Vocal Theatre Workshop: “Italian Scenes and Arias”

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Vocal Theatre Workshop participants (Photo: Steve Korn).

Artist-in-residence Cyndia Sieden and visiting artist Deanne Meek lead students from the UW Vocal Performance Program in an evening of scenes and arias from the Italian operatic repertoire. Conducted by visiting artist Dean Williamson and with stage direction by Deanne Meek, this performance showcases the work of students of the Vocal Theatre Workshop as they integrate narrative tools in movement and acting techniques with Italian language and classical vocal style.

PROGRAM

Vocal Theatre Works:

Italian Scenes and Arias

Piano and Music Direction, Dean Williamson
Stage Direction, Deanne Meek
Music Preparation: Rhonda Kline, Megan McElroy

 

Falstaff                                                                       Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Aria: Sul fil d’un soffio etesio

Nannetta                                                                                Erika Meyer

 

Don Pasquale                                                           Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848)

Recitative and Duet: Pronta io son

Dr. Malatesta                                                                         Christopher Benfield

Norina                                                                                    Lauren Kulesa

 

Rinaldo                                                                      George Friderik Handel (1865-1759)   

Aria: Lascia Ch’io pianga

Almirena                                                                                Inna Tsygankova

 

Xerxes                                                                        George Friderik Handel (1865-1759)

Duet: Troppo oltraggi la mia fede   

Arsamene                                                                               Trevor Ainge

Romilda                                                                                  Erika Meyer

 

L’incoronatione di Poppea                                    Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Duet: Sento un certo

Valletto                                                                                   Maddie Ile

Damigella                                                                               Lorraine Pagan

 

Duet: Pur ti miro, pur ti godo 

Nerone                                                                                   Inna Tsygankova

Poppea                                                                                   Sarah Fantapiè

 

La Bohème                                                                Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)                

Aria: Quando m’en vo

Musetta                                                                                  Olivia Kerr

 

Le Nozze di Figaro                                                   W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Aria: Voi Che Sapete                                                 

Recitative and Aria: Dove Sono

Duet: Sull’ aria

Cherubino                                                                              Maddie Ile

Countess                                                                                Jingjing Qi

Susanna                                                                                  Lorraine Pagan

                       

Il Matrimonio segreto                                            Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)          

Duet: Io ti lascio perché uniti

Aria: Pria che spunti in ciel l’auror                                      

Paolino                                                                                   John O’Kane

Carolina                                                                                  Olivia Kerr

 

Rigoletto                                                                   Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

Aria: Caro nome                                                                                

Gilda                                                                                       Tasha  Hayward

 

Don Giovanni                                                           W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Recitative and Aria: Ho capito

Duet: La ci darem la mano

Recitative and Aria: Ah, fuggi il traditor

Recitative and Aria: batti batti

 

Don Giovanni                                                                         Christopher Benfield

Leporello                                                                                Darrell J. Jordan

Zerlina                                                                                    Maia Thielen

Masetto                                                                                  Kuoran Li      

Donna Elvira                                                                          Vivianna Oh

 

Suor Angelica                                                           Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)    

Aria: Senza mamma                                                             

Suor Angelica                                                                         Vivianna Oh

 

L’elisir d’amore                                                       Gaetano Donizetti (1797 – 1848)

Aria: Come Paridi vezzozo

Aria: Prendi, per me sei libero

Belcore                                                                                   Darrell J. Jordan

Adina                                                                                      Sarah Fantapiè

 


DIRECTOR BIOS

Deanne Meek, stage direction

Lauded as a “splendid mezzo-soprano” by the Wall Street Journal, Deanne Meek has performed leading roles at home and abroad to critical acclaim. A native of the Pacific Northwest, she began her career as Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanna for Dublin Grand Opera, Ireland, followed by seasons with New York City Opera in such roles as Suzuki in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Cherubino in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Hansel in Hansel and Gretel

Subsequent New York appearances included debut solo performances with the Metropolitan Opera in productions of Mozart’s IdomeneoMadama ButterflyParsifaland Rusalka.  Equally comfortable in the baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary repertoire, the mezzo continues to sing principle roles with many of the great opera companies throughout the world, including Washington Opera, Dallas Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Opera National du Rhin in Strasbourg, Madrid’s Teatro Real, and in Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colon.  Under the direction of acclaimed director Sir David McVicar, Deanne’s British debut performance in the role of Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier for Opera North was praised as “breathtaking” by Opera Magazine, and her interpretation of Ruggiero in Handel’s Alcina for English National Opera shortly thereafter received equally strong praise. In another signature role, the mezzo’s performances as Hermia in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream have brought her to further collaborations with Sir McVicar for La Monnaie in Brussels, and under the direction of Robert Carson, to the Opera de Lyon in France, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, and from the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, in a performance that can be seen on Virgin Classics DVD.

 A champion of new music, the mezzo is frequently heard with the 21st Century Consort at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C, where she recently premiered and recorded Algebra of Night, a new song cycle for mezzo and chamber ensemble by composer Eugene O’Brien. In New York she has also premiered songs by composer Sheila Silver under the title Beauty Intolerable at Symphony Space, and in the Northwest, has performed composer Jake Heggie’s song cycle Camille Claudel: Into the Fire with the Methow Valley Chamber Music festival.  Deanne has also curated and performed several recitals in conjunction with exhibits at the Frye Art Museum. She can be heard in both DVD and Audio format under the BBC, Virgin, PS Classics and Telarc labels.

 Ms. Meek is a graduate of Whitman College and of the Peabody Institute of Music, Johns Hopkins, and holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College.  She is an AmSat certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and Associate Teacher of the Fitzmaurice Voicework, and has trained extensively in New York City with the Ping Chong and SITI acting companies. She has been a visiting artist with the University of Washington School of Music since 2016, where she gives vocal master classes, directs, and teaches both movement and acting technique to opera singers. In addition to directing Ravel’s L’enfant et le Sortiléges for the University of Washington School of Music Opera Workshop, upcoming 2018 engagements for the mezzo-soprano include return performances with the Frye Art Museum, the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival, and her company debut performance with Des Moines Metro Opera in Jonathan Dove’s opera Flight

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