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The Bassarids (Hans Werner Henze) "Autonoe"
Netherlands Radio Symphony and Chorus, Amsterdam
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Markus Stenz, cond;
VARA (Nederlands Radio) INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST
The Noblest Game; Four Soliloquies (David Diamond
- World Premiere) "Sabina"
Columbia University, Miller Theater, New York
City Opera Orchestra
George Manahan, cond.
Esther (Hugo Weisgall) scenes "Esther"
Seattle Symphony
Gerard Schwartz, cond.
RECORDING - Milkin Archive
Blood on the Dining Room Floor (Jonathan Sheffer - World Premier with full
orchesta) "Gertrude Stein"
Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York City
EOS Chamber Orchestra
Jonathan Sheffer, cond; Peter Kazaras, dir.
Ariodante (Handel) "Ginevra"
Dallas Opera
Graeme Jenkins, cond; John Copley, dir.
Hopper's Wife (Steward Wallace / Michael Korie
- World Premiere)
"Hedda / Josephine Hopper"
Long Beach Opera
Michael Barrett, cond; Christopher Alden, dir.
Carmen (Bizet) "Carmen"
Orchestra London Canada & Princeton Chamber Orchestra
Mark Laycock, cond.
Lucrezia (Handel) "Lucrezia"
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
EOS Ensemble; Jonathan Sheffer, cond; Stephen Wadsworth, dir.
Nixon in China (Adams), Act III "Pat Nixon
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
EOS Ensemble; Jonathan Sheffer, cond; Peter Kazaras, dir.
Harvey Milk (Stewart Wallace / Michael Korie)
"Dianne Feinstein / Hooker / Beard"
San Francisco Opera
Christopher Alden, dir. Donald Runnicles, cond;
RECORDING - Teldec
San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Donald Runnicles, cond.
Also
(1995) New York City Opera; Christopher Keene, cond.
(1995 - World Premier) Houston Grand Opera; Ward Holmquist, cond.
Dreamkeepers (David Carlson / Aden Ross - World Premiere)
"Ela"
Utah Opera for State Bi-Centennial Celebration
Stewart Robertson, cond; Ann Ewers, dir.
NPR (National Public Radio) BROADCAST
Songs form the Sung Dynasty (Bright Sheng)
Hong Kong Philarmonic
Samuel Wong, cond.
Bahianas Brasileiras No.5 (Villa Lobos)
Bing Theater, Los Angeles County Museum of Art &
Zipper Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Te Deum (Bruckner)
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles
Master Chorale
Grant Gerson, cond.
Requiem (Verdi)
Pasadena Civic Auditorium
Sergiu Comissiona, cond.
Folk Songs (Luciano Berio)
Twentieth Century Unlimited Music Festival; Santa Fe, NM
Yehuda Gilad, cond.
Symphony No. 2, (Mahler) "Lobgesang"
Charleston, SC; Charleston Symphony
David Stahl, cond.
Les Illuminations (Britten) and Salve Regina (Schubert)
Anchorage Performing Arts Center & Fairbanks, AK
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Popken, cond.
Rosarium (Roger Bourland - World Premier)
Royce Hall, Los Angeles
Donald Neuen, cond.
CD RECORDING: Yelton Rhodes
Symphony No. 8
"Symphony of a Thousand" (Mahler)
Kansas City Symphony
William McGlaughlin, cond.
Exsultate, jubilate
(Mozart)
Ohio State University; Columbus Pro Musica
Timothy Russell, cond.
Planet Forces
Symphony in Four Movements for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra (Peter
Michaelides - World Premiere)
Twentieth Century Unlimited Music Festival,
Santa Fe, NM; Yehuda Gilad, cond.
Symphony No. 2, (Mendelssohn) "Lobgesang"
Carnegie Hall, NYC
St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra
John Nelson, cond.
Requiem (Mozart)
Kansas City Symphony
William McGlaughlin, cond.
Mass in c minor (Mozart)
San Antonio Symphony
Christopher Wilkins, cond.
Chants D'Auvergne (Canteloube)
Princeton Chamber Orchestra
Mark Laycock, cond.
The Messiah (Handel) and Cantatas No. 36
& 110 (Bach)
Louisville Symphony and Louisville Bach Society
Melvin Dickinson, cond.
Symphony No. 14 (Shostakovich)
New York Chamber Symphony
Gerard Schwarz, cond.
Chamber Music (with principle players of the LA Philharmonic)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Stravinsky Festival
"Evenings on the Roof" retrospective
Bing Theater; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Recital "An Evening with
Igor"
Los Angeles Philharmonic Stravinsky Festival
Dramatic Reading and sungperformance with actors
John de Lancie, Rene Auberjonois, & Armin Shimerman
Mark Taper Auditorium, Los Angeles Public Library
Recital (Tom Beghin, fortepiano)
Haydn Songs
International Haydn Symbosium
The Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles
Recital (Jon Robertson, piano;
Patricia Mabee, harpsichord;
Clayton Haslop, violin; Elisabeth LeGuin, Baroque cello; Piotr Jandula, viola)
"Love Songs in May": music of Handel, Chopin/Viardot, Strauss,
Gordon (World and West Coast premiers), Granados
UCLA Faculty Artist Series, inaugural season finale
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA
Recital (Peter Grunberg, piano)
Pacific Music Festival
Kitara Concert Hall, Sapporo, Japan
Recital (Robert Winter, piano)
Benefit for the University of Chicago School of Humanities
Los Angeles, CA
Recital (Tom Beghin, harpsichord and fortepiano;
Elisabeth LeGuin, Baroque cello; Roberto Cani, violin)
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA
UCLA Faculty Recital
"Love and Madness", music of the Baroque and Classical eras
Recital (Donald McGinnes, viola and Val
Underwood, piano)
Music Academy of the West
Santa Barbara, CA
Gala Benefit Solo Recital
for Yaddo (Donald St. Pierre, piano)
Yaddo Artists Colony
Saratoga Springs, NY
Ariodante (Handel) "Ginevra"
Göttingen Handel Festival, Germany
Nicholas McGegan, cond; Drew Minter, dir.
RECORDING - Harmonia Mundi USA
Freiburger Barockorchester; Nicholas McGegan, cond.
WINNER - GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE'S "RECORD OF THE YEAR" AWARD, 1996
Giustino (Handel) "Fortuna"
Göttingen Handel Festival
Nicholas McGegan, cond.
RECORDING - Harmonia Mundi USA
Freiburger Barockorchester; Nicholas McGegan, cond.
Radamisto (Handel) "Zenobia"
Göttingen Handel Festival & Halle Handel Festival, Germany
Nicholas McGegan, cond; Drew Minter, dir.
RECORDING - Harmonia Mundi USA
Freiburger Barockorchester; Nicholas McGegan, cond.
Song of Majnun (Bright Sheng / Andrew Porter) "Layla"
San Francisco Symphony
Bright Sheng, cond.
Candide (Bernstein) "Paquette"
San Francisco Symphony
David Zinman, cond.
Ottone (Handel) "Gismonda"
Göttingen Handel Festival & Halle Handel Festival, Germany
Nicholas McGegan, cond; Drew Minter, dir.
RECORDING - Harmonia Mundi USA
Freiburger Barockorchester; Nicholas McGegan, cond.
Mitridate (Mozart) "Aspasia"
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
Mostly Mozart Festival
Gerard Schwarz, cond.
The Ghosts of Versailles
(John Corigliano/William Hoffman) World Premiere
"Marie Antoinette" cover for Teresa Stratas
Metropolitan Opera
James Levine, cond; Colin Graham, dir.
Also excerpts at The Bowdoin Festival, Brunswick, ME
John Corigliano, cond.
Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss)
"Marianne"
Metropolitan Opera
James Levin, cond; Nat Merril, dir.
(1991 & 1990) Carlos Kleiber, cond.
"TEXACO" INTERNATIONAL RADIO BROADCAST
Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) "1st
Lady"
Metropolitan Opera
James Levin, cond; Guus Mostaart / David Hockney, dir.
(1991) Julius Rudel, cond.
(1990) James Levin, cond. - VIDEO RECORDING of live performance
DGG Videodisc "LIVE FROM THE MET" PBS TELEVISION BROADCAST
"TEXACO" INTERNATIONAL RADIO BROADCAST
Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss) "Rosalinde"
cover
Metropolitan Opera
Julius Rudel, cond; Otto Schenk, dir. (Also in 1991 & 1990)
La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart) "Vitellia"
Scottish Opera, Edinburgh Festival and Glasgow
Nicholas McGegan, cond.; Stephen Wadsworth, dir.
Beatrice di Tenda (Bellini) "Beatrice" and Rossini Gala
(duets / arias from Semiramide, Bianca e
Falliero, & La Donna dell' Lago)
Le Chantier Naval, Antibes Festival de Bel Canto, France
Evelino Pido & Alain Guingal, conductors. RADIO FRANCE BROADCAST
Don Giovanni (Mozart) "Donna Elvira"
Seattle Opera
Gerard Schwarz, cond.; Christopher Alden, dir.
In der Mondnacht (von Mihalovich)
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Bottstein, cond.
Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)
Columbus Symphony
Alessandro Sicilliani, cond.
NPR (National Public Radio) BROADCAST
L'Allegro, il Penseroso,
ed il Moderato (Handel)
New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
Mark Morris Dance Group
New York Chamber Symphony
Craig Smith, cond.
Time Cycle (Foss) and Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)
Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse, Hunter College, NYC
New York Chamber Ensemble
L'Allegro, il Pernseroso, ed il Moderato (Handel)
Mark Morris Dance Group
L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato (Handel)
Mark Morris Dance Group
a) Seattle Symphony; Gerald Schwarz, cond.
b) Philharmonica Baroque Orchestra;
Nicholas McGegan, cond.
_San Francisco: Herbst Theater NPR (National public Radio) BROADCAST
_Berkeley: Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
_Stanford: Stanford University
_Concord CA: Concord Performing Arts Center
Esther (Handel) "Esther"
Göttingen Handel Festival, Germany; Freiburger Barockorchester
Nicholas McGegan, cond.
Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) (Górecki)
and Gloria (Poulenc)
Minnesota Orchestra; David Zinman, cond
NPR (National Public Radio) BROADCAST
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)
Caramoor Festival
St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra
André Previn, cond.
Two Songs from the Sung Dynasty (Bright Sheng)
a) Seattle Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, cond.
b) Glenn Gould Hall, Toronto; Chamber Concerts Canada; Bright Sheng, cond.
CBC - CANADIAN NATIONAL BROADCAST
B-Minor Mass (Bach)
Milwaukee Symphony; John Nelson, cond.
NPR (National Public Radio) BROADCAST
Two Songs from the Sung Dynasty (Sheng)
San Francisco Symphony; "Wet Ink" Festival
Bright Sheng, cond.
Requiem (Andrew Lloyd-Webber)
Metropolitan Opera House; American Ballet Theater Orchestra
Jack Everly, cond.
Exsultate, jubilate and concert arias (Mozart)
San Diego Symphony; Jack Everly, cond.
Les Illuminations (Britten) and Bachianas Brasileiras
No. 5 (Villa Lobos)
Princeton Chamber Orchestra; Mark Laycock, cond.
To Wake the Dead (Stephen Albert)
a) Bowdoin Festival, Brunswick, ME; Toshiro Shimada, cond.
b) Malibu Strawberry Creek Music Festival; Donald Crockett, cond.
Symphony No. 4 (Mahler)
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC
New York Philharmonic; André Previn, cond.
The Messiah (Handel)
Buffalo Philharmonic; Grzegorz Nowak, cond.
Ode to St. Cecilia and
Vesper: Laudate pueri Dominum (Handel)
92nd Street Y; New York Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, cond.
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
Gala re-opening of Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco Symphony; Herbert Blomstedt, cond.
NPR (National Public Radio) BROADCAST
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) and Cantata: Homage
à Beethoven (Liszt)
Indianapolis Symphony; Raymond Leppard, cond.
NPR (national Public Radio) BROADCAST
Distant Hills (Stephen Albert) World Premiere
New York Chamber Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, cond.
& Bowdoin Festival, Brunswick, ME; Stephen Albert, cond.
Exsultate, jubilate and L'Amerò, sarò costante (Mozart)
Festival de Musique et Amitiié, Bienne, Switzerland; Sinfonia Helvetica
Grzegorz Nowak, cond. RECORDING - Sonoris Records
Davidde penitente and
Exsultate, jubilate (Mozart)
Avignon Opera House, France
Avignon Festival
EUROPEAN RADIO BROADCAST
Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt
PUBLIC RADIO BROADCAST
Crudel, tiranno amor (Handel)
Malibu Strawberry Creek Music Festival
Yehuda Gilad
Recital (Donald McGinnes, viola and Val Underwood, piano)
Montecito, CA
Solo Recital (Jodie De Salvo, piano)
Canterbury Concert Series
Ft. Wayne, IN
Duo Recital (David Leisner, guitar)
The Frick Collection
Pittsburgh, PA
Duo Recital (Ralf Popken, countertenor and Nicholas
McGegan, harpsichord)
Göttingen Handel Festival
Duo Recital (David Leisner, guitar)
Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse
Hunter College, NY
Recital (Steven Blier, piano)
All-Russian program
New York Festival of Song
Duo Recital (David Leisner, guitar)
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory
PUBLIC RADIO BROADCAST
Duo Recital (David Leisner, guitar) - WBGH, Boston
Recital (Marcia Maull, piano)
Utica, NY
Duo Recital (Carl Halvorson, tenor and Susan
Almasi, piano)
Van Wezel Hall, Sarasota, FL
Recital, All-Strauss
and Mahler (Donald St. Pierre, piano)
Bard Festival
Hudson, NY
Recital (Donald St. Pierre, piano)
Kirby Arts Center
Lawrenceville, NJ
Recital (Jeffrey Peterson, piano)
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Recital (Jeffrey Peterson, piano)
University of Wisconsin
Stephens Point
Cosi fan tutte (Mozart) "Fiordiligi"
TEXACO INTERNATIONAL RADIO BROADCAST
Hawaii Opera
Martin Fischer-Dieskau, cond; Matthew Ferruggio, dir.
Cosi fan tutte and Le
Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Arias
St. Louis Symphony
Raymond Leppard, cond.
NPR (National Public Radio) BROADCAST
Yvgeny Onegin and Jeanne d'Arc (Tchaikowsky) Arias
Indianapolis Symphony
Raymond Leppard, cond.
NPR (National Public Radio) BROADCAST
Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) "Contessa Almaviva"
Netherlands Opera
Hartmut Haenchen, cond.; Rhoda Levine, dir.
The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach) "Olympia / Antonia / Giulietta / Stella"
(first performance of the complete opera outside Europe) Opera Theatre of St. Louis
John Nelson, cond.; Colin Graham, dir.
Kismet (Forrest-Wright) "Marsinah"
Vancouver Symphony Gala
Jack Everly, cond.
CBC - CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCAST
Carmen (Bizet) "Micaela"
Baton Rouge Opera
Henry Holt, cond.
Giovanna D'Arco (Verdi) "Giovanna" cover
for Margaret Price
Zurich Opera
Nello Santi, cond.
A Quiet Place (Leonard Bernstein / Stephen Wadsworth)
"Dede"
Kennedy Center, Washington DC & La Scala, Milan (cover)
John Mauceri, cond.; Stephen Wadsworth, dir.
Kismet (Forrest / Wright) "Marsinah"
Baltimore Opera
Jack Everly, cond.; John Lehmeyer, dir.
Aria Recitals with Orchestra
_L'Orquesta del Gran Liceo, Barcelona
_Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, Germany
EUROPEAN RADIO BROADCAST
Aria Recitals with Orchestra
_L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Geneva
Armin Jordan, cond.
_L'Orchestre du Rhin
Basel / Mulhouse / Freiburg, Switzerland
_Bieler Orchester / L'Orchestre Bienne, Switzerland
Giovanna D'Arco (Verdi) "Giovanna"
New York Grand Opera
Vincent LaSelva, cond.; Linda Brovsky, dir.
La Boheme (Puccini) "Mimi"
Goldovsky Opera National Tour (52 performances, 15 states)
Boris Goldovsky, cond. & dir.
Bronx Opera; Hunter College & Lehmann Center
New York. Michael Spierman, cond.
_Un Giorno di Regno (Verdi) "Marchesa del Poggio"; Jay Lesenger, dir.
(1982)
_Die Zauberflote (Mozart) "Pamina"; Brian O'Connor, dir. (1982)
_Hugh the Drover (Vaughn-Williams) "Mary"; Linda Brovsky, dir. (1981)
Electra (Strauss) "4th Maid"
San Diego Opera
Theo Alcandara, cond.; Linda Brovsky, dir. (1981)
San Diego Opera Verdi Festival
Tito Capobianco, dir.
_Il Corsaro "Gulnara"; Eduardo Muller, cond. (1981)
_GIovana D'Arco "Giovana"; Eduardo Muller, cond. (1980)
_Il Trovatore "Ines"; Calvin Simmons, cond. (1980)
Il Triofno dell'Onore (Scarlatti) "Doralice"
San Diego Opera Center
John Balme, cond.; Jan Bouws, dir. (1979)
Fra Diavolo (Auber) "Zerlina"
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles Music Center
Euterpe Opera; Henry Holt, cond.; Frans Boerlage, dir.
The Magic Flute (Mozart) "First Spirit"
Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles; Guild Opera
Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)
Toronto Symphony
Gunther Herbig
Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)
Brucknerorchester, Linz, Austria - Jerzy Semkow
EUROPEAN RADIO BROADCAST
Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) "Soprano I"
Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra's 25th Anniversary Gala,
Madrid
Arpad Joo
EUROPEAN RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCAST
Bianca e Falliero (Rossini) "Bianca"
Greater Miami Opera
Willie Waters, cond.; Francesca Zambello, dir.
NPR (National Public Radio) BROADCAST
Alcina (Handel) "Alcina"
Opera Theatre of St. Louis
John Nelson, cond.; Stephen Wadsworth, dir.
Don Giovanni (Mozart) "Donna Elvira"
cover for Julia Varady
Salzburg Easter Festival
Herbert von Karajan, cond.; Michael Hampe, dir.
Wesendoncklieder (Wagner) and Sieben Frühe
Lieder (Berg)
Rochester Philharmonic
Jerzy Semkow
C-Minor Mass (Mozart) "Soprano II"
San Francisco Symphony
Herbert Blomstedt
PUBLIC RADIO BROADCAST
Exsultate, jubilate (Mozart)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Geneva
Armin Jordan
Scena di Berenice (Haydn) and Solo Cantate: Crudel,
tiranno Amor (Handel)
St. Louis Symphony
Raymond Leppard
Stabat Mater and Gloria (Poulenc)
Dallas Symphony
Robert Shaw
The Messiah (Handel)
Charleston Symphony
David Stahl
Elijah (Mendelssohn)
Los Angeles Music Center
Los Angeles Master Chorale
John Currie
Exsultate, Jubilate and Requiem in D minor (Mozart)
Toronto Philharmonic, Massey Hall
Paul Robinson
The Creation (Haydn)
Indianapolis Symphony
Sir David Willcocks
PUBLIC RADIO BROADCAST
C-Minor Mass (Mozart) "Soprano I"
Detroit Symphony
Jerzy Semkow
Les Illuminations (Britten)
Colonial Symphony
Yehuda Gilad
Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)
Indianapolis Symphony
John Nelson
Requiem (Verdi)
Pacific Symphony
Keith Clark
Stabat Mater (Dvorak), Stabat Mater (Pergolesi),
Magnificat / Cantata No. 10 / Cantata No. 147 (Bach)
Winter Park (FL) Bach Festival
Les Nuits d'Eté (Berlioz)
Malibu Strawberry Creek Festival
Yehuda Gilad
Theodora (Handel) "Theodora"
Caramoor Festival, NY
St. Luke's Chamber Orchestra
John Nelson
The Tenth Muse (Donald Crockett) World Premiere
Pasadena Centennial Celebration
Ambassador Auditorium
Pasadena Chamber Orchestra
Robert Duerr
PUBLIC RADIO BROADCAST
Knoxville: Summer 1915 (Barber)
Santa Monica Symphony
Yehuda Gilad
Chamber Music: Dies Natalis (Gerald Finzi)
Muir String Quartet
Newport, RI
Recital (Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Piano)
All-Polish program of Chopin and Paderewski songs
Tilles Center
for Performing Arts
Long Island, NY
Recital series
"The Art of the Polish Song" (Peter Grunberg, piano)
Merkin Concert Hall, New York City
Recital (Peter Grunberg, piano)
Smart Art Gallery
University of Chicago
PUBLIC RADIO BROADCAST
Recital (Peter Grunberg, piano) - WFMT, Chicago
Recital (Dean Williamson, piano)
Pick-Staiger Auditorium
Northwestern University
Duo Recital tour (Ofra Harnoy, cello)
New World Festival, Irvine, CA
Strawberry Creek Festival, CA,
Windsor Chamber Music Festival - Ontario, Canada
Newport Chamber Music Festival, RI
Recital (Roger Vignoles, piano)
Ambassador Auditorium "Gold Medal" Series
Los Angeles, CA
Recital (Peter Grunberg, piano)
Carnegie Recital Hall "Affiliate Artists Sing" Series
New York City
Chamber Recital (Yoav Chamber Ensemble)
Carnegie Recital Hall "Winds and Piano" Series
New York City
Recital tour (Roger Vignoles, piano)
Teatro La Fenice, Venice
Berlin National Library
Lucerne Festival Hall
Conservatoire de Genève
Recital (Peter Grunberg, piano)
All-American program
Grand Théâtre de Genève "Foyer Concerts"
Switzerland
Chamber Recital (Yoav Chamber Ensemble)
Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
RECORDING - Recital (Roger Vignoles,
piano)
Radio Suisse; Romande for Patek Philippe
Geneva, Switzerland
EUROPEAN RADIO RECITAL RECORDINGS:
assorted songs repertoire
Sender Freies, Berlin (Wilhelm von Grunelius, piano)
Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Stuttgart (Peter Grunberg, piano)
Two separate programs
Radio Suisse Romande (Roger Vignoles, piano)
Radio France (Roger Vignoles, piano)
RAI - Milan (Roger Vignoles, piano)
Recital (Michael
Fardink, piano); Mendelssohn Society;
New York City
Artist residencies Affiliate Artists,
Inc. ;
U.S. Steel Corporation sponsorship
West Virginia & Pennsylvania
Recital (Arlene Shrut, piano)
U.S. Steel Corporate
Hdqtrs., Morgantown, WV
Newport Chamber Music
Festival, RI
Seven seasons (1984 - 1987, 1990 - 1992)
recital soloist & chamber music performer with
Rudolf Firkusny, Jean-Philippe Collard, Jean-Louis Steuerman, Anne-Marie
McDermott,
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Mischa Maisky, Peter Oundjian,
David Jolley, Boris Pergamenchikov,
Bert Lucarelli,
the Muir String Quartet, Milan Turkovic, Paul Meyer, Carol Wincenc,
a.o.
Malibu (Strawberry Creek)
Music Festival, CA
Four seasons (1987, 1988, 1991, 1993)
symphonic soloist & chamber music performer with
Mitchell Lurie, John Walz, Ofra Harnoy, Richard Todd, Yehuda
Gilad, Kathleen Lenski, a.o.
Bowdoin Festival, Brunswick, ME
Two seasons (1992, 1993)
soprano soloist & chamber music performer with
Jon Klibonoff, André Emelianoff, David Leisner, a.o.
Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, VT
(1982) recital soloist & chamber music performer with
Rudolf Serkin, Felix Galimir, Luis Batlle, Christopher O'Reilly, Chia Chou, Cyril Huve,
Steven Tenebom, Peter Wiley, members of the Boston Symphony,
Orpheaus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, and New York Philharmonic,
a.o.
2002
Songs from the Sung Dynasty ; Bright Sheng ;
Naxos (World Premiere recording)
Hong Kong Philharmonic, Samuel Wong, cond.
The Complete Songs of Karol Szymanowski
Channel Classics (first CD from a set of four)
Reinild Mees, piano
2001
Song of the Lark; Willa Cather; ALT Films /
ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre
"American Collection" MOTION PICTURE adaptation
role: "The Opera Diva"
What Happened on the Hill; Roger Bourland / William
MacDuff; Yelton Rhodes Music
Angeles Chorale / UCLA Chorale,
Donald Neueun, cond.
2000
Esther; Hugo Weisgall; Milken Archive
(Scenes, World Premiere recording);
Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
1998
Harvey Milk; Stewart Wallace / Michael Korie;
Teldec (World Premiere recording)
San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Donald Runnicles, cond.
A Christmas to Remember
Jim Scott, producer
Velvel Records (BMG)
1995
Ariodante; G.F.Handel
Harmonia Mundi USA;
Freiburger Barockorchester; Nicholas McGegan, cond.
Winner, 1996 Gramophone "Record of the Year"
1994
Giustino; G. F. Handel
Harmonia Mundi USA;
Freiburger Barockorchester; Nicholas McGegan, cond.
1993
Radamisto; G. F. Handel
Harmonia Mundi USA,
Freiburger Barockorchester; Nicholas McGegan, cond.
1992
Ottone; G. F. Handel
Harmonia Mundi USA;
Freiburger Barockorchester; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Exsultate, jubilate;
W. A. Mozart;
Sonoris; Sinfonia Helvetica; Grzegorz Nowak, conductor
Live television recital and interview;
NJN Public Television
State of the Art weekly cultural news magazine
1990
Die Zauberflöte
(The Magic Flute); W. A. Mozart
Deutsche Grammophon
VIDEODISC RECORDING; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra;
James Levine, cond.
1984
West Side Story; Leonard. Bernstein
Deutsche Grammophon; Leonard Bernstein, cond.
The Making of West Side Story
DOCUMENTARY FILM, BBC-Television
Juliana Gondek,
various composers
Patek Philippe; Recital with pianist Roger Vignoles
1983
The Yoav Chamber Ensemble; various composers
Orion Records; (several World Premiere recordings)
Winner, 1984 Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Prize for best debut recording
Awards / Prizes
(partial listing)
Renewable financial grants and subsidies:
Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation Grant, five years
Metropolitan Opera Educational Fund Award six years
William Matheus Sullivan Foundation Award, four years
Gladys Turk Foundation Grant, four years
2002
Honorary Lifetime Member
Pasadena Fine Arts Society
2001
UCLA Faculty
Career Development Grant
(project date: winter/spring 2002)
1996
Gramophone
"Record of the Year" Award (British "Grammy")
for Harmonia Mundi recording of Handel's Ariodante; Nicholas McGegan, cond.
Induction into John Muir High School Hall of Fame,
alongside illustrious fellow alumni such as: baseball great Jackie Robinson;
politician John Van de Kamp; Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist Robert Lowe;
rock stars Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth
1989
National Endowment for the Arts "Solo Recitalist" Award
(full funding of recital series, "The Art of the Polish Song" at Merkin Concert Hall)
1985
Montreal International Competition, Prizewinner
Montreal, Canada
1984
Gold Medal (First Prize), "Francisco Viñas" International Competition
Barcelona, Spain
Young Artist of the Year Award
Musical America / High Fidelity Magazine
1983
Gold Medal
(unanimous First Prize),
Concours International d'Exécution Musicale (C.I.E.M.); Geneva, Switzerland
Prix Patek Philippe (prizewinner selected from among all 1983 European
and North American international competition Gold Medalists)
Yehudi Menuhin Foundation Prize (for year's best debut recording)
for "The Yoav Chamber Ensemble"; Orion Records
Baltimore Opera Competition prizewinner
and contract for leading role with Baltimore Opera (1984 season)
1982
Oratorio Society
of New York Competition prizewinner
Invitation to Marlboro Music Festival
1981
Metropolitan
National Counceil Awards
New York Regional Finalist
1980
Grand Prize, San
Diego Opera Center
two seasons' employment as soloist with
San Diego Opera (1980-1981)
Invitation to Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program
1979
Metropolitan
National Counceil Awards
Western Regional prizewinner
San Francisco Opera Awards Competition
Western Regional prizewinner
Professor of Voice and Opera Studies (1997 - present)
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Voice Faculty (1975 - 1980)
Former University of Southern California (USC) Community School of Performing Arts
(currently the Richard D. Colburn School of Performing Arts), Los Angeles
Graduate Teaching Fellowship (1975 - 1977)
Theory and Composition Department
University of Southern California School of Music
Assistant to Professors of Freshman and Sophomore CORE classes
(integrated Music Theory and History series)
Instructor to Freshman and Sophomore Ear Training and Sight Singing classes
Private Studio Teaching
New York City (1981 - 2000)
New Jersey (1985 - 1997),
Los Angeles (1975 - 1981 & 1994 - present)
San Francisco (1994 - present)
Other Faculty-Artist Appointments
2000
Pepperdine Summer Vocal Institute
Pepperdine University, CA
Private instruction and repertoire coaching
Lecture Topics: Vocal physiology - Breath Support - Bel Canto style
1999
Baroque Vocal Academy - Pacific Music Festival, Sapporo, Japan
Private instruction and repertoire coaching & Master Classes
Lectures on Baroque vocal ornamentation and style, aria presentation,
& Baroque gesture and movement
Co-Faculty: Nicholas McGegan & Peter Grunberg
Artistic Director: Michael Tilson Thomas
1996
Idyllwild Arts Foundation Summer Program
"Song and Dance"
Intensive musical theater workshop for teens (aged 14 - 19)
Director: Joel Pressman
1988
(Co-Director, Faculty) Vocal Music Seminar
Malibu Strawberry Creek Music Festival
Pepperdine University, CA
Private instruction and repertoire coaching of entry-level professional
singers and instrumentalists in vocal chamber music and opera scenes
Master Classes / Residencies / Presentations
2001 - 2002
Frankfurt, Germany (private sponsorship)
Artist Residency: Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
1999
Pepperdine University, CA
1998
Metropolitan Opera National Council
Nevada / Inland Empire District
1997
Netcong HS, New Jersey
Santa Barbara, CA
1995
Manhattan School of Music
Lectures
Rice University
The Lawrenceville School, NJ
The Canterbury School, Ft. Wayne, IN
Los Angeles, CA
North Allegheny HS, Pittsburgh, PA
1994
University of California, Berkeley
1992
Webster University, Indianapolis, IN
The Lawrenceville School, NJ
The Pingry School, NJ
Lecture
University of Southern California
1991
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
1989
University of Chicago
Lecture
University of Southern California
Student Credits
Prizes
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
San Francisco Opera Auditions
Belvedere International Competition, Vienna (4th prize)
"Tony" Award - Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Kathleen Ferrier Competition (U.K.)
Grand Prize Marilyn Horne Foundation Sponsorship
The Opera Trust Awards
Training programs
Chicago Lyric Opera School
Paris Opera School
Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara
Pacific Music Festival, Sapporo, Japan
Aspen Festival, Colorado
Tanglewood Festival, Massachusetts
Bel Canto Institute, New York
Opera Works, Los Angeles
Acceptance as voice or musical theater majors
Manhattan School of Music
Eastman School of Music
Carnegie-Mellon University
Northwestern University
New York University
Tisch Center
Skidmore College
Cincinnati Conservatory
San Francisco Conservatory
Arizona State University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Colorado
Teaching positions (Voice)
Sam Houston University
TX University of California at Irvine
California State University at Long Beach
Claremont College, Pomona
Fullerton College, CA
Azusa Pacific University, CA
University of Colorado
Professional engagements
Frankfurt Opera
Munich Opera
Paris Opera
Opera North (U.K.)
Cairo Opera
San Francisco Opera
San Diego Opera
Los Angeles Opera
Opera Pacific
Students have taken up leading roles in original Broadway, Los Angeles, and European musical theater casts,
as well as in Broadway revival casts, and have participated in national and international tours.
In addition, one student holds a multi-record contract with Warner Brothers as lead singer in a rock group
EARLY MUSICAL TRAINING
Private piano study, 8
years (1959 - ~1966)
Milan Zirovich, Prof. of Opera, Pasadena City College)
Composition and theory study, 2 years (1963 - ~1965)
Jack Crossan, Pasadena
Private violin study, 10 years (1964 - 1974)
Alice Schoenfeld, Pasadena and USC School of Music
Chamber music and orchestral study, 5 years (1967 - 1972)
Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts
Alice Schoenfeld, Eleanor Schoenfeld, Daniel Lewis
VOCAL TRAINING
University of Southern
California School of Music (1971 - 1979)
B.M. in Voice Performance (magna cum laude)
M.M. in Vocal Arts (magna cum laude)
2-year Graduate Teaching Fellowship - Theory and Composition
Collegium Musicum, Doctoral seminar in Early Music
Thesis topic:
Preparation of a Performing Edition of "Las Cantigas de Santa Maria"
form the Court of Alfonso X "El Sabio"
USC Contemporary Music Ensemble, 4 years
USC Early Music Ensemble, 2 years (Founding Member)
Vocal soloist / instrumentalist (violin, treble viol, rebec, soprano recorder,
vielle, fidel, portative organ)
USC Opera Workshop, 2 years
San Diego Opera Center,
1979-80
Professional Opera Apprenticeship, Grand Prize Winner
Tito Capobianco & Jan Bouws, directors - John Balme, conductor
Recipient of several professional contracts with San Diego Opera
Private vocal study
Kathleen Darragh - Los Angeles
William Eddy - USC School of Music
Sir Peter Pears - Aldeburgh, England
Marlena Malas - New York
Leyna Gabriele - New York
a.o.
Coaching
Peter Grunberg
Geneva / New York / San Francisco / Los Angeles
Role preparation
Craig Rutenberg - Metropolitan Opera, New York
Joan Dornemann - Metropolitan Opera, New York
Levering Rothfuss - New York City Opera
Donald St. Pierre - Curtis Institute, New York
Brian Zeger - New York
Kemal Khan - Metropolitan Opera, New York
Ben Malensek - New York City Opera & Dallas Opera
Michael Franciosi - New York & Huston Grand Opera
Jack Metz - Los Angeles
James Low - Los Angeles
a.o.
Acting and dramatic interpretation
Lee Strasberg - San Diego Opera Center
Stephen Wadsworth - New York
Michael Fuller - USC School of Drama
Master Classes (as participant)
Dame Joan Sutherland and Sir Richard Bonynge - San Diego Opera Center
Tito Capobianco - San Diego Opera Center
Maestro Eduardo Muller - San Diego Opera Center
Martina Arroyo - San Diego Opera Center
Sherrill Milnes - San Diego Opera Center
Sir Peter Pears - Aldeburgh, USC School of Music
Sir Winton Dean - Aldeburgh
Sir John Shirley Quirk - Aldeburgh
Elly Ameling - New York City
LANGUAGES
Conversational:
English, German, French, Spanish
Performance languages
English, Italian, Latin (Ecclesiastical and German), German, French, Spanish,
Portuguese, Catalan, Auvergnois, Russian, Polish, Czech, Armenian,
Mandarin Chinese, Yiddish, Hebrew, Medieval or Old English / French / Spanish
Consulting / Lectures / Publications
Consulting Activities
2000-2002Consultant to screenwriter/director Corey Blechman
for a feature-length motion picture
Lectures
2002The Savvy Listener: Tips for Assessing Emerging Talent
Opera Guild and The Opera Trust, Pasadena
2000
The Making of a Diva
Royce Hall CenterStage Guest Lecture Series
University of California, Los Angeles
1995
Balancing Career and Private Life
Manhattan School of Music, New York City
1995
Balancing Career and Private Life
Manhattan School of Music, New York City
1992
The business of singing: successfully launching a pre-management career
School of Music, University of Southern California, Los Angeles