Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-soprano

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Joyce DiDonato – Sein wir wieder gut (R. Strauss)

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​Master Artist: ​Joyce DiDonato

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: ​​Julliard

Date:​ 2017

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Sein wir wieder gut

Composer:  Richard Strauss

From:  Ariadne auf Naxos

Genre:  German Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Joyce DiDonato – Non piu mesta (Rossini) 3/3

Master Artist: Joyce DiDonato

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: The Royal Opera

Date: 2018

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 3 of 3

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Non piu mesta

Composer:  Gioachino Rossini

From:  La Cenerentola

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Parto, ma tu ben mio

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  La Clemenza di Tito

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Dido's Lament (When I am laid in earth)

Composer:  Henry Purcell

From:  Dido and Aeneas

Genre:  English Baroque Opera

Joyce DiDonato – Dido’s Lament (Purcell) 2/3

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​Master Artist: ​​Joyce DiDonato

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: ​​​The Royal Opera

Date:​ 2018

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Selected Video - Scene 2 of 3

​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Dido's Lament (When I am laid in earth)

Composer:  Henry Purcell

From:  Dido and Aeneas

Genre:  English Baroque Opera

​Scene One

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Parto, ma tu ben mio

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  La Clemenza di Tito

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Non piu mesta

Composer:  Gioachino Rossini

From:  La Cenerentola

Genre:  Italian Opera

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Joyce DiDonato – Parto, ma tu ben mio (Mozart) 1/3

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​Master Artist: ​​Joyce DiDonato

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: ​​​The Royal Opera

Date:​ 2018

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Selected Video - Scene 1 of 3

​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Parto, ma tu ben mio

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  La Clemenza di Tito

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

​Scene Two

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Dido's Lament (When I am laid in earth)

Composer:  Henry Purcell

From:  Dido and Aeneas

Genre:  English Baroque Opera

​Scene Three

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Non piu mesta

Composer:  Gioachino Rossini

From:  La Cenerentola

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Jennifer Larmore – Smanie Implacabili (Mozart) 1/5


Master Artist: Jennifer Larmore

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: International Vocal Competition Ontario

Date: 2017

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 1 of 5

Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano

Title: Smanie Implacabili

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Cosi fan tutte

Genre: Italian Opera

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Die Zauberflöte

Genre: German Singspiel

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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: American Opera

Synopsis

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Performer Voice Type: Tenor

Title: En fermant les yeux

Composer: Massenet

From: Manon

Genre: French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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Performer Voice Type: Soprano

Title: Der Hölle Rache

Composer: W. A. Mozart

From: Die Zauberflöte

Genre: German Singspiel

Libretto/Synopsis

Biggs/Recchiuti – Entweihte Götter (Wagner)

Master Artist: Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs/Michael Recchiuti

Blancke-Biggs Biography
Recchiuti Biography

Master Artist Voice:  Soprano and Conductor

Venue:  New York City Opera Center

Date: 2017

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Entweihte Götter

Composer:  Richard Wagner

From:  Lohengrin

Genre:  German Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Biggs/Recchiuti – Ebben! Ne Andro Lontana (Catalani) 3/3

Master Artist: Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs/Michael Recchiuti

Blancke-Biggs Biography
Recchiuti Biography

Master Artist Voice:  Soprano and Conductor

Venue:  New York City Opera Center

Date: 2017

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 3 of 3

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Ebben! Ne Andro Lontana

Composer:  Alfredo Catalani

From:  La Wally

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Ne me refuse pas

Composer:  Jules Massenet

From:  Hérodiade

Genre:  French Opera

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  O don fatale

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi

From:  Don Carlo

Genre:  Italian Opera

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Biggs/Recchiuti – O don fatale (Verdi) 2/3

Master Artist: Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs/Michael Recchiuti

Blancke-Biggs Biography
Recchiuti Biography

Master Artist Voice:  Soprano and Conductor

Venue:  New York City Opera Center

Date: 2017

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 2 of 3

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  O don fatale

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi

From:  Don Carlo

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Scene One

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Ne me refuse pas

Composer:  Jules Massenet

From:  Hérodiade

Genre:  French Opera

Libretto/Synopsis

Scene Three

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Ebben! Ne Andro Lontana

Composer:  Alfredo Catalani

From:  La Wally

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Jake Heggie – Winged Victory: We’re Through (Heggie) 6/7

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​Master Artist: ​Jake Heggie

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​Composer

Venue: ​​Northwestern University

Date:​ 2018

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Selected Video - Scene 6 of 7

​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Winged Victory:  We're Through

Composer:  Jake Heggie

From:  Statuesque

Genre:  American Art Song

​Scene One

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​Performer Voice Type:  Bass

Title:  In the beginning

Composer:  Jake Heggie

From:  Of Gods and Cats

Genre:  American Art Song

​Scene Two

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Irenka

Composer:  Jake Heggie

From:  Farewell, Auschwitz

Genre:  American Art Song

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​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  She called him Curt

Composer:  Jake Heggie

From:  The Three Decembers

Genre:  American Art Song

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​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  The Strength of the Lonely

Composer:  Jake Heggie

From:  The Moon is a Mirror

Genre:  American Art Song

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​Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  By the Spring, at Sunset

Composer:  Jake Heggie

From:  Of Laughter and Farewell

Genre:  American Art Song

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​Performer Voice Type:  N/A

Title:  N/A

Composer:  N/A

From:  N/A

Genre:  Interview and Q & A

Martin Katz – Quand je fus pris au pavillon (Hahn) 2/7

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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 2 of 7

​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Quand je fus pris au pavillon

Composer:  Reynaldo Hahn

From:  N/A

Genre:  French Mèlodie

Noteworthy Recordings

​Scene One

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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

​Scene Three

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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

​Scene Seven

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​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Ständchen

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  Schwanengesang

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation