Genre: German Lieder

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Renée Fleming – O Tod, wie bitter ist du? (Brahms) 2/2

Master Artist: Renée Fleming

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue: Eastman School of Music

Date: 2015

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 2

Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  O Tod, wie bitter ist du?

Composer: Johannes Brahms

From:  Vier ernste Gesänge

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

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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

Renée Fleming – Die Nachtigall (Berg) 3/4

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​Master Artist: ​​​Renée Fleming

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Soprano

Venue: ​​Eastman School of Music

Date:​ 2016

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Selected Video - Scene 3 of 4

​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Die Nachtigall

Composer:  Alban Berg

From:  7 Frühe Lieder

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Ah! Je veux vivre!

Composer:  Charles Gounod

From:  Roméo et Juliette

Genre:  French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Nachtstück

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  D. 672

Genre:  German Lieder

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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

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Renée Fleming – Nachtstück (Schubert) 2/4

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​Master Artist: ​​​Renée Fleming

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Soprano

Venue: ​​Eastman School of Music

Date:​ 2016

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Selected Video - Scene 2 of 4

​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Nachtstück

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  D. 672

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

​Scene One

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Ah! Je veux vivre!

Composer:  Charles Gounod

From:  Roméo et Juliette

Genre:  French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Die Nachtigall

Composer:  Alban Berg

From:  7 Frühe Lieder

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

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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

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Benita Valente – Die Loreley (Liszt) 5/7

​Master Artist: Benita Valente

Biography

Master Artist Voice:  Soprano

Venue:  ​University of Ottawa

Date: 2016

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 5 of 7

Performer Voice Type: Baritone

Title: Die Loreley

Composer:  Franz Liszt

From: N/A

Genre: German Lieder

Translation

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Let Evening Come

Composer:  William Bolcom

From:  N/A

Genre:  American Art Song

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  But Who May Abide

Composer:  G. F. Handel

From:  Messiah

Genre:  Oratorio

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Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano

Title: Erbarme dich, mein Gott

Composer: J. S. Bach

From: St. Matthew Passion

Genre: Oratorio

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Performer Voice Type: Baritone

Title: I Hear an Army

Composer: Samuel Barber

From: Opus 10

Genre: American Art Song

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Performer Voice Type: Baritone

Title: Bella siccome un angelo

Composer:  Gaetano Donizetti

From: Don Pasquale

Genre: Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type: Baritone

Title: Papageno’s Suicide Aria

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From: Die Zauberflöte

Genre: German Singspiel

Libretto/Synopsis

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – September (Der Garten trauert) (R. Strauss)

Master Artist: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue: N/A

Date: 1987

Language of Instruction: German

 

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  September (Der Garten trauert)

Composer:  Richard Strauss

From:  Vier Letze Lieder

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

Kirsten Hedegaard – Die böse Farbe (Schubert) 3/3

Master Artist: Kirsten Hedegaard

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue: Loyola University

Date: 2016

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 3 of 3

Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Die böse Farbe

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  Die Schöne Müllerin

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Lascia ch’io pianga

Composer:  G. F. Handel

From:  Rinaldo

Genre:  Italian Baroque Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Before It’s Over

Composer:  Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

From:  Dogfight

Genre:  Musical Theater

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – Er, der Herrlichste von Allen (Schumann) 3/3

Master Artist: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Soprano

Venue: Edinburgh Festival

Date: 1980

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 3 of 3

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Er, der Herrlichste von Allen

Composer:  Robert Schumann

From:  Frauenliebe und Leben

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

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Genre: Introduction and Schwarzkopf Performance

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Im Frühling

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  N/A

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – Im Frühling (Schubert) 2/3

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​Master Artist: ​Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ Soprano

Venue:​ ​Edinburgh Festival

Date:​ 1980

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 3

​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Im Frühling

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  N/A

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

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​Genre: Introduction and Schwarzkopf Performance

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Er, der Herrlichste von Allen

Composer:  Robert Schumann

From:  Frauenliebe und Leben

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

Mark Markham – Es träumte mir (Brahms)

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​Master Artist: ​Mark Markham

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​Collaborative Pianist

Venue: ​​​Opera America

Date:​ ​April, 2016

Language of Instruction: English​

 

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Es träumte mir

Composer:  Johannes Brahms

From:  N/A

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

Martin Katz – Ständchen (Schubert) 7/7

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​Master Artist: ​​Martin Katz

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ Collaborative Pianist

Venue: ​​​​Music Academy of the West

Date:​ 2015

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Selected Video - Scene 7 of 7

​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Ständchen

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  Schwanengesang

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Sul fil d’un soffio etesio

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi

From:  Falstaff

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Quand je fus pris au pavillon

Composer:  Reynaldo Hahn

From:  N/A

Genre:  French Mèlodie

Noteworthy Recordings

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  A Chloris

Composer:  Reynaldo Hahn

From:  N/A

Genre:  French Mèlodie

Translation

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Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Malia

Composer:  Paolo Tosti

From:  N/A

Genre:  Italian Art Song

Translation

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​Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Der Neugierige

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  Die schöne Müllerin

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

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​Performer Voice Type: Baritone

Title: The Roadside Fire

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

From: Songs of Travel

Genre: British Art Song