Moore

From: The Ballad of Baby Doe

Genre: American Opera

Opera Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Bel raggio Lusinghier

Composer: Gioachino Rossini

From: Semiramide

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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Performer Voice Type: Baritone

Title: Hai gia vinta la causa

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre: Italian Opera

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Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano

Title: Non so piu cosa son

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre: Italian Opera

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Performer Voice Type: Baritone

Title: Pierrot’s Tanzlied

Composer: Erich Korngold

From: Die tote Stadt

Genre: Italian Baroque Opera

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Dove sono

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre: Italian Opera

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Renée Fleming – Steal Me, Sweet Thief (Menotti) 1/2

Master Artist: Renée Fleming

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue: Eastman School of Music

Date: 2015

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 1 of 2

Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Steal Me, Sweet Thief

Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

From: The Old Maid and the Thief

Genre: American Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type: Baritone

Title: O Tod, wie bitter ist du?

Composer: Johannes Brahms

From: Vier ernste Gesänge

Genre: German Lieder

Translation

Mikhail Hallak – Monica’s Waltz (Menotti) 2/2

Master Artist: Mikhail Hallak

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Coach

Venue: Voix NY Series

Date: 2016

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 2

Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Monica’s Waltz

Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

From: The Medium

Genre: American Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Silver Aria

Composer: Douglas Moore

From: The Ballad of Baby Doe

Genre: American Opera

Opera Synopsis

Mikhail Hallak – Silver Aria (Moore) 1/2

Master Artist: Mikhail Hallak

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Coach

Venue: Voix NY Series

Date: 2016

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 1 of 2

Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Silver Aria

Composer: Douglas Moore

From: The Ballad of Baby Doe

Genre: American Opera

Opera Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Monica’s Waltz

Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

From: The Medium

Genre: American Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Matthew Aucoin – The Willow Song – Piangea cantando – Salce! Salce! (Verdi) 2/5

Master Artist: Matthew Aucoin

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Composer

Venue: Music Academy of the West

Date: 2016

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 5

Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: The Willow Song - "Piangea cantando" also "Salce!, Salce!"

Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

From: Otello

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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Genre: Opening Comments

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Performer Voice Type: Bass-Baritone

Title: Madamina, il catalogo è questo

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Don Giovanni

Genre: Italian Opera

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Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: Here I stand…Since it is not by merit

Composer: Igor Stravinsky

From: The Rake’s Progress

Genre: Russian/English Opera

Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano

Title: Non so più cosa son

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Greer Grimsley – Ain’t it a Pretty Night (Floyd) 2/4

Master Artist: Greer Grimsley

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Bass-Baritone

Venue: Loyola University

Date: 2013

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 4

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Ain’t it a Pretty Night

Composer: Carlisle Floyd

From: Susannah

Genre: American Opera

Libretto

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Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: Se di lauri il crine adorno

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: N/A

From: Mitridate

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Die Zauberflöte

Genre: German Singspiel

Libretto/Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano

Title: Près des remparts de Séville

Composer: Georges Bizet

From: Carmen

Genre: French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Dolora Zajick – Lullaby (Menotti) 1/2

Master Artist: Dolora Zajick

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: The Voice Foundation

Date: 2015

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 1 of 2

Performer Voice Type: Contralto

Title: Lullaby

Composer: Gian Carlo Menotti

From: The Consul

Genre: American Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type: Bass-Baritone

Title: Hai gia vinta la causa

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Le nozze di Figaro

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Sharon Sweet – Ain’t it a pretty night (Floyd) 3/3

Master Artist: Sharon Sweet

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue: Mansfield University

Date: 2015

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 3 of 3

Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Ain’t it a pretty night

Composer: Carlisle Floyd

From: Susannah

Genre: American Opera

Libretto

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Performer Voice Type: Bass-Baritone

Title: Non piu andrai

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Le Nozze di Figaro

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: O kühler Wald

Composer: Johannes Brahms

From: N/A

Genre: German Lieder

Translation

Keith Miller – The Trees on the Mountain are Cold and Bare (Floyd) 2/4

Master Artist: Keith Miller

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Bass

Venue: University of Central Florida

Date: 2011

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 4

Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: The Trees on the Mountain are Cold and Bare

Composer: Carlisle Floyd

From: Susannah

Genre: American Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Scene One

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Performer Voice Type: Bass

Title: Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Genre: German Singspiel

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: Se tu m’ami

Composer: Alessandro Perisotti

From: N/A

Genre: Italian Art Song

Translation

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Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano

Title: Que fais-tu blanch touterelle

Composer: Charles Gounod

From: Roméo et Juliette

Genre: French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Thomas Hampson – I Can Smell the Sea Air (Previn) – 1/2

Master Artist: Thomas Hampson

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Baritone

Venue: San Francisco Conservatory

Date: 2011

Language of Instruction: English

Selected Video - Scene 1 of 2

Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: I Can Smell the Sea Air

Composer: André Previn

From: A Streetcar Named Desire

Genre: American Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Csárdás

Composer: Johann Strauss

From: Die Fledermaus

Genre: Austrian/German Operetta