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   ITALIAN SONGS

Alfano, Franco

Giorno per giorno from Tre Liriche

Bellini, Vincenzo

L’abbandono

Berio, Luciano La donna ideale from Quattro canzoni popolari
Bettinelli, Bruno La natura mi parla  from 3 liriche

Bononcini, G.B.

Per la gloria

Bucchi, Valentino Quattro Liriche per canto e pianoforte
  
Maschere (da Verlaine)
   Vocalizzo notturno

Buzzi-Peccia, Arturo

Colombetta (Serenatella Veneziana)

Caldara, A.

Sebben, crudele

Capocci, T.

Tu scendi dalle stelle

Casella, Alfredo

Quattro favole romanesche
   Er coccodrillo
   La carità
   Er gatto e er cane
   L'elezzione der presidente
Tre Canzoni Trecentesche
:
   Giovane bella…
   Fuor de la bella gaiba…
   Amante sono, vaghiccia, di voi...

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario

Preghiera del mattino from Due Preghiere per i bimbi d’Italia
Stelle cadenti
   Oh! quanto siete pallida nel viso!
   M'affaccio alla finestra e vedo l'onde...
   Fiorin d'alloro.
   Oh! come fa la donna contadina...

Davico, Vincenzo

Liriche giapponesi
    Luna d'estate
    Sogno
Ninna Nanna Abruzzese

Donaudy, Stefano

Ah, mai non cessate
Or che le rèdole
Perchè dolce, caro bene
Perduta ho la speranza
Quando ti rivedrò
Se volete un servidore
Vaghissima sembianza...

Donizetti, G.

A Mezzanotte
Il Barcaiolo
La Zingara

Ghedini, Giorgio Federico

Arbero peccerillo  from Quattro canti antichi napoletani
Datime a piena mano e rose e zigli…

Giordani, G.

Caro mio ben

Giuranna, Barbara L'acqua corre alla borrana

Gluck, C. W. von

O del mio dolce ardor

Liuzzi, Fernando

Solitudine from Tre canti popolari Greci

Lotti, A.

Pur dicesti, o bocca bella

Lupi, Roberto Sette favole e allegorie
   I. La gratitudine
   III. Allegrezza
   IV. Castità
   V. La formica e il chicco di grano

Malipiero, Gian Francesco

Cancheri e beccafichi  from Due Sonetti del Berni
Tre poesie di Angelo Poliziano
    Inno a Maria Nostra Donna
    L'eco

Marcello, B.

Il mio bel foco...Quella fiamma

Margola, Franco Possa tu giungere

Monteverdi, C. 

Lasciatemi morire!

Mortari, Virgilio Il porcellino di Pino  from Giro giro tondo

Mozart, W.A.

Un moto di gioja

Paisiello, G.

Nel cor piu non mi sento

Pergolesi G.B.

Se tu m’ami, se sospiri

Petrassi, Goffredo

Tramontata è la luna  from Due Liriche di Saffo

Pizzetti, lldebrando

Cinque liriche
   I Pastori
   Passeggiata
Erotica

Respighi, Ottorino

Deità Silvane:
   Musica in Horto
   Egle
   Crepuscolo

Rossini, G.

La fioraia Fiorentina

Scarlatti, A.

Le violette
O cessate di piagarmi

Scelsi, Giacinto Tre Canti di Primavera
   Una risata
   Capri
Veretti, Antonio Solitudine  from L'allegria:  7 poesie di Giuseppe Ungaretti
Tre Liriche
   Intermezzo melico
   Pantomina

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GERMAN SONGS

Bach, J. S.

Bist du bei Mir

Berg, A. Die Nachtigall  from Sieben frühe Lieder ^

Brahms, J.

Ständchen

Eisler, H. Zeitungsausschnitte, op. 11
    Mariechen ^
    Kriegslied eines Kindes ^
Holliger, H. Sechs Lieder ^

Liszt, F.

Die Lorelei

Mozart, W.A.

Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge
Trennungslied
Das Veilchen
Der Zauberer

Mendelssohn, F.

Suleika, Op. 34 No. 4

Schubert, F.

Du bist die Ruh’
Delphine
Lachen und Weinen
Der Musensohn

Schumann, R.

Mondnacht

Strauss, R.

Allerseelen
Breit über mein Haupt
Die erwachte Rose
Hat gesagt—bleibt's nicht dabei
Heimkehr
Kornblumen
Morgen!
Muttertändelei
Die Nacht
Das Rosenband
Ruhe, meine Seele
Schlagende Herzen
Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2
Wiegenlied

Webern, A. Eight Early Songs
    Blumengruss ^
    Bild der Liebe ^

Wolf, H.

Italienisches Liederbuch:
    1.   Auch kleine Dinge
    2.  Mir ward gesagt
    6.  Wer rief dich denn?
   10.  Du denkst mit einem Fädchen mich zu fangen
   36.  Wenn du, mein Liebster, steigst zum Himmel auf
   43.  Schweig’ einmal still
   45.  Verschling' der Abgrund meines Liebsten Hütte
   46.  Ich habe in Penna einen Liebsten wohnen
Schafendes Jesuskind

Zemlinsky, A. Twelve Songs, op. 27
    Entführung *
    Sommer ^
    Frühling ^
    Jetzt ist die Zeit ^
    Der Wind des Herbstes ^
    Elend ^
    Gib ein Lied mir wieder ^
    Regenzeit ^
    Wandrers Nachtlied ^

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FRENCH SONGS 

Bizet, G.

Ouvre ton Coeur

Boulanger, Lili Clairières dans le ciel ^
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario Aux zéphirs from Trois Poèmes de la Pleïade

Chausson, Ernest

Le Colibri, Op. 2, No. 7
Sérénade italienne, Op. 2, No. 5
Sérénade, Op. 13, No. 2
L’Aveu, Op. 13, No. 3
La Cigale, Op. 13, No. 4

Cortese, Luigi (Louis) 5 Poesie di Apollinaire
   1. Jamais
   2. Prière
   3. Lettre-Poème
   4. L'amante
   5. Je ne sais plus
Heures d'Été
L'Adieu
Davico, Vincenzo Trois Stipes
   Pour une bacchante
   Pour une amoureuse

Debussy, C.

Fantoches from Fêtes galantes, 1er recueil
Green from Ariettes oubliées
Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons
Quatre Chansons de jeunesse:
   Apparition
   Pantomime
   Pierrot
Regret
Romance ("Silence inneffable de l'heure")
La Romance d'Ariel

Duparc, H.

Chanson triste

Fauré, G.

Au Bord de l’eau
En Prière
Les Berceaux
Noël
Notre amour

Hahn, R.

Si mes vers avaient des ailes

Howells, Herbert Four French Chansons, Op. 29
   Sainte Catharine
   C'est le grand duc du Maine
   Angèle au Couvent
   Le petit Couturier

Liszt, F.

Oh! Quand je dors

Maderna, Bruno Liriche su Verlaine
   Aquarelles
   Sérénade
   Sagesse
Malipiero, G.F. Song  from Keepsake
Messiaen, O. Trois Mélodies ^
Mortari, Virgilio Variations sur "Le Carnaval de Venise"
   Dans la rue
   Sur les lagunes
   Carnaval
   Claire de lune sentimental

Poulenc, F.

Figure de force brûlante et farouche
Il vole
Je n’ai envie que de t’aimer
Une herbe pauvre

Ravel, M.

Noël des jouets

Varèse, Edgard Un grand sommeil noir

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AMERICAN/ENGLISH SONGS

Adam, Adolf

O Holy Night

Argento, Dominick

Songs About Spring:
   I.  who knows if the moon’s a balloon
   II.  Spring is like a perhaps hand
   III.  in Just-spring
   IV.  in Spring comes
   V.  when faces called flowers float out of the ground
Spring from Six Elizabethan Songs

Bach, J.S. (English text - Brian Wren)

Go Now in Hope (tune of Bist du bei Mir)

Beck, John Ness

Consecration
Lullaby

Bernstein, L.

A big Indian

Bishop, Henry

Lo! here the Gentle Lark
Love Has Eyes

Carissimi, G.  (English text - Gertrude Tingley)

A Savior is Born (Vittoria, mio core)

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario Apemantus's Grace  from Shakespeare Songs
Copland, A. Heart, we will forget him ^
Crumb, G. Three Early Songs
      I. Night ^
     II. Let It Be Forgotten ^
    III. Wind Elegy *

Dougherty, C.

Love in the Dictionary

Dowland, J.

Come again!  Sweet love doth now invite

Duke, J.

Heart!  We will forget him!

Fedak, A. and Wren, B.

When Love is Found

Flanders/Swann

A word on my ear (Tone Deaf)

Gieseke, Richard W.

Rejoice in the Lord Alway

Gordon, Ricky Ian Only Heaven
   Late Last Night
   Stars

Handel, G. F.

Gentle Redeemer

Harbison, John When the Moon  from Milosz Songs

Haydn, J.

Fidelity
O Tuneful Voice

Heggie, Jake

Animal Passion
Not in a Silver Casket, No. 3 from Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia
The Shaman, No. 5 from Rise and Fall

Hoiby, L.

A Christmas Song
The Lamb

Howells, Herbert In Green Ways
   Under the Greenwood Tree
   The Goat Paths
   Merry Margaret
   Wanderer's Night Song
   On the Merry First of May

Hundley, R.

Come Ready and See Me
Postcard From Spain
Sweet Suffolk Owl
Will There Really Be A Morning?

Ives, C.

Slugging a Vampire
Two Little Flowers

Keesecker, Thomas

The Lasting Joy

Laitman, Lori

Days and Nights:
   The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
   They Might Not Need Me
   Song
   Wild Nights

Niles, John Jacob

Go ’way from my window

Old English Melody

When Love is Kind

Pfautsch, L. (arr.)

Humbly I adore Thee

Purcell, H.

Come all ye songsters from The Fairy Queen
Fairest Isle (Venus’s Song) from King Arthur
From rosy bowers
Hark! The echoing Air
If Music be the Food of Love (Third Version)
I Take No Pleasure
Music for a While
Nymphs And Shepherds
Sweeter than Roses
What can we poor females do

Reger, Max

The Virgin’s Slumber Song

Rorem, N.

Alleluia
Ask Me No More
The Silver Swan

Row, Richard D. (arr.)

Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head

Schubert, F. (ed. K. Lee Scott)

Lord, to Whom Our Prayers Ascend

Scott, K. Lee
 (Traditional American)

The Call
Redeeming Grace

Sessions, Roger On the Beach at Fontana ^

Traditional Spiritual (arr. K. Lee Scott)

Jesus, My All, to Heaven Is Gone

Vaughn Williams, R.

Orpheus with his lute

Walton, William

Through Gilded Trellises

White, David Ashley

Promised Land from Frontier Songs

Yon, Pietro A.

Gesu Bambino

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HUNGARIAN, NORWEGIAN, RUSSIAN, and SPANISH SONGS

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario Coplas:  11 liriche brevi
   Señor Alcalde Mayor...
   Manojito de alfileres...
   Gitano, porque vas preso?
   En medio de lo mar hay...
   Un estudiante tunante...
   Hermosa blanca azucena...
   Cuando el juez mi demando...
   Un rosal hace una rosa...
   La mujer qu'engaña un hombre...
   Te pintarè en un cantar...
   Dentro de mi pecho hay...
La Ermita di San Simon

Grieg, E.

Solveig’s Sang  from Peer Gynt

Kodály, Z. Kocsi, szekér

Rachmaninoff, S.

Davno l', moy drug, Op. 4, No. 6
Margaritki, Op. 38, No. 3
Ne poy, krasavitsa, Op. 4, No. 4
Son, Op. 8, No. 5
Son, Op. 38, No. 5
Vesenniye vodï, Op. 14, No. 11
Veter perelyotnï, Op. 34, No. 4
Zdes' khorosho, Op. 21, No. 7

Rodrigo, J.

Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios
   
¿Con qué la lavaré?
    ¿De dónde venís, amore? 

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CHAMBER AND NEW MUSIC

Berio, Luciano Sequenza III

Brahms, J.

Die Schwestern
Liebeslieder Walzer, Op.52 (selections)

Cage, J.

Indeterminacy
Radio music
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs ^

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M. The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra
Dallapiccola, Luigi Divertimento in quattro esercizi
Quattro Liriche di Antonio Machado

   La primavera ha venido (I)
   Ayer soñé que veía (II)
   Señor, ya me arrancaste lo que yo más quería (III) ^
   La primavera ha venido (IV)
Decker, Pamela Psalm 102 ^
DeLio, Thomas Center ^
contrecoup... ^

Fauré, G.

Tarentelle

Ghedini, Giorgio Federico Quattro duetti su testi sacri
   Florete flores quasi lilium
   Quae est ista
   Assumpta est Maria in coelum

Handel, G.F.

Flammende Rose
Manca pur quanto sai…(solo cantata)

Henze, Hans Werner Being Beauteous ^

Honegger, A.

O Salutaris

Kurtág, G. Kafka Fragments (selections) ^

Lilly, Stephen Frank

A Sextet of Seven for Ecstya
Like staring at a word…
se una notte

Portrait in Song

Maderna, B. Tre liriche greche ^
Messiaen, O. La Mort du Nombre ^
Mortari, Virgilio Cantilene
   I. Domani è festa
   II. Ohimè
   III. Le cose piccoline
   IV. Cecco Velluto
   V. Io voglio bene a nonna
Moss, L. Unseen Leaves ^

Mozart, W.A.

Das Bandel

Nono, Luigi Canti di vita e d'amore
Como una ola de fuerza u luz
^
Il canto sospeso
^
La fabbrica illuminata
Io, frammento dal Prometeo
(VI)
Prometeo
(Hölderlin)
Quando stanno morendo, Diario polacco 
(IIIA ^ / IIIC)
Pärt, A. Stabat Mater

Purcell, H.

Turn then thine eyes
What can we poor females do?

Schoenberg, A. Streichquartett II, Op. 10 ^

Schubert, F.

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Der Hochzeitbraten

Shepherd, A. Triptych ^

Shostakovich, D.

From Yiddish Folk Poetry

Twombly, Kristian

poems:  thrushes, air

Varèse, E. Offrandes ^

Wolff, C.

Stones

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ORATORIO (soloist)

Bach, J. S.

Aus liebe  from St. Matthew Passion
Bete aber auch dabei  from Cantata 115 ^
Blute nur  from Saint Matthew Passion ^
Die Seele ruht  from Cantata 127
Erfüllet, ihr himmlischen, göttlichen Flammen  from Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 ^
Flößt mein Heiland  from Christmas Oratorio (IV)
Herz, zerreiß des Mammons Kette  from Tue Rechnung!  Donnerwort, BWV 168
Ich folge dir gleichfalls  from St. John Passion
Jauchzet Gott, Cantata 51 ^
Jesu, der du meine Seele, Cantata 78
Jesu, joy of man’s desiring  from Cantata 147
Kaffee Kantate, BWV 211 (memorized and staged)
Mass in B Minor
, BWV 232 (Soprano I)
Mein gläubiges Herze/My Heart Ever Faithful  from Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (Pentecost Cantata), BWV 68
Quia respexit humilitatem  from Magnificat
Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not  from Ich hatte viel Bekümmerniss, Cantata 21
Süsser trost, mein Jesus kommt  from Cantata 151
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Cantata 140
Wohlan! mein Herze legt...Gerechter Gott, ach, rechnest du  from Cantata 89

Brahms, J. Ein Deutsches Requiem ^

Costa, M.

I will extol Thee, O Lord  from Eli

Dello Joio, N.

A Jubilant Song

Fauré, G.

Requiem

Franck, C.

Panis Angelicus

Gounod, C. (Bach)

Ave Maria

Handel, G.F.

Endless Pleasure  from Semele
Jesu, Thou Art Watching Ever  from The Passion of Christ
Messiah
O, Had I Jubal’s Lyre  from Joshua

Haydn, J.

With Verdure Clad  from The Creation
The Marvelous Work  from The Creation
The Heavens are Telling  from The Creation

Honegger, A.

Lament of Gilboa  from King David

Mendelssohn, F.

If with all your hearts (duet arrangement)  from Elijah
I Will Sing of Thy Great Mercies  from St. Paul

Mozart, W. A.

Alleluja  from Exsultate, jubilate
Coronation Mass
Et incarnatus est  from Mass in C minor
Exsultate  from Exsultate, jubilate
Regina Coeli, K. 276
Requiem (cover)
Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339

Orff, C. Carmina Burana ^
Poulenc, F. Gloria ^

Saint-Saëns, C.

Christmas Oratorio

Schubert, F.

Ave Maria
Mass in Ab ^
Mass in G ^
Offertory: "Salve Regina" in A Major, D. 676

Vasselli, S.

Messa

Vivaldi, A.

Esurientes  from Magnificat
Gloria

Weber, C.M.von

Harvest Cantata

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OPERA ROLES

Alberto, E.

Salsipuedes

Fifth Woman

Britten, B.

The Turn of the Screw

Flora

Convery, R.

Clara Schumann

Julie Schumann – world premiere

Convery, R.

Clara Schumann

Marie Schumann

Gluck, C.W. von

Armide
Orfeo ed Euridice

Sidonie/Bergère/Lucinde
Euridice

Humperdinck, E. Hansel and Gretel Dew Fairy

Monteverdi, C.

L’incoronazione di Poppea

Amor

Monteverdi, C.

L’incoronazione di Poppea

Damigella

Mozart, W.A.

Die Zauberflöte

First Spirit

Musto, J.

Pope Joan

Sister 1

Poulenc, F.

Dialogues des Carmelites

Sister Gertrude

Puccini, G.

Suor Angelica

Suor Genovieffa

Strauss, J.

Die Fledermaus

Adele

Verdi, G. Rigoletto Gilda

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OPERA ROLES IN PREPARATION/SCENES PERFORMED

Bellini, V.

I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Giulietta

Britten, B.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Peaseblossom

Donizetti, G.

L’Elisir d’Amore
La Fille du Régiment
Don Pasquale

Adina
Marie
Norina

Gounod, C.

Roméo et Juliette

Juliette

Handel, G.F.

Xerxes
Giulio Cesare

Atalanta
Cleopatra

Lully, J.B. Alceste L'Ombre

Massenet, J.

Werther

Sophie

Moore, D.

The Ballad of Baby Doe

Baby Doe

Mozart, W.A.

Le Nozze di Figaro
Così fan tutte
Der Schauspieldirektor
Die Zauberflöte
Die Zauberflöte
La Clemenza di Tito
Le Nozze di Figaro
Don Giovanni

Barbarina
Despina
Mademoiselle Silberklang
Pamina
Papagena
Servilia
Susanna
Zerlina

Offenbach, J.

Orphée aux Enfers

Cupid

Purcell, H.

Dido and Aeneas

Belinda

Rameau, J.P. Les Indes Galantes Zima
Sondheim, S. A Little Night Music Anne

Strauss, R.

Der Rosenkavalier

Sophie

Sullivan, A. The Pirates of Penzance Mabel * *

Verdi, G.

Falstaff
Rigoletto
Rigoletto
Un Ballo in Maschera

Nannetta
Countess Ceprano
Page
Oscar

Weber, C.M. von

Der Freischütz

Ännchen

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OPERA ARIAS

Arne, T.  

The Solder Tir’d  from Artaxerxes

Bellini, V.

Ah, non credea...Ah, non giunge  from La Sonnambula
Come per me sereno  from La Sonnambula
Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh! quante volte...  from I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Ah! non poss'io partire  from I Capuleti e i Montecchi

Cesti, M.

Addio Corindo...  from I casti amori d’Orontea

Donizetti, G.

Prendi  from L'Elisir d'Amore
Quel guardo il cavaliere…So anch’io…  from Don Pasquale

Gershwin, G.

Summertime  from Porgy and Bess

Gounod, C. Je veux vivre  from Roméo et Juliette

Handel, G.F.

E pur così...Piangerò la sorte mia  from Giulio Cesare
Và godendo  from Serse

Iucolano, N.

Come un’Aquila…  from L’Aquila e i Girasoli

Massenet, J.

Gavotte  from Manon
Du gai soleil  from Werther

Mechem, K.

Fair Robin I Love  from Tartuffe

Moore, D.

Always Through the Changing  from The Ballad of Baby Doe
Willow Song  from The Ballad of Baby Doe

Mozart, W.A.

Ma se colpa...Batti, batti...  from Don Giovanni
Bester Jüngling  from The Impresario
Durch zärtlichkeit  from Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Giunse alfin il momento…Deh vieni, non tardar  from Le Nozze di Figaro
In uomini  from Così fan tutte
L’amerò, sarò costante  from Il Rè Pastore
L'ho perduta  from Le Nozze di Figaro
Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben  from Zaide
S’altro che lacrime  from La Clemenza di Tito
Una donna a quindici anni  from Così fan tutte
Vedrai, carino  from Don Giovanni

Offenbach, J.

Doll’s Song (“Les oiseaux…”)  from Les Contes d’Hoffman

Pergolesi G.B.

Stizzoso, mio stizzoso  from La serva padrona

Puccini, G.

O Mio Babbino Caro  from Gianni Schicchi
Sì, mi chiamano Mimì  from La Bohème

Rameau, J.P. L'amour comme Neptune (Aria de Matelote)  from Hippolyte et Aricie

Strauss, J.

Ever Since I was a Baby/Spiel ich... (“audition aria”)  from Die Fledermaus
My Dear Marquis  from Die Fledermaus

Sullivan, A. Poor wand'ring one  from The Pirates of Penzance

Verdi, G.

Caro nome  from Rigoletto
Saper vorreste  from Un Ballo in Maschera
Sul fil d’un soffio etesio  from Falstaff

Weber, C.M. von Einst träumte meine selgen Base...Trübe Augen  from Der Freischütz

^ in preparation
** scheduled for upcoming performance

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