July 24, 2024 

McKnight Hall @ 4:00pm 

The Opera Conservatory is joined by special guest Brian Zeger for a late afternoon recital of songs representing "The Lives of Women" and "Nature, The Gentlest Mother". 

Recital curated by Brian Zeger 

Shikta Mukherjee, soprano 

Jennifer Robinson, soprano 

Natalie Corrigan, mezzo 

Minghang Wang, bass-baritone 

Brian Zeger, piano 

THE LIVES OF WOMEN 

Epheu from Mädchenblumen, Op. 22 

-Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)  

Die Junge Nonne, D. 828 

-Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)  

Wasserrose from Mädchenblumen, Op. 22 

-Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)  

Phidylé, 1882 

- Henri Duparc (1848 – 1933)  

C’est l’extase from Ariettes Oubliêes, 1887 

-Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)  

Extase, 1874 

-Henri Duparc (1848 – 1933)  

Hotel from Banalités, 1913 

- Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)  

Die Bekehrte, 1889  

- Hugo Wolf (1860 – 1903)  

The Seal Man, 1921 

-Rebecca Clarke (1886 – 1979)  

NATURE, THE GENTLEST MOTHER 

Nature, the gentlest mother, 1950  

-Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990)  

There came a wind like a bugle, 1950  

-Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990)  

Summer Schemes from Earth and Air and Rain, Op. 15  

-Gerald Finzi (1901 – 1956)  

How Sweet the Answer, 1957 

-Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)  

Will There Really Be a Morning, 1995 

-Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956)  

Nuvoletta, Op. 25 

-Samuel Barber (1910 – 1981)  

Over the Land is April from Two Songs, Op. 26, No. 2  

-Roger Quilter (1877 – 1953)  

The Chautauqua Opera Conservatory is an intensive educational program that seeks to offer the highest caliber of training for young singers, 18 and older. Under the leadership of Marlena Kleinman Malas*, a select group of singers will study, coach, and perform in an idyllic setting on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in western New York State.    

*The Chautauqua Community joins the world in mourning the passing of Marlena Malas on December 4, 2023.  We honor her more than four decades of leadership and service to our Opera Conservatory. 

Resident Faculty

Marlena Kleinman Malas*: Director

John Matsumoto Giampietro: Interim Director 

William Burden

Amy Burton

Rachel Calloway

Claudia Catania 

Maxine Davis 

Jenn Pitt

Matthew Worth 

*In Memoriam to Marlena who passed away December 2023*

Guest Faculty

Renée Fleming 

Miloš Repický 

Brian Zeger 

Coaches

Julius Abrahams 

Martin Dubé

Donna Gill 

Bénédicte Jourdois 

Kanae Matsumoto Giampietro 

Jinhee Park