Hi all! My name is Lisa Kisselstein and I'm a lyric coloratura soprano from
(snowy) upstate New York and I find myself needing to come out of my usual
lurkdom to ask a repetoire question. I am prepping for my final master's
degree recital and need to find a good English set and possibly a change in
my German set. My teacher would like me to come in with a few selections
with which to negotiate. So far I have:
Italian: Tornami a vagheggiar from Alcina (Handel)
Io ti levo l'impero dell'armi from Partenope (Handel)
French: Fantoches (Debussy)
Green (Debussy)
L'été (Chaminade)
Russian: Op. 38 by Rachmaninov (contains In My Garden, To Her, The
Daisies, The Pied Piper, Dreams, and Aa-Oo/The Quest)
My potential German set: Heiß mich nicht reiden (Schubert)
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Schubert)
So lasst mich scheinen (Wolf)
Possible English: I was working on Argento's Songs About Spring but am
rapidly becoming unsure about it. I have a ton of music here at home and
have gone through The Art of the Song Recital for ideas but nothing (as yet)
has lept out at me. I was toying around with some of Ned Rorem's "Six Songs
for High Voice". Has anyone worked on these? I also came across the Ogden
Nash/Vernon Duke songs in Art of the Song Recital - I thought I remembered a
mezzo singing them at school - would these sit too low? I'm trying to avoid
the seemingly ubiquitous "Glitter and Be Gay" or Baby Doe's Willow Song.
Thanks in advance for any advice. I'm glad I found my way back to the list -
thank you Nancy M.!
Lisa Kisselstein
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