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Born Jan. 22, 1960 | Height: 5'10" | Hair: brown | Eyes: brown |
Opera/Concert |
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Year | Organization | Work | Role |
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2008 |
The Metropolitan Opera Boston Chorus Pro Musica Treasure Coast Opera Society |
Hansel and Gretel Satyagraha Carmen Tosca |
Witch Gandhi (c) Don José Cavaradossi |
2007 |
The Metropolitan Opera Saito Kinen Festival Spoleto Festival USA Toledo Opera L'Opéra Français de New York World Premiere Concert Harrisburg Opera Association |
War and Peace Die Aegyptische Helena Pique Dame Faustus, the Last Night (Dusapin) Carmen Desperately Seeking Carmen Leithian (Klein) Die Zauberflöte |
Fyodor Pierre (c) Da-ud (c) (c) Chekalinsky Sly Don José Don José Beren Tamino/Director |
2006 |
The Metropolitan Opera Canadian Opera Company Princeton University Orchestra Midland Symphony Orchestra Smith Opera House, Geneva NY Goethe-Institut, NYC Harrisburg Opera Association Liederkranz Hall |
Mazeppa Rodelinda Der Ring des Nibelungen Die Walküre, Act 1 La Bohème Winterreise Winterreise Rigoletto Leithian (Klein) |
Iskra Grimoaldo (c) Mime (c) Siegmund Rodolfo Protagonist Protagonist Duca Beren |
2005 |
The Metropolitan Opera San Francisco Opera Dicapo Opera Theater Fresno Grand Opera Del Norte, Colorado Indianapolis Opera |
Tannhäuser Rodelinda An American Tragedy Wozzeck Pique Dame Francesca da Rimini (Rachmaninoff) Gianni Schicchi/Pagliacci Opera and Chamber Music concert The Crucible |
Walter (c) Grimoaldo (c) Cousin Gilbert (c) Drum Major (c) Chekalinski Paolo Rinuccio/Canio tenor soloist Judge Danforth |
2004 | The Metropolitan Opera | Das Rheingold | Loge (c) |
Salome | Third Jew | ||
Pique Dame | Chekalinski | ||
Boris Godunov | Grigori/Dmitri (c) | ||
2003 | The Metropolitan Opera | Moses und Aron | Aron (c) |
The Rake’s Progress | Tom Rakewell (c) | ||
Le Rossignol | Third Japanese Envoy | ||
Oedipus Rex | Oedipus (c) | ||
Jenufa | Števa | ||
Central City Opera | Pagliacci | Canio | |
Dicapo Opera Theater | Pagliacci | Canio | |
2002 | The Metropolitan Opera | Dialogues des Carmélites | Chevalier |
Lulu | Maler/Neger (c) | ||
Idomeneo | Arbace (c) | ||
Deutsche Oper New York | Daphne concert reading | Apollo | |
The Atlanta Opera | Der Fliegende Holländer | Erik | |
A Festival of Women’s Voices | Mrs. Satan (Bond) | Henry Ward Beecher | |
Spoleto Festival USA | Der Fliegende Holländer | Erik | |
Toledo Opera | Three Tenors! The Next Generation | Soloist | |
2001 | The Metropolitan Opera | Arabella | Elemer |
Ariadne auf Naxos | Bacchus (c) | ||
Doktor Faust | Mephistopheles (c) | ||
Lake George Opera Festival | Ariadne auf Naxos | Bacchus | |
OperaDelaware | Otello (Verdi) | Otello | |
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra | Die Walküre, Act 1 | Siegmund | |
Portland Opera | Dialogues des Carmélites | Chevalier | |
L’Opéra Français de New York | Djamileh | Splendiano | |
2000 | Opera Memphis | Manon Lescaut | Des Grieux |
Virginia Opera | Carmen | Don José | |
Rodelinda | Grimoaldo | ||
Opera North | Ariadne auf Naxos | Bacchus | |
Opera Festival of New Jersey | Burning Bright | Victor | |
Opera Pacific | Les Contes D’Hoffmann | Hoffmann | |
Fort Worth Opera | Madama Butterfly | Pinkerton | |
Boston Philharmonic | Mahler Symphony #8 | Tenor Solo | |
1999 | Virginia Opera | Otello | Cassio |
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra | Three Tenors! The Next Generation | Soloist | |
Portland Opera Repertory Theater | La Bohème | Rolodfo | |
Opera Colorado | Roméo et Juliette | Roméo | |
Edmonton Opera | La Bohème | Rodolfo | |
Boston Symphony | Madama Butterfly | Pinkerton (c) | |
Boston Philharmonic | Mahler Symphony #8 | Tenor Solo | |
1998 | Connecticut Op.era | Rigoletto | Duca |
Virginia Opera | Roméo et Juliette | Roméo | |
Manitoba Opera | Madama Butterfly | Pinkerton | |
La Bohème | Rodolfo | ||
New York Choral Society | Mahler Symphony #8 | Tenor Solo | |
Central City Opera | Tosca | Cavaradossi | |
The Crucible | Judge Danforth | ||
1997 | New York City Opera | Marco Polo | Polo |
New York Choral Society | Ot»e Naž | Tenor Solo | |
Portland Opera | Die Zauberflöte | Tamino | |
Opera Roanoke | La Traviata | Alfredo | |
Opera Memphis | Madama Butterfly | Pinkerton | |
Edmonton Opera | Madama Butterfly | Pinkerton | |
The Opera Company of El Paso | Rigoletto | Duca | |
Central City Opera | Susannah | Sam | |
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra | Three Tenors! The Next Generation | Soloist | |
1996 | New York City Opera | The Turn of the Screw | Peter Quint |
Tosca | Cavaradossi | ||
Opera Memphis | Werther | Werther | |
Central City Opera | Rigoletto | Duke | |
Edmonton Opera | Lucia di Lammermoor | Edgardo | |
The Dallas Opera | Madama Butterfly | Pinkerton | |
Indianapolis Opera | Madama Butterfly | Pinkerton | |
Austin Lyric Opera | La Traviata | Alfredo | |
New York Choral Society | Psalmus Hungaricus | Tenor Solo | |
1995 | New York City Opera | Carmen | Don José |
Choral Society of the Hamptons | Saint Nicolas | Tenor Solo | |
The Dallas Opera | The Dream Of Valentino | Valentino (c) | |
1994 | Indianapolis Opera | Rigoletto | Duca |
Greater Buffalo Opera | Salome | Narraboth | |
Nashville Opera | Tosca | Cavaradossi | |
Washington Opera | The Dream Of Valentino | Valentino (c) | |
1993 | Greater Buffalo Opera | Il Tabarro | Luigi |
Brevard Music Festival | Faust | Faust | |
1992 | Des Moines Metro Opera | Lucia di Lammermoor | Normanno |
CalArts Festival | The Triumph of Death (Rzewski) | soloist | |
Improvement: Don Leaves Linda (Ashley) | Doctor | ||
Indianapolis Opera | Lucia di Lammermoor | Arturo | |
Festival D’Automne, Paris | Improvement: Don Leaves Linda (Ashley) | Doctor | |
1991 | Skylight Opera Theater | Werther | Werther |
World premiere performance, Merkin Hall | Improvement: Don Leaves Linda (Ashley) | Doctor | |
Chautauqua Opera | The Crucible | Judge Danforth | |
Chautauqua Symphony | Die Zauberflöte | Monostatos | |
Triangle Opera Theatre | Faust | Faust | |
Pennsylvania Opera Theater | Carmen | Don José | |
Jacksonville Symphony | concert | soloist | |
Skylight Opera Theater | Carmen | Don José | |
Inventionen Festival, Berlin | Improvement: Don Leaves Linda (Ashley) | Doctor | |
1990 | Indianapolis Opera | Ensemble concerts | soloist |
Pittsburgh Opera | Otello | Cassio | |
Lyric Opera Cleveland | The Magic Flute | Tamino | |
Four Corners Opera | The Impresario | Herr Engel | |
Opera Memphis | Don Carlo | Don Carlo (c) | |
1989 | Indianapolis Opera | The Magic Flute | First Armored Man |
Four Corners Opera | The Face on the Barroom Floor | Larry/Matt | |
Lovely Music Ltd. | Improvement: Don Leaves Linda (Ashley)- recording | Doctor | |
1988 | IU Opera Theatre | Orfeo (Rossi) | Vecchia |
1987 | IU Opera Theatre | Peter Grimes | Peter Grimes |
Danforth | The Crucible | ||
Legend of Tsar Saltan | Old Grandfather | ||
1986 | IU Opera Theatre | The Tempest (Eaton) | Antonio |
Four Corners Opera | Slow Dusk/The Maid Mistress | Micah/Vespone | |
1985 | Chautauqua Opera | Pélléas et Mélisande Act 3 Sc. 4/Don Giovanni sextet | Pélléas/Ottavio |
Carmen/Madame Butterfly/Guys&Dolls | chorus | ||
IU Opera Theatre | The Flying Dutchman | Erik | |
Mondo Lirico | La Bohème (Leoncavallo) | Un becero | |
1984 | SUNY Stony Brook Opera Ensemble | Faust/The Crucible/Carmen scenes | Faust/Don José/Danforth |
Scovasso Opera | Don Giovanni | Ottavio | |
1983 | Chautauqua Opera | Carmen Act 2 duet/La Bohème act 4 duet | Don José/Rodolfo |
The Merry Widow/Of Mice and Men/Manon Lescaut | chorus | ||
SUNY Stony Brook Opera Ensemble | La Bohème/Die Fledermaus scenes | Rodolfo/Eisenstein | |
1982 | Dicapo Opera Theatre | Messiah/madrigals | soloist |
Regina Opera | Carmen | Danca•ro | |
Opera Hamptons | The Magic Flute | Monostatos/First Armored Man | |
Opera on the Sound | The Pirates of Penzance | chorus | |
1981 | Manhasset Bay Opera | La Traviata | chorus |
1979 | Act 1 Opera Workshop | Amahl and the Night Visitors | Kaspar |
1973 | Professional Children's School | Amahl and the Night Visitors | Amahl |
1972 | Metropolitan Opera | Die Zauberflöte | 2nd Spirit |
1971 | Metropolitan Opera | Pelléas et Mélisande | Yniold |
1970-74 | Metropolitan Opera | Cavalleria Rusticana/Carmen/Tosca/ La Bohème/Werther/Hansel and Gretel | children's chorus |
Recitals | |||
2002 | Richard Troxell and Friends, with Richard Raub, piano |
Winterstürme (Die Walküre-Wagner) Era la notte (Otello-Verdi) duet with Edward Albert, baritone Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads) duet with me on banjo and Richard Troxell on jembe |
Chestnut Hill, PA |
1998 | Winterreise (Schubert) with Howard Klein, piano | Central City Opera in-house recital | |
1993 | Recital with John Muehleisen | This Chain of Enigmas (Muehleisen) | Seattle, WA |
1992 | Winterreise(Schubert) with Jennifer Peterson, piano | Eastman School of Music, Rochester NY | |
1991 | “Written in America:” contemporary American songs and opera arias with Howard Klein, piano | Weill Recital Hall, NYC | |
The Alcestiad (1958)* | Louise Talma | ||
Apollo, “You are wrong” | (1906-) | ||
Shakespeare Songs (1956-7) | Virgil Thomson | ||
“Take, O take those lips away” | (1896-1990 | ||
The Rake’s Progress (1951) | Igor Stravinsky | ||
Tom, “Here I stand” | (1882-1971) | ||
Three Poems of Fiona McLeod | Charles Tomlinson Griffes | ||
The Lament of Ian the Proud | (1884-1920) | ||
Hydrogen Jukebox (1989) | Philip Glass | ||
“Aunt Rose” | (1937-) | ||
Leithian (1992) ** | Adam Klein | ||
Beren, “My fate, O king | (1960-) | ||
The Tender Land (1954) | Aaron Copland | ||
Martin, “the world seems still tonight” | (1900-1990) | ||
Despite and Still (1984) | Samuel Barber | ||
“Solitary Hotel” | 1910-1981 | ||
The Abduction of Figaro (1984) | P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742?) | ||
Pecadillo, ‘Behold, fair maiden” | (Peter Schickele [1935-]) | ||
Peter Grimes (1945) | Benjamin Britten | ||
“Go there!” | (1913-1976) | ||
Solo Songs | |||
Shiloh’s Hill | Traditional | ||
I’m goin’ to go to work on Monday one more time | Si Kahn | ||
The White Pilgrim, or Hicks’s Farewell | Traditional | ||
Like a Sick Eagle (1913) | Charles Ives | ||
Immortality (1921) | (1874-1954) | ||
At the River (1916) | |||
Improvement (Don Leaves Linda) (1984) | Robert Ashley | ||
The Doctor, Act II, “The Offering of Images” (1990) | (1930-) | ||
Satyagraha (1978) | Philip Glass | ||
Gandhi, Act III, “buhönee mä yu tee ta nee” | |||
* Performance of Apollo’s Aria by arrangement with Carl Fisher, Inc., copyright holder. | |||
** Based on “The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, copyright 1977 George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd. Used by permission. | |||
1987 | Winterreise (Schubert) Graduate recital with Howard Klein, piano |
IU Recital Hall | |
1987 | Recital of American Song and American Traditional Music with Howard Klein, piano |
Amherst College | |
Liza Jane, with bones | traditional, arr. A. Klein | ||
Shady Grove, with banjo | " | ||
John Henry, with banjo and piano | " | ||
Go to work on Monday, unaccompanied | Si Kahn | ||
Lament of Ian the Proud | Charles Griffes | ||
At the River | Aaron Copland | ||
At the River | Charles Ives | ||
1986 | Aria and Song Recital with Howard Klein, piano | Atlantic Center for the Arts | |
Hark! How All Things | Purcell | ||
Sweeter than Roses | |||
Bess of Bedlam | |||
Heimlische aufford'rung | Strauss | ||
Befreit | |||
Standchen | |||
Il pleuvait | Massenet | ||
L'improvisateur | |||
Liza Jane, with bones | traditional, arr. A. Klein | ||
Shady Grove, with banjo | “ | ||
John Henry, with banjo and piano | " | ||
The Blacksmith with dulcimer | " | ||
Go to work on Monday, unaccompanied | Si Kahn | ||
Lament of Ian the Proud | Charles Griffes | ||
At the River | Aaron Copland | ||
At the River | Charles Ives | ||
1986 | Graduate recital with Lawrence Frank Gee, piano | IU Recital Hall. | |
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op. 22 | Benjamin Britten | ||
Mélodies passagères, op. 27 | Samuel Barber | ||
Four German Songs | Charles Griffes | ||
Oh I feel cold inside, from Of Mice and Men | Carlisle Floyd | ||
The White Pilgrim, or Hicks's Farewell | traditional | ||
All I Need | Adam Klein | ||
John Henry, with banjo | trad., arr. A. Klein | ||
1985 | Senior Recital with Lawrence Frank Gee, piano | IU Recital Hall | |
Il mio tesoro, from Don Giovanni(1787) | W.A. Mozart | ||
De' miei bollenti spiriti, from La Traviata(1853) | G. Verdi | ||
Vier ernste Gesänge, op. 121 | Johannes Brahms | ||
Romance, from Deux romances | Claude Debussy | ||
Harmonie du soir, from Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire | " | ||
Les Cloches, from Deux romances | " | ||
L'ombre des arbres, from Ariettes oubliées | " | ||
Absalom(1946) | Ned Rorem | ||
Heavenly Grass, from Blue Mt. Ballads | Paul Bowles | ||
At the River | Charles Ives | ||
Solitary Hotel, from Despite and Still | Samuel Barber | ||
Lament of Ian the Proud, op. 11 no.1 | Charles T. Griffes | ||
Junior Recital with Lawrence Frank Gee, piano | IU Recital Hall | ||
L'invocazione di Orfeo, from Euridice(1600) | Jacopo Peri | ||
Amarilli, mia bella (1602) | Giulio Caccini | ||
Vittoria, mio core! (1656) | Giacomo Carissimi | ||
A Colombine | Jules Massenet | ||
Il pleuvait | " | ||
Sonnet payen | " | ||
L'improvisateur | " | ||
Heimliche aufforderung, op. 27 no. 3 | Richard Strauss | ||
Allerseelen,op. 10 no. 8 | " | ||
Befreit, op. 39 no. 4 | " | ||
Sweeter than Roses | Henry Purcell | ||
If Music be the Food of Love (version 3) | " | ||
I See She Flies Me | " | ||
Hark! How All Things | " | ||
Bess of Bedlam | " | ||
Recital with Howard Klein, piano | St. Charles Hospital Chapel, Port Jefferson LI | ||
Recital with Howard Klein, piano | Belanthi Gallery, Brooklyn NY | ||
ORPHEUS BRITANNICUS: 24 Songs of Henry Purcell |
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1984 | Recital with Howard Klein, piano | Temple Isaiah, Stony Brook | |
L'invocazione di Orfeo | Jacopo Peri | ||
Vittoria, mio core | Giacomo Carissimi | ||
Nebbie | Ottorino Respighi | ||
Der Nu§baum | Robert Schumann | ||
Von ewiger Liebe | Johannes Brahms | ||
Befreit | Ridhard Strauss | ||
Nell | Gabriel Fauré | ||
Il pleure dans mon coeur | Claude Debussy | ||
La cloche | Camille Saint-Sa‘ns | ||
Here let my Life | Henry Purcell | ||
Every Valley | Georg F. Händel | ||
Heavenly Grass | Paul Bowles | ||
Absalom | Ned Rorem | ||
Three Sisters | Theodore Chanler | ||
Lament of Ian the Proud | Charles T. Griffes | ||
Solitary Hotel | Samuel Barber | ||
Are you Tired of me, My Darling? | A. P. Carter | ||
1984 | Recital with Howard Klein, piano | Atlantic Center for the Arts | |
1983 | Recital of Traditional Music | (the late) Sunwood Estate | Old Field, New York |
October Song | Robin Williamson | ||
The Cruel War's A-Raging | traditional | ||
The Poor Orphan Child | " | ||
John Brown's Dream | " | ||
The Old Grey Horse | " | ||
Over the Waterfall | " | ||
My Git Up and Go | Jimmy Driftwood | ||
In the Pines | traditional | ||
The Year of Jubilo | Henry Clay Work | ||
The Arkansaw Traveler | traditional | ||
The White Pilgrim | traditional | ||
Black Jack Davey | " | ||
Are You Tired of Me, My Darling? | A. P. Carter | ||
The Girl I left Behind Me | traditional | ||
Sandy River Belle | " | ||
Firenze | Robert Force/Al D'Ossché | ||
Garryowen/Haste to the Wedding | traditional | ||
Liza Jane | " | ||
The Storms Are On the Ocean | " | ||
Over the Waterfall | " | ||
1983 | Recital with Howard Klein, piano | Dora Zazlavsky’s apartment, NYC | |
Auf dem Flu§e | Schubert | ||
Der Doppelgänger | " | ||
Der Nu§baum | Schumann | ||
Im wunderschönen Monat Mai | " | ||
Die Mainacht | Brahms | ||
Denn es gehet den Menschen | " | ||
Von ewiger Liebe | “ | ||
Allerseelen | Strauss | ||
Morgen! | " | ||
Befreit | " | ||
Absalom(1946) | Ned Rorem | ||
Solitary Hotel, from Despite and Still | Samuel Barber | ||
Lament of Ian the Proud, op. 11 no.1 | Charles Griffes | ||
At the River | Aaron Copland | ||
Voice Instructors | |||
Gloria Hilborn, Commack, NY,1981-85; Walter Cassel, Bloomington, IN,1985-94; Isabel Penagos, 1989; Michael Warren, New York NY, 1994-1999 | |||
Acting Instructors | |||
Thomas Neumiller and William Bruehl, SUNY Stony Brook, 1982-3; Cynthia Auerbach, 1983-85; Ross Allen, 1985-87; Michael McConnell, 1990; Paula Homer, 1992; on-the-job experience. | |||
Education | |||
Master of Music in Voice Performance, with high distinction, I.U. Bloomington, May 1987 | |||
Bachelor of Liberal Arts (Music, Language ,Theater), cum laude, SUNY Stony Brook, May 1984 | |||
Awards | |||
First Prize, Center For Contemporary Opera International Competition, 1990 | |||
First Prize, Toledo Opera Vocal Competition, 1990 | |||
First Prize, Jacksonville-MacMurray Music Association Young Artists Competition, 1990 | |||
Performer's Certificate, IU Bloomington School of Music, 1987 | |||
4 awards for excellence in Italian study, SUNY Stony Brook French & Italian dept., 1978-84 | |||
Non-Classical Appearances | |||
2003 | New England Folk Festival Association festival | Little Blue Heron traditional music duo | Natick MA |
2002 | Space Rock Festival | Little Blue Heron as part of The One Eyed Bishops | Philadelphia PA |
2002 | Carter Family Memorial Music Festival | Little Blue Heron did one song | Hiltons, Va. |
1999-2003 | Louis F. Angelo Elementary School | opera/Appalachian music concerts | Brockton, MA |
1988 | Carter Family Memorial Music Festival | performer | Hiltons, Va. |
1986 | Carter Family Memorial Music Festival | performer | Hiltons. Va. |
1981-5 | Carter Family Memorial Music Festival | Zeng traditional music band | Hiltons, Va. |
1980-2 | McLain Family Band Festival | performer | Big Hill, Ky. |
1979-85 | Setauket Neighborhood House | Two concerts per year by Zeng traditional music band | Setauket, LI |
Compositions | |||
Opera | Leithian, completed February 1992. Based on "The Siilmarillion" by J.R.R. Tolkein, (c) 1977 Allen & Unwin Ltd. Used by permission. | ||
Goldie Locks and the Three Bears, completed February 1994. | |||
Songs | (Words and Music) “Again”, "All I Need", "Amy's Song", "Bachelor Blues", "Bloomington Blues", "Bodily Function Rag", "Can't Live Without Your Lovin'", “Celebration of Fire”, “Certainty”, “December Song”, "Diane", "Ecosystem", "Ever So", “Everything I Need”, "Eyes so Bright", "Few and Far Between", “Forever Now”, "Franny's Song", "Going Home", "Goodbye", "Goodbye Kisses", "In Her Absence", "It's Your Turn", "Lonely Man", "Long Hard Road", "Lying Girls", "Magic Finish Line", "Messenger", "Michigan Blues", "Monday Morning Blues", "My Girl", "No Reasons", "On the Truth", "Oregon Sunrise", "Rescue Me", "Ride the Waves", “Scratches”, "She Can't Say", "Sit & Cry", "Someone Else", "Talk to Me", "Tears of Joy", “Testament”, "Tonight She's Gone", "True Lovesong", "Waited For Your Love", "Web of Love" | ||
(Music only) "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening" (Frost) | |||
Instrumental | `Adam's Dulcimer Song, Etude in G for Banjo, Frisbee, Juniper Springs, Mr. Calder Mr. Calder, Ode to Joy and Al, Original Dulcimer Song, Sligo Creek, The Landing of the Columbia, The Rise of the Dirty Cueball, The Slides of Croton, The Walnut Cotillion | ||
Piano | Four Variations on a Four Note Motive; many works from my teen years, most untitled. | Orchestra | "Red Squall" |
Sextets | "458458" for piano, harp, marimba, cornet, soprano saxophone and euphonium. | ||
Duets | Duet for Clarinet and Viola | ||
Electronic Music | "Franny Blues," for computer and synthesizers, 8-track | ||
"Jews Harp Heaven," Jews Harp and six syhtheizers | |||
"Ratios," for Macintosh computer and two Yamaha TX816's |