Wednesday, July 19, 2023
7:00PM
McKnight

Guest Artist Mikael Eliasen will curate a recital of songs performed by students in the Opera Conservatory.

Danish-born coach and accompanist Mikael Eliasen was the Hirsig Family Dean of Vocal Studies, Artistic Director of the Curtis Opera Theatre, and Opera and Voice Coach at the Curtis Institute of Music. He joined the Curtis faculty in 1986 and has shaped young vocal artists in programs at Royal Danish Opera, the Opera Studio of Amsterdam, Chautauqua's Voice Program, Curtis's Summerfest and more. He also serves as Artistic Advisor for Opera Philadelphia.  

i.
JACKSON & AUSTIN

Heimliche Aufforderung | R. Strauss + J.H. Mackay | JA/HS
An Sylvia | F. Schubert + W. Shakespeare | AM/HS
Die Mainacht | J. Brahms + C. Hölty | MM/JP
L’invitation au voyage | H. Duparc + C. Baudelaire | JA/HS
Aprile | R. Leoncavallo + A. Vivanti | AM/HS
Mond, so gehst du wieder auf | E. Korngold + E. Lothar | HN/JP

ii.
IRENE & DAISY

Das Rosenband | R. Strauss + F. Klopstock | IS/HS
Au bord de l’eau | G. Fauré + S. Prudhomme | DS/JP
Toglietemi la vita ancor | A. Scarlatti + N. Minato | JA/HS
Barbarasong (Die Dreigroschenoper) | K. Weill + B. Brecht | HN/JP
Snegourochka’s Aria (The Snowmaiden) | N. Kimsky-Korsakov | DS/JP
Whither Must I Wander | R. Vaughan Williams + R. L. Stevenson | AM/HS
Ach, ich fühls (Die Zauberflöte) | W. A. Mozart + E. Schikaneder | MM/JP
Cäcilie | R. Strauss + H. Hart | IS/HS

iii.
HOPE & MARY MARGARET

I Never Do Anything Twice (Side by Side) | S. Sondheim | HN/JP
Schletchtes Wetter | R. Strauss + H. Heine | IS/HS
Si mes vers avaient des ailes | R. Hahn + V. Hugo | DS/JP
L’abbandono | V. Bellini + Anon | AM/HS
Le manoir de Rosemonde | H. Duparc + R. de Bonnières | JA/HS
Ah, Love, But a Day | Amy Beach + R. Browning | MM/JP
Youkali | K. Weill + R. Fernay | HN/JP

Daisy Dalit Sigal, soprano [DS]
Mary Margaret McNeil, soprano [MM]
Irene Hyun Young Shin, soprano [IS]
Hope Nelson, mezzo-soprano [HN]
Jackson Allen, tenor [JA]
Austin Means, tenor [AM]
Hyerim Song, piano [HS]
Jinhee Park, piano [JP]
Marcus Shields, director