works by German composers
Yale Opera will present its second "liederabend" of the season, a performance of vocal works written by noted German composers toward the end of their lives, on Wednesday, April 26, at 8 p.m. in Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College St.
The performance, which is free and open to the public, will feature music by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Alma Mahler and Strauss. Singers in the School of Music's opera program will perform Schubert's last song cycle before his death, "Schwanengesang" ("Swan Song"); Schumann's "Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart" ("Poems of Mary, Queen of Scots"); Stauss' "Vier letzte lieder" ("Four Last Songs"); Alma Mahler's "Fünf Gesänge" ("Five Songs"); and Brahms' last work, "Vier ernste Gesänge" ("Four Serious Songs").
Pianist Mikhail Hallak, a vocal coach at the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School of Music, has prepared the singers in German diction and will accompany them on piano.
Hallak has performed extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico, as well as in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and Israel. He has extensive experience as a music and French coach at Juilliard, the Metropolitan Opera Young Artist Program, Spoleto Festival USA, the Santa Fe Opera and Virginia Opera, among others, as well as at the International Vocal Arts Institute and Voice Experience. He has served as an accompanist for master classes with such renowned artists as James Levine, Renata Scotto, Martina Arroyo, Diana Soviero, Martin Issep, Rudolph Piernay and others. With a grant from the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Belgium, Hallak studied at Indiana University. He has appeared twice on the A&E program "Breakfast with the Arts," and was featured prominently in the French documentary "Une Recontre avec Natalie Dessay." In 2004, Hallak was selected by soprano Jessye Norman as the official accompanist for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. The founder of the Belgian concert series "Les nuits d'hiver au chateau" and "Theater of Song" in Washington, D.C., Hallak is both a Fulbright and Rotary Scholar.
For further information on the Yale Opera performance, call the School of Music concert office at (203) 432-4158, the recorded information line at (203) 432-4157 or visit the school's website at www.yale.edu/music.
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