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Guest Master Class: Marilyn Horne Master Classes

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Date
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Time
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT
Location

Finney Chapel

90 N. Professor St.
Oberlin, OH 44074

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$5 public, free for students, Artist Recital Series subscribers, and OC staff, faculty, and alumni

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Heralded mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne returns for her 13th annual master classes offered as part of the Oberlin College Artist Recital Series, featuring performances by outstanding Oberlin Conservatory voice students.

Tickets: $5.

Free for ARS subscribers and OCID.

*Admission by individual ticket. Tickets can be obtained through Oberlin College Central Ticket Service (CTS) at 440-775-8169 or 800-371-0178.

The distinguished professorship of voice is made possible with the generous support of Stephen Rubin through the Marilyn Horne Professorship and Residency Fund.

This master class is presented by the Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation.

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A singer whose voice has been compared to Vladimir Horowitz's piano and Jascha Heifetz's violin, Marilyn Horne has been called "the greatest singer in the world" by Opera News and has been recognized by the New York Times as being "the most American of all operatic singers." Horne is known for her dramatic range, singing everything from Gioachino Rossini to William Bolcom, "Danny Boy" to George Handel's Rinaldo. She is credited in Italy as being the interpreter of Gioachino Rossini and is recognized worldwide for her bel canto and versatile style of singing. She has a made a career of nourishing and popularizing new American music, whether it be contemporary or opera. Marilyn Horne, born January 16, 1934 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, began her singing career at the age of two singing songs around the piano bench. At the age of four, Marilyn Horne sang at an FDR rally. Her parents moved to Los Angeles when she was 11; she took vocal studies at the University of Southern California and participated in Lotte Lehmann's vocal classes. Her first public performance was in 1954, when she was the dubbed voice of Dorothy Dandridge in the film Carmen Jones. She made her Los Angeles debut the same year when she performed in The Bartered Bride as Hata. Her singing ability was recognized by Igor Stravinsky, and her operatic career began when he invited her to perform in the 1956 Vienna festival. She remained in Europe for three seasons singing for the Gelsenkirchen Opera. In 1964, she returned to the United States to perform in the San Francisco Opera, landing the role of Marie in Berg's Wozzeck. Marilyn Horne's most notable association was with the Australian opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland, first working with Sutherland in 1961 at Carnegie Hall. In 1965, they were paired again in an unforgettable performance in Boston of Rossini's Semiramide. Her partnership with Dame Sutherland led to her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1970. Horne has performed for various presidents, including at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton.

Program:

Del Cabello mas sutil (traditional)                                                     Fernando Orbradors

Deh vieni, non tardar from Le nozze di Figaro                                   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

Katherine Lerner Lee, soprano

Emilija Rozukaite, piano

 

Cruda sorte from L’italiana in Algeri                                                 Goachino Rossini

Unbewegte laue Luft (Daumer)                                                         Johannes Brahms

 

Jesse Mashburn, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Michalak, piano

 

 

Steal me, Sweet Thief from The Old Maid and the Thief                 Gian Carlo Menotti

Oh, quand je dors (Hugo)                                                                   Franz Liszt

 

Lexi Reed, soprano

Javier Gonzalez, piano

 

 

O Du, mein holder Abendstern from Tannhäuser                              Richard Wagner

Lieben, hassen, hoffen, zagen from Ariadne auf Naxos                    Richard Strauss

 

Daewon Seo, baritone

Javier Gonzalez, piano

 

 

Alternates:

 

Quanto e bella from L’elisir d’amore                                                 Gaetano Donizetti     

Dalla sua pace from Don Giovanni                                                     Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

 

Nicholas Music, tenor

Javier Gonzalez, piano

 

O quante volte from I Capuletti e i Montecchi                                  Vincenzo Bellini

Du gai soleil from Werther                                                                Jules Massenet

 

Elise Volkmann, soprano

Javier Gonzalez, piano

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