Hi again, Jennifer,
My mom forwarded me a copy of the program she did *many* years ago called
"Faces of Love". Bear in mind that she wasn't terribly concerned with
whether a song was right for her "fach". She was simply singing music she
loved and that fit the theme. Case in point, the "Mon Coeur...". She's a
very light lyric coloratura.
Anyhow, for whatever it's worth:
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Bist du bei mir - J. S. Bach
Erhebung - Arnold Schoenberg
Ich liebe dich - Edvard Grieg
Mein Herr Marquis from "Die Fledermaus" - Johann Strauss, Jr.
Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix from "Samson et Dalilal" - Camille Saint-Saens
Chansons de Bilitis - Claude Debussy
- La flute de Pan
- La chevelure
- Le tombeau des naiades
Parlez-moi d'amour - Jean Lenoir
Habanera from "Carmen" - Georges Bizet
Lascia ch'io pianga from "Rinaldo" - G. F. Handel
Non so piu cosa son from "Le Nozze de Figaro" - W. A. Mozart
Caro nome from "Rigoletto" - Giuseppe Verdi
Un bel di from "Madama Butterfly" - Giacomo Puccini
At Dawning - Charles Wakefield Cadman
- assisted by Laura Sage, violin (that's me as a little girl)
And So, Goodbye - Ernest Charles
At the Well - Richard Hageman
Silent Noon - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Love, I Have Won You - Landon Ronald
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Some of these I don't know the translations for so I don't know if some may
be a bit far fetched in terms of topic, but there it is none the less.
Have fun! And tell us when the CD comes out!!
Laura
-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer [mailto:ihateegroups@y...]
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:52 AM
To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vocalist] Aspects of love
I've just found out that I have a sponsor to record a
CD and do a tour - I'm very excited! But now I have to
come up with a program of music and I would love some
suggestions, since programming is one of my
weaknesses.
I'm planning on doing an "aspects of love" theme -
exploring things like wanting to be in love, falling
in love, falling out of love, losing a loved one,
feelings about being in love, etc. I'm a full lyric
soprano with a good high C, a decent middle and lower
range (but I prefer not to hang out there for extended
periods of time) and a fair amount of flexibility
(although I'm definitely not a coloratura). Since the
audiences I'll be targeting include people who aren't
overly familiar with opera, I'd like to do arias or
art songs that have nice melodies or have some other
appeal (strong emotion, for example). Nothing atonal
:o). I wouldn't mind doing one or two lesser known
arias/songs, but the majority should be fairly
familiar.
Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Jennifer, off to find a good pianist
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