Performer Voice Type: Mezzo-soprano

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Michelle Breedt – Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (Massenet) 1/3

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​Master Artist: ​​Michelle Breedt

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: ​​​​Neue Stimmen

Date:​ 2016

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

​Selected Video - Scene 1 of 3

​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Va! Laisse couler mes larmes

Composer:  Jules Massenet

From:  Werther

Genre:  French Opera

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​Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd Schön

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Die Zauberflöte

Genre:  German Singspiel

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Ah, scostati…Smanie implacabili

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Cosi fan tutte

Genre:  Italian Opera

Libretto/Synopsis/Translation

Claude Webster – Que fais tu (Gounod)

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​Master Artist: ​​Claude Webster

Biography

Master Artist Voice:  Vocal Coach

Venue:  ​​​​Opera de Montréal

Date:​ 2017

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Que fais tu

Composer:  Charles Gounod

From:  Roméo et Juliette

Genre: French Opera

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Stephanie Blythe – X (Ricky Ian Gordon)

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​Master Artist: ​​Stephanie Blythe

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: ​Julliard

Date:​ 2016

Language of Instruction: English​

 

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  X

Composer:  Ricky Ian Gordon

From:  Late Afternoon

Genre:  American Art Song

Music/Scores of "X"

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – Rheinlegendchen (Mahler) 1/3

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​Master Artist: ​Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ Soprano

Venue:​ ​Edinburgh Festival

Date:​ 1980

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Rheinlegendchen

Composer:  Gustav Mahler

From:  Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Genre:  German Lieder

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​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Ganymed

Composer:  Franz Schubert

From:  N/A

Genre:  German Lieder

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Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Per me giunto

Composer:  Giuseppe Verdi

From:  Don Carlo

Genre:  German Lieder

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Andreas Scholl – Vedro con mio diletto (Vivaldi)


Master Artist: Andreas Scholl

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Counter Tenor

Venue: Jerusalem Music Center

Date: N/A

Language of Instruction: English

 

Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Vedro con mio diletto

Composer:  Antonio Vivaldi

From:  Giustino

Genre:  Italian Baroque Opera

Translation

Renée Fleming – St. Ita’s Vision (Barber) 4/5

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​Master Artist: ​​​Renée Fleming

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Soprano

Venue: ​​Eastman School of Music

Date:​ 2016

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  St. Ita's Vision

Composer:  Samuel Barber

From:  The Hermit Songs

Genre:  American Art Song

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Joy Alone

Composer:  Jake Heggie

From:  Natural Selection

Genre:  American Art Song

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​Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Touch Me

Composer:  Tom Cipullo

From:  Late Summer

Genre:  American Art Song

Noteworthy Recordings

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​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Questo amor vergogna mio

Composer:  Giacomo Puccini

From:  Edgar

Genre:  Italian Opera

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​Performer Voice Type:  N/A

Title:  N/A

Composer:  N/A

From:  N/A

Genre:  Question and Answer

Frederica von Stade – Non so piu cosa son (Mozart) 4/6

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​Master Artist: ​​Frederica von Stade

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Mezzo-Soprano

Venue:​ ​Arizona State University

Date:​ 2016

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

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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:  Soprano

Title:  Bel raggio Lusinghier

Composer:  Gioachino Rossini

From:  Semiramide

Genre:  Italian Opera

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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: 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:  Baritone

Title:  Pierrot’s Tanzlied

Composer:  Erich Korngold

From:  Die tote Stadt

Genre:  Italian Baroque Opera

Synopsis/Translation

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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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Matthew Polenzani – Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer (Mahler) 2/5

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​Master Artist: ​​​Matthew Polenzani

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Tenor

Venue: ​​​Ravinia Festival

Date:​ 2006

Language of Instruction: ​English

 

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​Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer

Composer:  Gustav Mahler

From:  Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

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Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Oh! Quand je dors

Composer:  Franz Liszt

From:  N/A

Genre:  French Mélodie

Translation

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​Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond

Composer:  Richard Wagner

From:  Die Walküre

Genre:  German Opera

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​Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  Wie rafft ich mich auf

Composer:  Johannes Brahms

From:  N/A

Genre:  German Lieder

Translation

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Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Pace non trovo

Composer:  Franz Liszt

From:  Tre Sonnetti di Petrarca

Genre:  French Mèlodie

Translation

Natela Nicoli – Una donna a quindici anni (Mozart)

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​Master Artist: ​​Natela Nicoli

Biography

Master Artist Voice:​ ​​Mezzo-Soprano

Venue: ​​​Accademia Belcanto

Date:​ 2016

Language of Instruction: Russian​

 

Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Una donna a quindici anni

Composer:  W. A. Mozart

From:  Cosi fan tutte

Genre:  Italian Opera

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Robert Lyall – Connais-tu le Pays (Thomas) 4/5

Master Artist: Robert Lyall

Biography

Master Artist Voice: Conductor

Venue: Loyola University

Date: 2009

Language of Instruction: English

 

Selected Video - Scene 4 of 5

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Performer Voice Type:  Mezzo-Soprano

Title:  Connais-tu le Pays

Composer:  Ambroise Thomas

From:  Mignon

Genre:  French Opera

Synopsis/Translation

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Genre:  Opening Comments

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Performer Voice Type:  Baritone

Title:  It is Enough

Composer:  Felix Mendelssohn

From:  Elijah

Genre:  Oratorio

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Performer Voice Type:  Soprano

Title:  Mein Herr Marquis

Composer:  Johann Strauss

From:  Die Fledermaus

Genre:  German Singspiel

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Performer Voice Type:  Tenor

Title:  Après un reve

Composer:  Gabriel Faurè

From:  N/A

Genre:  French Mèlodie

Translation