Upcoming Performances
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Sunday, August 5 2018 at 5:00pm At a private home in Falmouth, MA Address provided with ticket confirmation $30 general, $10 for students and music educators Limited seating Visit the Lorelei website for tickets and more information. Additional guests are welcome, so please bring a friend! |
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9.20.18 Lorelei & Cantus in Concert
Thursday, September 20, 2018 I 7:30pm Ordway Concert Hall, St. Paul, MN INFO AND TICKETS 9.22.18 Vassar College Saturday, September 22, 2018 Skinner Hall of Music Poughkeepsie, NY 9.23.18 Impermanence CD Release Party Sunday, September 23, 2018 Boston, MA, Location TBA 10.25.18 University of Iowa Thursday, October 25, 2018 Voxman School of Music Iowa City, IA 11.9.18 Connecticut College Sunday, November 9, 2018 onStage Guest Artist Series New London, CT |
Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
Melinda Sullivan, Dance Director
Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 8pm
Sunday, November 25, 2018 at 3pm
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Monday, November 26, 2018 at 7:30pm
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 7:30pm
Gilder Lehrman Hall, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Francesca Caccini came of age at the Medici court in Florence during the earliest years of opera as an art form. Both a composer and a performer, Caccini was one of the most important musical figures at court, and in 1625 she created the first opera by a woman composer, La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina.
Alcina is a gorgeous entertainment, full of wit, magic, and drama, with a demanding title role first sung by the composer herself. At the center of a struggle of illusion and destiny, the sorceress Alcina stands between the valiant magician Melissa and her quest to save the warrior Ruggiero.
Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble
Shannon Mercer, Alcina; Colin Balzer, Ruggiero; Kelsey Lauritano, Melissa
Mindy Ella Chu, David Evans, Daniel Friedley, Brian Giebler, David McFerrin, Jason McStoots, Sophie Michaux, Molly Netter, Ian Pomerantz, Margot Rood, & Teresa Wakim
Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble
Paul O'Dette, lute; Stephen Stubbs, lute & Baroque guitar; Robert Mealy & Julie Andrijeski, violin; Sarah Darling, viola; Erin Headley, Christel Thielmann, & Laura Jeppsen, viola da gamba; Kathryn Montoya & Heloise Degrugillier, recorder; Maxine Eilander, Baroque harp; Michael Sponseller, organ, regal & harpsichord
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
Melinda Sullivan, Dance Director
Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 8pm
Sunday, November 25, 2018 at 3pm
NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston, MA
Monday, November 26, 2018 at 7:30pm
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 7:30pm
Gilder Lehrman Hall, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Francesca Caccini came of age at the Medici court in Florence during the earliest years of opera as an art form. Both a composer and a performer, Caccini was one of the most important musical figures at court, and in 1625 she created the first opera by a woman composer, La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina.
Alcina is a gorgeous entertainment, full of wit, magic, and drama, with a demanding title role first sung by the composer herself. At the center of a struggle of illusion and destiny, the sorceress Alcina stands between the valiant magician Melissa and her quest to save the warrior Ruggiero.
Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble
Shannon Mercer, Alcina; Colin Balzer, Ruggiero; Kelsey Lauritano, Melissa
Mindy Ella Chu, David Evans, Daniel Friedley, Brian Giebler, David McFerrin, Jason McStoots, Sophie Michaux, Molly Netter, Ian Pomerantz, Margot Rood, & Teresa Wakim
Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble
Paul O'Dette, lute; Stephen Stubbs, lute & Baroque guitar; Robert Mealy & Julie Andrijeski, violin; Sarah Darling, viola; Erin Headley, Christel Thielmann, & Laura Jeppsen, viola da gamba; Kathryn Montoya & Heloise Degrugillier, recorder; Maxine Eilander, Baroque harp; Michael Sponseller, organ, regal & harpsichord
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2.21.19–2.23.19 Lorelei and the Boston Symphony OrchestraThursday, February 21, 2019 I 8pm
Friday, February 22, 2019 I 8pm
Saturday, February 23, 2019 I 8pm
Boston Symphony Hall
Boston, MA
INFO AND TICKETS
2.27.19 Lorelei at National ACDA ConferenceWednesday, February 27, 2019
Kansas City, MO
3.1.19 Lawrence UniversityFriday, March 1, 2019 I 8pm
Artist Series
Appleton, WI
INFO AND TICKETS
4.5.19 & 4.7.19 Harvard University Rising Voices Collegiate Treble Choral FestivalFriday, April 5, 2019
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Cambridge, MA
4.11.19 Bucknell UniversityThursday, April 11, 2019
Weis Performance Center
Lewisburg, PA
4.14.19 Church of St. Ignatius LoyolaSunday, April 14, 2019
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
New York, NY
5.17.19 Lorelei & A Far Cry OrchestraFriday, May 17, 2019 I 8pm
Jordan Hall
Boston, MA
INFO AND TICKETS
7.3.19 Association of Anglican Musicians ConferenceWednesday, July 3, 2019
Boston, MA
INFO AND TICKETS
Friday, February 22, 2019 I 8pm
Saturday, February 23, 2019 I 8pm
Boston Symphony Hall
Boston, MA
INFO AND TICKETS
2.27.19 Lorelei at National ACDA ConferenceWednesday, February 27, 2019
Kansas City, MO
3.1.19 Lawrence UniversityFriday, March 1, 2019 I 8pm
Artist Series
Appleton, WI
INFO AND TICKETS
4.5.19 & 4.7.19 Harvard University Rising Voices Collegiate Treble Choral FestivalFriday, April 5, 2019
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Cambridge, MA
4.11.19 Bucknell UniversityThursday, April 11, 2019
Weis Performance Center
Lewisburg, PA
4.14.19 Church of St. Ignatius LoyolaSunday, April 14, 2019
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
New York, NY
5.17.19 Lorelei & A Far Cry OrchestraFriday, May 17, 2019 I 8pm
Jordan Hall
Boston, MA
INFO AND TICKETS
7.3.19 Association of Anglican Musicians ConferenceWednesday, July 3, 2019
Boston, MA
INFO AND TICKETS
Past performances:
The Cherry Street Singers present
O Lead me - Art and Folk Songs sung and led
Music by Purcell, Rossini, Strozzi, Poulenc, Simon and others
Sunday June 3rd 2018 at 4pm at St Paul's in Brookline (MA)
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Katz, Harpsichord
Kai Ching Chang, Piano
Join mezzo Sophie Michaux, harpsichordist Benjamin Katz, and pianist Kai Ching Chang in a riveting program of songs and arias of choice from the baroque to the current day, including world premieres by Boston Composer Adam Simon, and audience-participatory singing! Music from Italy, France, England and the United-States.
Tickets: https://oleadme.brownpapertickets.com
$20 General Admission, $10 Students, Seniors, and Starving Artists
Beethoven - Mass is C Major
Haydn - Te Deum
Chorus of Westerly
Andrew Howell, Conductor
Saturday May 19th 2018 at 6pm
Sunday May 20th 2018 at 2pm
George Kent Performance Hall • 119 High Street, Westerly, RI 02891
Sherezade Panthaki, Soprano
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo soprano
Stefan Reed, Tenor
Timothy Jones, Bass
Tickets and more information: Here
Mozart - Mass in C Minor
Onion River Chorus
Larry Gordon, Conductor
Saturday May 12th 2018 at 7.30pm, Montpellier VT
Sunday May 13th at 7pm, Montpellier VT
Mary Bonhag, Soprano I
Sophie Michaux, Soprano II
Adam Simon, Tenor
John Harrison, Bass
Onion River Chorus
Larry Gordon, Conductor
Saturday May 12th 2018 at 7.30pm, Montpellier VT
Sunday May 13th at 7pm, Montpellier VT
Mary Bonhag, Soprano I
Sophie Michaux, Soprano II
Adam Simon, Tenor
John Harrison, Bass
Haydn - Schöpfungsmesse
Colby Symphony Orchestra, Colby Chorale, and Colby Kennebec Choral Society
Saturday April 28th 2018 at 7.30pm at Lorimer Chapel at Colby College, Waterville, ME
Sunday April 29th 2019 at 7.30 pm at Lorimer Chapel at Colby College, Waterville, ME
Eric Christopher Perry, Conductor
Mary Sullivan, Soprano
Sophie Michaux, Alto
Charles Blandy, Tenor
John David Adams, Bass
In the final concerts of the season, these ensembles present Haydn’s Mass No. 13 in B-flat Major, Schöpfungsmesse, also known as Creation Mass. Not to be confused with Haydn’s most famous oratorio, The Creation, this exuberant mass setting is a masterpiece in its own right. Also on the program are Bizet’s L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 and the winner of the annual student concerto competition.
Free and open to the public
Colby Symphony Orchestra, Colby Chorale, and Colby Kennebec Choral Society
Saturday April 28th 2018 at 7.30pm at Lorimer Chapel at Colby College, Waterville, ME
Sunday April 29th 2019 at 7.30 pm at Lorimer Chapel at Colby College, Waterville, ME
Eric Christopher Perry, Conductor
Mary Sullivan, Soprano
Sophie Michaux, Alto
Charles Blandy, Tenor
John David Adams, Bass
In the final concerts of the season, these ensembles present Haydn’s Mass No. 13 in B-flat Major, Schöpfungsmesse, also known as Creation Mass. Not to be confused with Haydn’s most famous oratorio, The Creation, this exuberant mass setting is a masterpiece in its own right. Also on the program are Bizet’s L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 and the winner of the annual student concerto competition.
Free and open to the public
Vice and Virtue
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Janet Stone, Soprano
Christopher Staknys, Piano
ST. ANDREW'S SINGER SERIES
Sunday April 22nd 2018 at 2pm
St. Andrew's Hall, Trinity Church of Boston
Join Janet Stone, soprano, and Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano, as they perform works exploring the topics of vice, virtue, and the grey area in between. Through music by Rossini, Debussy, Poulenc and others, explore the mistakes and successes that make us truly human. Come hear florid arias and duets by Handel and Fauré, as well as Gypsy songs by Delibes, Wolf, and Bizet.
Tickets and information at: https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/sass
Tickets and information at: https://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/sass
Lorelei Ensemble
Tuesday, April 10, 7pm - Wenham, MA
First Church Wenham
Thursday, April 12, 7:30pm - Keene State College, NH
Redfern Arts Center
Friday, April 13, 8pm - Cambridge, MA
First Church Cambridge
Saturday, April 14, 8pm - Nahant, MA
Nahant Town Hall
Sunday, April 15, 3pm - Providence RI
Central Congregational Church
Concert with the Rhode Island Children's Chorus Chamber Choir
Tuesday, April 10, 7pm - Wenham, MA
First Church Wenham
Thursday, April 12, 7:30pm - Keene State College, NH
Redfern Arts Center
Friday, April 13, 8pm - Cambridge, MA
First Church Cambridge
Saturday, April 14, 8pm - Nahant, MA
Nahant Town Hall
Sunday, April 15, 3pm - Providence RI
Central Congregational Church
Concert with the Rhode Island Children's Chorus Chamber Choir
Groupmuse House Recital - Virtuosic Arias for Mezzo-soprano, by Handel, Mozart, Rossini
Sunday April 8th at 3.30pm in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA.
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Kai Ching Chang, Piano
For more information or to RSVP: visit Groupmuse.com
Arvo Pärt - Passio
Friday March 30th 2018 at 5:30pm
Trinity Church of Boston
The LaFarge ensemble offers a Good Friday concert this featuring Passio by Arvo Pärt.
Tickets and information: Here
J.S. BACH MASS IN B MINOR
Sunday, March 25 2018, 2:30pm
Woodfords Congregational Church - 202 Woodford St, Portland, ME 04103
Robert Russell, Music Director
Sophie Michaux will sing Soprano 2 Soloist
Tickets and information: Here
Sunday, March 25 2018, 2:30pm
Woodfords Congregational Church - 202 Woodford St, Portland, ME 04103
Robert Russell, Music Director
Sophie Michaux will sing Soprano 2 Soloist
Tickets and information: Here
on Tour
World Premiere: THE_OPER&
by John Supko & Bill Seaman
Directed by Jim Findlay
Performed by Lorelei Ensemble
Thursday, March 8, 8pm - Von der Heyden Studio Theater, at Duke Arts Center, PURCHASE TICKETS
Friday, March 9, 8pm - Von der Heyden Studio Theater, at Duke Arts Center, PURCHASE TICKETS
Saturday, March 10, 3pm - Von der Heyden Studio Theater, at Duke Arts Center, PURCHASE TICKETS
Saturday, March 10, 8pm - Von der Heyden Studio Theater, at Duke Arts Center, PURCHASE TICKETS
Is technology making or breaking our world? That question is central to THE_OPER&, a bold new opera to be developed and premiered at Duke University that uses the high-drama framework of opera and advanced technology to explore ideas of apocalypse, renewal, and survival in the modern age. During each performance, a computer system preloaded with video, sound, and poetic text fragments generates an original world, specific to the room and audience. That world eventually cedes to entropy, disintegrating from disaster and destruction until it falls into chaos, only to be rebuilt. The cycle repeats. A voice — the system’s — narrates the action, expressing the computer’s consciousness as a chorus of voices responds to the changing environment. The score moves from minimal and ambient to complex, industrial textures, a soundscape linked to the rise and fall and rise of the world within the room.
The team behind THE_OPER& (pronounced “the operand”) is an accomplished one. John Supko, a Duke music professor and acclaimed composer, partnered with Duke art professor and “recombinant poetics” pioneer Bill Seaman to build both text and music; Seaman also contributed high-definition video. Award-winning director and designer Jim Findlay, a frequent Duke Performances collaborator and a Duke alumnus, is the production designer and director. Narrated by Seaman and sung by Boston’s heralded eight-voice Lorelei Ensemble, THE_OPER& is a multidisciplinary collaboration that evokes the opera of Robert Ashley, the linguistic games of Raymond Roussel, and the experimental productions of Robert Wilson. An allegory for our uncertain times and an examination of our interface with the technology we create, THE_OPER& asks essential questions about the kind of future we may pursue.
More information: Here
The team behind THE_OPER& (pronounced “the operand”) is an accomplished one. John Supko, a Duke music professor and acclaimed composer, partnered with Duke art professor and “recombinant poetics” pioneer Bill Seaman to build both text and music; Seaman also contributed high-definition video. Award-winning director and designer Jim Findlay, a frequent Duke Performances collaborator and a Duke alumnus, is the production designer and director. Narrated by Seaman and sung by Boston’s heralded eight-voice Lorelei Ensemble, THE_OPER& is a multidisciplinary collaboration that evokes the opera of Robert Ashley, the linguistic games of Raymond Roussel, and the experimental productions of Robert Wilson. An allegory for our uncertain times and an examination of our interface with the technology we create, THE_OPER& asks essential questions about the kind of future we may pursue.
More information: Here
Friday, February 9, 7:30pm - 5 BOROUGHS MUSIC FESTIVAL, NYC
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE
Sunday, February 11, 4pm - YALE UNIVERSITY, CT
Marquand Chapel, Sterling Divinity Quadrangle
This event is FREE and open to the public
Thursday, February 15, 7pm - HILLSDALE COLLEGE, MI
College Baptist Church
Saturday, February 17, 2pm - CHAMBER MUSIC COLUMBUS, OH
Southern Theatre
INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE
Thursday, March 1, 7:30pm - BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, PA
Weis Center for the Performing Arts
INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE
Sunday, February 11, 4pm - YALE UNIVERSITY, CT
Marquand Chapel, Sterling Divinity Quadrangle
This event is FREE and open to the public
Thursday, February 15, 7pm - HILLSDALE COLLEGE, MI
College Baptist Church
Saturday, February 17, 2pm - CHAMBER MUSIC COLUMBUS, OH
Southern Theatre
INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE
Thursday, March 1, 7:30pm - BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, PA
Weis Center for the Performing Arts
INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE
The Christmas Revels
A Venetian Celebration of the Winter Solstice
December 8-27, 2017
Sanders Theatre,
45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Megan Henderson, Music Director
A holiday tradition for more than four decades, The Christmas Revels is a joyful theatrical celebration of the winter solstice that travels the world each year showcasing cultural traditions including music, dance, folktales and rituals.
The 2017 Christmas Revels takes us to Renaissance Venice.
18 Performances - Matinees & Evenings
More information HERE
A Venetian Celebration of the Winter Solstice
December 8-27, 2017
Sanders Theatre,
45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Megan Henderson, Music Director
A holiday tradition for more than four decades, The Christmas Revels is a joyful theatrical celebration of the winter solstice that travels the world each year showcasing cultural traditions including music, dance, folktales and rituals.
The 2017 Christmas Revels takes us to Renaissance Venice.
18 Performances - Matinees & Evenings
More information HERE
Northern Harmony
Northern Harmony’s Fall 2017 Tour
Northern Harmony, the unique world music choir based in Vermont, present a thrilling mix of world harmony traditions including South African songs and dances, traditional polyphony from Georgia, Corsica, and the Balkans, American shape-note singing and quartet gospel, and renaissance motets. They will have travelled Northern Harmony’s Fall 2017 Tour will start with a rehearsal week in Vermont in late August 2017 followed by two months touring in the UK, France, Switzerland and Italy, with a final week of performances in New England in early November.
New England Dates:
November 7th- Montpelier, VT,Unitarian Church, 7:30 concert
November 8th – Marlboro, VT, Marlboro College, 7:30 concert
November 9th – New Haven, CT, Yale University
November 10th - Hadley, MA, Wesley Methodist Church, 7:30 Concert
November 11th – Concord, MA, Masonic Hall, evening concert, afternoon workshop with Boston Harmony
November 12th – Boston, Trinity Church, 1:00 workshop, 3:00 concert https://www.eventbrite.com/e/northern-harmony-tickets-37916168280
Full Itinerary at: http://northernharmony.pair.com/northern-harmony/
Tsa Wela (South African) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHWwn2o56Do
Green wood (American): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JoEzAvMmCs
Woman Well (American): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f28Rfx0alOo
Albanian song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O140SNyOYmo
Northern Harmony’s Fall 2017 Tour
Northern Harmony, the unique world music choir based in Vermont, present a thrilling mix of world harmony traditions including South African songs and dances, traditional polyphony from Georgia, Corsica, and the Balkans, American shape-note singing and quartet gospel, and renaissance motets. They will have travelled Northern Harmony’s Fall 2017 Tour will start with a rehearsal week in Vermont in late August 2017 followed by two months touring in the UK, France, Switzerland and Italy, with a final week of performances in New England in early November.
New England Dates:
November 7th- Montpelier, VT,Unitarian Church, 7:30 concert
November 8th – Marlboro, VT, Marlboro College, 7:30 concert
November 9th – New Haven, CT, Yale University
November 10th - Hadley, MA, Wesley Methodist Church, 7:30 Concert
November 11th – Concord, MA, Masonic Hall, evening concert, afternoon workshop with Boston Harmony
November 12th – Boston, Trinity Church, 1:00 workshop, 3:00 concert https://www.eventbrite.com/e/northern-harmony-tickets-37916168280
Full Itinerary at: http://northernharmony.pair.com/northern-harmony/
Tsa Wela (South African) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHWwn2o56Do
Green wood (American): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JoEzAvMmCs
Woman Well (American): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f28Rfx0alOo
Albanian song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O140SNyOYmo
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Lorelei Ensemble
Rockport Music Friday, June 23, 2017 at 8pm at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, in Rockport, MA Heralded for its “warm, lithe, and beautifully blended” sound (New York Times) “impeccable musicality” (Boston Globe) and unfailing display of the “elegance, power, grace, and beauty of the human voice” (Boston Musical Intelligencer) Boston’s Lorelei Ensemble is quickly becoming recognized as a source of some of the most innovative and inventive programming in Boston and beyond. The ensemble performs works by Guillaume Du Fay and William Billings as well as commissions from today’s finest young contemporary composers like Joshua Bornfield, Peter Gilbert and Adam Jacob Simon. INFORMATION AND TICKETS HERE |
Witness
Lorelei Ensemble Boston Subscription Series
Saturday June 10th 2017 at 8pm - Marsh Chapel, Boston University
and Sunday June 11th 2017 at 4pm - Marsh Chapel, Boston University
Tickets - $15 Student/$30 General Admission
For its 10th anniversary, Lorelei commissions four new works for women's voices by four brilliant and timely composers: James Kallembach, Augusta Read Thomas, Shawn Kirchner, and Jonathan Woody. Modern spirituals by Thomas, Kirchner, and Woody serve as responses to Kallembach's The Death of Antigone, which parallels ancient martyrdom with 20th century activism. An extension of Lorelei's ongoing "New Americana" initiative (funded by New Music USA in 2014), "Witness" shifts its glance outward toward modern global crises, and offers four re-imaginings of a truly American genre as a vehicle toward global empathy and action.
http://www.loreleiensemble.com/1617-season/
Lorelei Ensemble Boston Subscription Series
Saturday June 10th 2017 at 8pm - Marsh Chapel, Boston University
and Sunday June 11th 2017 at 4pm - Marsh Chapel, Boston University
Tickets - $15 Student/$30 General Admission
For its 10th anniversary, Lorelei commissions four new works for women's voices by four brilliant and timely composers: James Kallembach, Augusta Read Thomas, Shawn Kirchner, and Jonathan Woody. Modern spirituals by Thomas, Kirchner, and Woody serve as responses to Kallembach's The Death of Antigone, which parallels ancient martyrdom with 20th century activism. An extension of Lorelei's ongoing "New Americana" initiative (funded by New Music USA in 2014), "Witness" shifts its glance outward toward modern global crises, and offers four re-imaginings of a truly American genre as a vehicle toward global empathy and action.
http://www.loreleiensemble.com/1617-season/
Come Slowly, Eden!
New songs, Hymns and Madrigals by Adam Simon
setting poetry of Emily Dickinson, Kathleen Raine, ee cummings and others
Friday May 26th 2017, at 7.30pm St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 15 St. Paul Street, Brookline, MA 02446
Sonja Tengblad, Soprano
Sophie Michaux, Alto
Alex Nishiban, Tenor
Adam Simon, Baritone
Lawson Daves, Bass
Christopher Staknys, Piano
Jeremy Harman, Cello
$20 Admission
$10Student/Senior/Starving Artist
Tickets available at http://comeslowlyeden.brownpapertickets.com/
Bach's B Minor Mass
with Trinity Church of Boston
directed by Richard Webster and Colin Lynch
Friday May 19th 2017 at 7.30pm at the Trinity Church of Boston, on Copley Square, Boston MA
Sophie Michaux will be the Alto Soloist
Zaid Jabri: Chamber Music
Monday April 17th 2017 at 8pm
at the Knafel Centre, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge MA
Part of the 2016–2017 Fellows' Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Zaid Jabri is a Syrian composer who works at the intersection of Western and Middle Eastern musical traditions. His musical compositions and his writings about them emphasize the dense and long-lived histories of migration within which harmonic and instrumental strategies have been shared, reworked, claimed, and disavowed in the long engagement between Europe (both Eastern and Western) and the Arabic- and Farsi-speaking worlds.
At Radcliffe, Jabri is composing a work in progress, Cities of Salt, based on Abdelrahman Munif’s novel of the same name. He is focusing on scenes that deal with the displacement of the people of Wadi al-Uyun, particularly the different experiences of men and women as they confront the expectations of the new refinery city.
Sophie Michaux will be singing: Variations on (r) Evolution (2016) for Mezzo Soprano, Violin and Piano.
Text by Yvette Christianse.
Free and open to the public.
More information: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2017-zaid-jabri-fellow-presentation
Joseph Summer and Johannes Brahms
The Shakespeare Concerts
Saturday April 8th 2017, at 8pm, at NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston MA
Sunday April 9th 2017, at 7.30pm, at UMass Amherst, in Amherst MA
Sopranos Jessica Lennick, and Jennifer Sgroe;
Mezzo sopranos Thea Lobo and Sophie Michaux,
Tenor: Neil Ferreira
Harp: Franziska Huhn
French Horns, Kevin Owen and Josh Michal
under the direction of Maestro Tim Ribchester
Drawing inspiration from Brahms’ Opus 17, Four Songs for women’s voices, harp, and horns, the program includes music by Joseph Summer, Robert Schumann, and a premiere by guest composer Benjamin Pesetsky.
Several of the performers were singled out for praise by OPERA NEWS in its March review of Joseph Summer's chamber opera THE TEMPEST.
Admission is free and is made possible by a grant from the Mattina Proctor Foundation. For more information visit shakespeareconcerts.org.
The Shakespeare Concerts
Saturday April 8th 2017, at 8pm, at NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston MA
Sunday April 9th 2017, at 7.30pm, at UMass Amherst, in Amherst MA
Sopranos Jessica Lennick, and Jennifer Sgroe;
Mezzo sopranos Thea Lobo and Sophie Michaux,
Tenor: Neil Ferreira
Harp: Franziska Huhn
French Horns, Kevin Owen and Josh Michal
under the direction of Maestro Tim Ribchester
Drawing inspiration from Brahms’ Opus 17, Four Songs for women’s voices, harp, and horns, the program includes music by Joseph Summer, Robert Schumann, and a premiere by guest composer Benjamin Pesetsky.
Several of the performers were singled out for praise by OPERA NEWS in its March review of Joseph Summer's chamber opera THE TEMPEST.
Admission is free and is made possible by a grant from the Mattina Proctor Foundation. For more information visit shakespeareconcerts.org.
Lorelei and the Boston Symphony Orchestra
February 9th-11th 2017 at 8pm at the Boston Symphony Hall, Boston MA
March 2nd 2017, at 8pm, at Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY
Andris Nelsons conducts Ravel, Benjamin and Berlioz featuring countertenor Benjun Mehta and the Lorelei Ensemble
Artist & Program Information:
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Bejun Mehta, countertenor
Lorelei Ensemble,
Beth Willer, artistic director
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
George BENJAMIN Dream of the Song (BSO co-commission)
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/79668
http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/3/2/0800/PM/Boston-Symphony-Orchestra/
February 9th-11th 2017 at 8pm at the Boston Symphony Hall, Boston MA
March 2nd 2017, at 8pm, at Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY
Andris Nelsons conducts Ravel, Benjamin and Berlioz featuring countertenor Benjun Mehta and the Lorelei Ensemble
Artist & Program Information:
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Bejun Mehta, countertenor
Lorelei Ensemble,
Beth Willer, artistic director
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
George BENJAMIN Dream of the Song (BSO co-commission)
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/79668
http://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2017/3/2/0800/PM/Boston-Symphony-Orchestra/
MISATANGO
January 29th 2017 at 3pm
at the North Andover High School Auditorium, 430 Osgood Street, North Andover, MA
Martín Palmeri Misatango (Misa a Buenos Aires)
Domenico Zipoli Beatus Vir
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo Soprano
Ben Bogart, Bandoneon
Misatango is a brilliant pairing of the ancient Latin Mass text with the exhilarating rhythms and melodic features of Argentinian tango. Composed in 1996, this six-movement work features chorus, mezzo-soprano soloist, bandoneón, piano, and string orchestra. Martín Palmeri, age 51, is a prize-winning Argentinian composer and conductor who wrote that his objective in this composition was to maintain the harmonic language, rhythms, melodic designs, and other characteristics of the tango within the orchestra score, thus allowing the chorus freedom to “just sing the mass.” The program also features Domenico Zipoli’s exuberant Beatus Vir as well as works by other Argentinian composers, including Piazzolla, Ginastera, Pablo Sosa, and more!
January 29th 2017 at 3pm
at the North Andover High School Auditorium, 430 Osgood Street, North Andover, MA
Martín Palmeri Misatango (Misa a Buenos Aires)
Domenico Zipoli Beatus Vir
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo Soprano
Ben Bogart, Bandoneon
Misatango is a brilliant pairing of the ancient Latin Mass text with the exhilarating rhythms and melodic features of Argentinian tango. Composed in 1996, this six-movement work features chorus, mezzo-soprano soloist, bandoneón, piano, and string orchestra. Martín Palmeri, age 51, is a prize-winning Argentinian composer and conductor who wrote that his objective in this composition was to maintain the harmonic language, rhythms, melodic designs, and other characteristics of the tango within the orchestra score, thus allowing the chorus freedom to “just sing the mass.” The program also features Domenico Zipoli’s exuberant Beatus Vir as well as works by other Argentinian composers, including Piazzolla, Ginastera, Pablo Sosa, and more!
Handel's Messiah and Britten's Ceremony of Carols
with Trinity Church of Boston
directed by Colin Lynch
Sunday December 4th 2016 at 3pm at Trinity Church of Boston, on Copley Square, Boston MA
Sophie Michaux will be the Alto Soloist in Handel's Messiah
http://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/messiah
with Trinity Church of Boston
directed by Colin Lynch
Sunday December 4th 2016 at 3pm at Trinity Church of Boston, on Copley Square, Boston MA
Sophie Michaux will be the Alto Soloist in Handel's Messiah
http://www.trinitychurchconcerts.org/messiah
Versailles
Portrait of a royal domain, part of the Boston Early Music Festival
SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 27, 2016 | 3PM
New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston
BEMF Chamber Opera Series
Charpentier’s Les Plaisirs de Versailles
& Lalande’s Les Fontaines de Versailles
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Anna Watkins, Costume Designer
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
BEMF Vocal Ensemble
Mireille Asselin, Jesse Blumberg, Olivier Laquerre, Mireille Lebel, Jason McStoots, Sophie Michaux, Aaron Sheehan, Teresa Wakim, & others
BEMF Chamber Ensemble
Portrait of a royal domain, part of the Boston Early Music Festival
SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 27, 2016 | 3PM
New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston
BEMF Chamber Opera Series
Charpentier’s Les Plaisirs de Versailles
& Lalande’s Les Fontaines de Versailles
Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors
Gilbert Blin, Stage Director
Anna Watkins, Costume Designer
Robert Mealy, Concertmaster
BEMF Vocal Ensemble
Mireille Asselin, Jesse Blumberg, Olivier Laquerre, Mireille Lebel, Jason McStoots, Sophie Michaux, Aaron Sheehan, Teresa Wakim, & others
BEMF Chamber Ensemble
"A song for Syria"
Boston Classical Musicians unite for Syria Relief
Saturday November 12th 2016 at 8pm at United Parish Church in Brookline MA
Collaborating musicians engaged will include members of local ensembles Blue Heron, The Boston Camerata, the Consort of Hope, the DooZhen Arabic Choir, the Lorelei Ensemble, and the United Parish Choir. The music heard will range over the centuries, from the Middle-Ages to today's Middle East, and will include a choral composition by contemporary Syrian-American composer Kareem Roustom. The sponsoring organizations are Camerata Mediterranea, which organized a similar, successful event in 2015, and the United Parish Church in Brookline.
For more information please call 617-521-3834 or email kamal.medmusique@gmail.com
Boston Classical Musicians unite for Syria Relief
Saturday November 12th 2016 at 8pm at United Parish Church in Brookline MA
Collaborating musicians engaged will include members of local ensembles Blue Heron, The Boston Camerata, the Consort of Hope, the DooZhen Arabic Choir, the Lorelei Ensemble, and the United Parish Choir. The music heard will range over the centuries, from the Middle-Ages to today's Middle East, and will include a choral composition by contemporary Syrian-American composer Kareem Roustom. The sponsoring organizations are Camerata Mediterranea, which organized a similar, successful event in 2015, and the United Parish Church in Brookline.
For more information please call 617-521-3834 or email kamal.medmusique@gmail.com
Duruflé Requiem
with Trinity Church of Boston
directed by Colin Lynch
Sunday November 6th 2016 at 6pm at Trinity Church of Boston, on Copley Square, Boston MA
Sophie Michaux will be the Alto Soloist
with Trinity Church of Boston
directed by Colin Lynch
Sunday November 6th 2016 at 6pm at Trinity Church of Boston, on Copley Square, Boston MA
Sophie Michaux will be the Alto Soloist
Lorelei Ensemble's Boston Concert Series
Saturday October 1st 2016, at 8pm, Galleria 808, BU, 808 Commonwealth Av. Boston MA
Sunday October 2nd 2016, at 4pm, Galleria 808, BU, 808 Commonwealth Av. Boston MA
Tickets - $15 Student/$30 General Admission
Sophie is proud to be a core member of the Lorelei Ensemble for their 2016-2017 season.
Their season will include a collaboration with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and performances at Symphony and Carnegie Halls
www.loreleiensemble.com
Saturday October 1st 2016, at 8pm, Galleria 808, BU, 808 Commonwealth Av. Boston MA
Sunday October 2nd 2016, at 4pm, Galleria 808, BU, 808 Commonwealth Av. Boston MA
Tickets - $15 Student/$30 General Admission
Sophie is proud to be a core member of the Lorelei Ensemble for their 2016-2017 season.
Their season will include a collaboration with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and performances at Symphony and Carnegie Halls
www.loreleiensemble.com
Trinity Church of Boston's Choir 2016 England Tour
Directed by Richard Webster and Colin Lynch
August 7-August 14th 2016 in residency at Westminster Abbey, London, United-Kingdom
August 15th to August 21st 2016, in residency at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, United-Kingdom
Directed by Richard Webster and Colin Lynch
August 7-August 14th 2016 in residency at Westminster Abbey, London, United-Kingdom
August 15th to August 21st 2016, in residency at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, United-Kingdom
La Cenerentola
By Gioacchino Rossini
With the North End Music and Performance Arts Center (NEMPAC)
Thursday June 23rd and Saturday June 25th 2016, at 7.30pm
in Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall.
Sophie will sing the role of La Cenerentola (Angelina)
The production will be performed in Italian, fully staged and with chamber orchestra.
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2546403
By Gioacchino Rossini
With the North End Music and Performance Arts Center (NEMPAC)
Thursday June 23rd and Saturday June 25th 2016, at 7.30pm
in Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall.
Sophie will sing the role of La Cenerentola (Angelina)
The production will be performed in Italian, fully staged and with chamber orchestra.
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2546403
MASQUED
with Lorelei ensemble and Boston Percussion Group
Friday, May 13, 8pm - Venue TBD
Saturday, May 14, 8pm - Venue TBD
Tickets - $15 Student/$30 General Admission
Joining forces with Boston's groundbreaking percussion ensemble BpeG, Lorelei explores relationships between popular and classical repertoire and styles, and blurs lines between theater and music, audience and performer. Featuring the world premiere of Reiko Yamada's interactive concert work Mask Your Sonic Story for women's voices and percussion.
with Lorelei ensemble and Boston Percussion Group
Friday, May 13, 8pm - Venue TBD
Saturday, May 14, 8pm - Venue TBD
Tickets - $15 Student/$30 General Admission
Joining forces with Boston's groundbreaking percussion ensemble BpeG, Lorelei explores relationships between popular and classical repertoire and styles, and blurs lines between theater and music, audience and performer. Featuring the world premiere of Reiko Yamada's interactive concert work Mask Your Sonic Story for women's voices and percussion.
Dream of the Song by Benjamin
with the Lorelei Ensemble and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Monday July 25th 2016 at 8pm, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, Lenox and Stockbridge MA
The Margaret Lee Crofts Concert
Stefan Asbury, Conductor
BENJAMIN Dream of the Song (U.S. premiere; BSO co-commission)
MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
More information here
with the Lorelei Ensemble and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra
Monday July 25th 2016 at 8pm, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, Lenox and Stockbridge MA
The Margaret Lee Crofts Concert
Stefan Asbury, Conductor
BENJAMIN Dream of the Song (U.S. premiere; BSO co-commission)
MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
More information here
The Henry Purcell Society of Boston Fundraiser
Sunday April 10th 2016 at 7pm
Newton Highlands Congregational Church (54 Lincoln St, Newton, MA 02461)
What passion cannot music raise and quell?”
(John Dryden, 1687)
We are throwing a GALA FUNDRAISER for the Society on April 10, featuring some of our favorite musicians and selections from past performances. The program will include incidental theatre music from last fall's concert at Rockport’s Shalin Liu Performance Center, and also Purcell's elegant ode for St. Cecilia's Day, "Welcome to all the pleasures" (1683), written for four soloists and string quartet when Purcell was just 24 years old.
The fun begins on April 10 at 7pm (concert 7:30). Join us at Newton Highlands Congregational Church (54 Lincoln St, Newton, MA 02461) for this UNIQUE EVENING!
Before and after the concert, we will offer a WINE AND BEER RECEPTION, featuring Boston’s own all-male vocal ensemble “Renaissance Men” (renmenmusic.com), who will perform a variety of Purcell’s bawdy and lighthearted catches. You can relax and peruse our SILENT AUCTION — a chance to win tickets to an upcoming 2016/17 H&H concert of your choice, season tickets to HPSOB, and donations from local merchants.
This is an RSVP event, priced at $50, to support the Society's 2016/17 season. Guests can pay by check or cash, by mail or at the door, but please RSVP via email to PurcellSociety@gmail.com, or phone (617) 650-7399 to reserve your seats. Tickets are available online at Brown Paper Tickets.
Our featured artists include --
Jessica Cooper, soprano, Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano, Charles Blandy, tenor, Jacob Scharfman, baritone, Eric Christopher Perry, tenor Sarah Moyer, soprano, Ian Watson, harpsichord, Sarah Freiburg, violoncello, Sarah Ibbetts & Yi Li Chang, violins, Anna Griffis, viola
Sunday April 10th 2016 at 7pm
Newton Highlands Congregational Church (54 Lincoln St, Newton, MA 02461)
What passion cannot music raise and quell?”
(John Dryden, 1687)
We are throwing a GALA FUNDRAISER for the Society on April 10, featuring some of our favorite musicians and selections from past performances. The program will include incidental theatre music from last fall's concert at Rockport’s Shalin Liu Performance Center, and also Purcell's elegant ode for St. Cecilia's Day, "Welcome to all the pleasures" (1683), written for four soloists and string quartet when Purcell was just 24 years old.
The fun begins on April 10 at 7pm (concert 7:30). Join us at Newton Highlands Congregational Church (54 Lincoln St, Newton, MA 02461) for this UNIQUE EVENING!
Before and after the concert, we will offer a WINE AND BEER RECEPTION, featuring Boston’s own all-male vocal ensemble “Renaissance Men” (renmenmusic.com), who will perform a variety of Purcell’s bawdy and lighthearted catches. You can relax and peruse our SILENT AUCTION — a chance to win tickets to an upcoming 2016/17 H&H concert of your choice, season tickets to HPSOB, and donations from local merchants.
This is an RSVP event, priced at $50, to support the Society's 2016/17 season. Guests can pay by check or cash, by mail or at the door, but please RSVP via email to PurcellSociety@gmail.com, or phone (617) 650-7399 to reserve your seats. Tickets are available online at Brown Paper Tickets.
Our featured artists include --
Jessica Cooper, soprano, Sophie Michaux, mezzo-soprano, Charles Blandy, tenor, Jacob Scharfman, baritone, Eric Christopher Perry, tenor Sarah Moyer, soprano, Ian Watson, harpsichord, Sarah Freiburg, violoncello, Sarah Ibbetts & Yi Li Chang, violins, Anna Griffis, viola
To Hell and Back
by Jake Heggie
Part of Family Feuds, three one act family-themed operas by Heggie, Holland & Langer.
with Boston Opera Collaborative
Performances on Friday March 11th 2016 at 8pm,
and Sunday March 13th at 3pm,
at the Central Square Theatre, 450 Mass Av., in Cambirdge, MA.
Sophie will sing the role of Anne.
Tickets:
$35 - VIP; $30 - Premium; $25 - General Admission
$20 - Senior General Admission; $15 - Student General Admission
20% discount if you buy your ticket online, with this code: SMFF20 (note: this does not include Senior or Student tickets)
http://bostonoperacollaborative.org/season1516/familyfeuds/
by Jake Heggie
Part of Family Feuds, three one act family-themed operas by Heggie, Holland & Langer.
with Boston Opera Collaborative
Performances on Friday March 11th 2016 at 8pm,
and Sunday March 13th at 3pm,
at the Central Square Theatre, 450 Mass Av., in Cambirdge, MA.
Sophie will sing the role of Anne.
Tickets:
$35 - VIP; $30 - Premium; $25 - General Admission
$20 - Senior General Admission; $15 - Student General Admission
20% discount if you buy your ticket online, with this code: SMFF20 (note: this does not include Senior or Student tickets)
http://bostonoperacollaborative.org/season1516/familyfeuds/
Petite Messe Solennelle
by Gioachino Rossini
with The Metropolitan Chorale, under the direction of Lisa Graham
by Gioachino Rossini
with The Metropolitan Chorale, under the direction of Lisa Graham
The Lutheran Episcopal Ministry at MIT presents
The Cherry Street Singers in
Scherzi Musicali
Madrigals and songs by Claudio Monteverdi
Saturday, November 14th at 8pm
in the MIT Chapel (48 Mass. Ave, Cambridge)
This group of madrigal enthusiasts is excited to present a passionate rendition of 1 to 6 part madrigals from the great Claudio Monteverdi's Books of Madrigals (libri IV to VIII). Playing with "chiaroscuro" and with the exciting acoustics of the MIT Chapel, this daring ensemble will explore the colorful palet of sounds and emotions that the 17th century italian Maestro della Musica left for us to bring to life.
Pam Igelsrud, Soprano
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Alex Nishibun, Tenor
Adam Simon, Baritone
Lawson Daves, Bass
Brian Church, Bass
Nathaniel Cox, Theorbo
Velleda Miragias, Baroque Cello
Ben Katz, Harpsichord
Suggested donation $15.
You can watch a full video recording of the performance here:
https://vimeo.com/147117939
The Cherry Street Singers in
Scherzi Musicali
Madrigals and songs by Claudio Monteverdi
Saturday, November 14th at 8pm
in the MIT Chapel (48 Mass. Ave, Cambridge)
This group of madrigal enthusiasts is excited to present a passionate rendition of 1 to 6 part madrigals from the great Claudio Monteverdi's Books of Madrigals (libri IV to VIII). Playing with "chiaroscuro" and with the exciting acoustics of the MIT Chapel, this daring ensemble will explore the colorful palet of sounds and emotions that the 17th century italian Maestro della Musica left for us to bring to life.
Pam Igelsrud, Soprano
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Alex Nishibun, Tenor
Adam Simon, Baritone
Lawson Daves, Bass
Brian Church, Bass
Nathaniel Cox, Theorbo
Velleda Miragias, Baroque Cello
Ben Katz, Harpsichord
Suggested donation $15.
You can watch a full video recording of the performance here:
https://vimeo.com/147117939
Pomp and Devotion Spanning the Channel: Music of Charpentier and Grier
with Canto Armonico, under the direction of Simon Carrington
Saturday, October 24th 2015 at 8pm at First Lutheran Church, Boston, MA.
"We are pleased to welcome Simon Carrington back to Boston for Canto Armonico's program of 17th-century French and 20th-century French-inspired music. Our concert pairs vocal music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier -- Litanies de la Vierge, H. 83 and Te Deum, H. 146, both for soloists, chorus and instruments -- with the striking Three Devotions for choir and organ by modern British composer Francis Grier. Like Simon Carrington, Francis Grier is a former member of King's College, Cambridge and was active as organ scholar in the famous King's College Chapel before taking up positions at Christ Church, Oxford."
Preceding the festive Te Deum on our program, First Lutheran Church organist Bálint Karosi plays a suite from the Livre d'Orgue by Charpentier contemporary Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632-1714).
Sophie will sing Alto Solo
with Canto Armonico, under the direction of Simon Carrington
Saturday, October 24th 2015 at 8pm at First Lutheran Church, Boston, MA.
"We are pleased to welcome Simon Carrington back to Boston for Canto Armonico's program of 17th-century French and 20th-century French-inspired music. Our concert pairs vocal music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier -- Litanies de la Vierge, H. 83 and Te Deum, H. 146, both for soloists, chorus and instruments -- with the striking Three Devotions for choir and organ by modern British composer Francis Grier. Like Simon Carrington, Francis Grier is a former member of King's College, Cambridge and was active as organ scholar in the famous King's College Chapel before taking up positions at Christ Church, Oxford."
Preceding the festive Te Deum on our program, First Lutheran Church organist Bálint Karosi plays a suite from the Livre d'Orgue by Charpentier contemporary Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632-1714).
Sophie will sing Alto Solo
Troubled Water
by Mischa Salkind-Pearl
with Guerilla Opera
Friday, September 18th 2015 at 8pm
Saturday, September 19, 2015, at 8 p.m
Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 2 p.m. (**Talk-back**)
Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 8pm
Friday, September 25, 2015 at 8 p.m
The Zack Box Theater at The Boston Conservatory 8 The Fenway, Boston, MA - See more at: http://guerillaopera.com/season/troubledwater/#sthash.Gw3HKLs7.dpuf
This world premiere opera with music by Mischa Salkind-Pearl, libretto by Frederick Choi, and stage direction by Allegra Libonati follows the short life of writer Natsuko Higuchi in late 19th century Japan. Her brief career hinges on her personal and professional connections, and the constant failure of people in her life to support her. As she descends into poverty and her relationships end, her writing begins to authentically reflect her world. The opera weaves in scenes and characters from her published stories, through which her own desires are brought into stark clarity. Sophie Michaux will sing the role of Higuchi.
Troubled Water is 70 minutes in duration and sung in English.
See more at: http://guerillaopera.com/season/troubledwater/#sthash.Gw3HKLs7.dpuf
by Mischa Salkind-Pearl
with Guerilla Opera
Friday, September 18th 2015 at 8pm
Saturday, September 19, 2015, at 8 p.m
Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 2 p.m. (**Talk-back**)
Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 8pm
Friday, September 25, 2015 at 8 p.m
The Zack Box Theater at The Boston Conservatory 8 The Fenway, Boston, MA - See more at: http://guerillaopera.com/season/troubledwater/#sthash.Gw3HKLs7.dpuf
This world premiere opera with music by Mischa Salkind-Pearl, libretto by Frederick Choi, and stage direction by Allegra Libonati follows the short life of writer Natsuko Higuchi in late 19th century Japan. Her brief career hinges on her personal and professional connections, and the constant failure of people in her life to support her. As she descends into poverty and her relationships end, her writing begins to authentically reflect her world. The opera weaves in scenes and characters from her published stories, through which her own desires are brought into stark clarity. Sophie Michaux will sing the role of Higuchi.
Troubled Water is 70 minutes in duration and sung in English.
See more at: http://guerillaopera.com/season/troubledwater/#sthash.Gw3HKLs7.dpuf
Septemberfest
Musique et lumière: Hommage à Georges Longy
A celebration featuring works inspired by sources of light
Saturday, September 26th 2015, at 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music of Bard College,
33 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA.
For more information, visit:
http://longy.edu/about/events/septemberfest-2015-musique-et-lumiere/
Musique et lumière: Hommage à Georges Longy
A celebration featuring works inspired by sources of light
Saturday, September 26th 2015, at 8pm
Edward M. Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music of Bard College,
33 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA.
For more information, visit:
http://longy.edu/about/events/septemberfest-2015-musique-et-lumiere/
Our Town
by Ned Rorem
with Boston Opera Collaborative
June 13th & 18th, 2015
Continuing BOC’s commitment to bringing new and important works to local stages, the company will produce Ned Rorem’s Our Town in June 2015. With a libretto by J.D. McClatchy based on Thornton Wilder’s play, Our Town premiered in 2006 and is the first operatic treatment of Wilder’s story about life and death in the fictional Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire.
Stage director: Greg Smucker
Music director: Jean Anderson Collier
Sophie will be singing the role of Mrs. Soames
For more information, please visit:
http://www.bostonoperacollaborative.org/season1415/
by Ned Rorem
with Boston Opera Collaborative
June 13th & 18th, 2015
Continuing BOC’s commitment to bringing new and important works to local stages, the company will produce Ned Rorem’s Our Town in June 2015. With a libretto by J.D. McClatchy based on Thornton Wilder’s play, Our Town premiered in 2006 and is the first operatic treatment of Wilder’s story about life and death in the fictional Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire.
Stage director: Greg Smucker
Music director: Jean Anderson Collier
Sophie will be singing the role of Mrs. Soames
For more information, please visit:
http://www.bostonoperacollaborative.org/season1415/
The Tempest
A chamber Opera by Joseph Summer
With The Shakespeare Concerts
Libretto by Eve Summer, adapted from "The Tempest"
featuring Metropolitan Opera Bass-baritone, Christian Van Horn as Prospero
with music direction by Maestro Stefan Lano
April 17th, 2015, Somerville Theatre, Davis Square, Somerville, MA
Sophie will sing the role of Ceres
For more information: http://shakespeareconcerts.com/tempest.html
A chamber Opera by Joseph Summer
With The Shakespeare Concerts
Libretto by Eve Summer, adapted from "The Tempest"
featuring Metropolitan Opera Bass-baritone, Christian Van Horn as Prospero
with music direction by Maestro Stefan Lano
April 17th, 2015, Somerville Theatre, Davis Square, Somerville, MA
Sophie will sing the role of Ceres
For more information: http://shakespeareconcerts.com/tempest.html
Rinaldo
by Georg Frideric Handel
With Boston Opera Collaborative
Thursday, March 26 and 28th at 7:30pm
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
41 Berkeley St, Boston (South End)
Music Director, Michael Sakir
Artistic directors, Greg Smucker and Patricia Weinmann
With New Vintage Baroque ensemble
Sophie will sing the title role, Rinaldo.
For more information: http://www.bostonoperacollaborative.org
by Georg Frideric Handel
With Boston Opera Collaborative
Thursday, March 26 and 28th at 7:30pm
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
41 Berkeley St, Boston (South End)
Music Director, Michael Sakir
Artistic directors, Greg Smucker and Patricia Weinmann
With New Vintage Baroque ensemble
Sophie will sing the title role, Rinaldo.
For more information: http://www.bostonoperacollaborative.org
L'énigme éternelle
Récital de mélodies anglaises, hébraïques et russes de Purcell, Dowland, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Chostakovich, Bernstein et chansons du Ghetto de Varsovieavec Elisabeth Varady, Piano et Adam Simon, Guitare
Vendredi 8 Août 2014 à 19h et Dimanche 10 Août 2014 à 17h au Prieuré de Talloires, France.
Entrée libre
Récital de mélodies anglaises, hébraïques et russes de Purcell, Dowland, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Chostakovich, Bernstein et chansons du Ghetto de Varsovieavec Elisabeth Varady, Piano et Adam Simon, Guitare
Vendredi 8 Août 2014 à 19h et Dimanche 10 Août 2014 à 17h au Prieuré de Talloires, France.
Entrée libre
The Ghetto in Lódz 1939- 1944
Remembering the Liquidation of the Ghetto in Lódz 70 Years ago
Susanne Klingenstein, Lecture
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Eugenia Gerstein, Piano
April 8th 2014 8pm, Brendeis University, Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Waltham, MA
April 10th 2014, 8pm, Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton, MA
April 11th, 2014, 7.30 pm, Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street, Boston, MA
Remembering the Liquidation of the Ghetto in Lódz 70 Years ago
Susanne Klingenstein, Lecture
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Eugenia Gerstein, Piano
April 8th 2014 8pm, Brendeis University, Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Waltham, MA
April 10th 2014, 8pm, Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton, MA
April 11th, 2014, 7.30 pm, Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street, Boston, MA
October 18th and 22nd 2013, at 7pm, Cambridge YMCA, 820 Massachusette Ave Cambridge (MA)
The Rape of Lucretia, by Benjamin Britten
With Opera Brittenica
Executive Director: Joshua Collier
Artistic Director: David Sawicki
Male Chorus ...................................................................... Jonathan Price & Joshua Collier (Tenors)
Female Chorus .................................................................. Emily Michiko Jensen & Aliana de la Guardia (Sopranos)
Collatinus (A Roman general, and husband of Lucretia) ..... RaShaun Campbell (Bass-Baritone)
Junius (A Roman general) .................................................. Zachary Ballard (Baritone)
Tarquinius (Prince of the Etruscans) ................................... Colin Levin (Baritone)
Lucretia (Wife of Collatinus) .............................................. Sophie Michaux (Mezzo-Soprano)
Bianca (Handmaiden to Lucretia) ...................................... Stephanie Benkert & Alexandra Alene Dietrich (Mezzo-Sopranos)
Lucia (Handmaiden to Lucretia) ........................................ Katelyn Parker Bray & Kristin Young (Sopranos)
http://www.operabrittenica.com/
The Rape of Lucretia, by Benjamin Britten
With Opera Brittenica
Executive Director: Joshua Collier
Artistic Director: David Sawicki
Male Chorus ...................................................................... Jonathan Price & Joshua Collier (Tenors)
Female Chorus .................................................................. Emily Michiko Jensen & Aliana de la Guardia (Sopranos)
Collatinus (A Roman general, and husband of Lucretia) ..... RaShaun Campbell (Bass-Baritone)
Junius (A Roman general) .................................................. Zachary Ballard (Baritone)
Tarquinius (Prince of the Etruscans) ................................... Colin Levin (Baritone)
Lucretia (Wife of Collatinus) .............................................. Sophie Michaux (Mezzo-Soprano)
Bianca (Handmaiden to Lucretia) ...................................... Stephanie Benkert & Alexandra Alene Dietrich (Mezzo-Sopranos)
Lucia (Handmaiden to Lucretia) ........................................ Katelyn Parker Bray & Kristin Young (Sopranos)
http://www.operabrittenica.com/
September 18th 2013, 7:30 pm, Goethe-Institute, 170 Beacon Street, Boston
1913
Concert/Reading featuring works composed or first performed in 1913 by Igor Stravinsky, Manuel de Falla, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, Alexander von Zemlinsky and Irving Berlin. Words by Florian Illies from his book 1913.
With Susanne Klingenstein (Lecture), Sophie Michaux (soprano), Philip Liston-Kraft (piano) and Daniel Weiser (piano)
In English
Admission free
Info: +1 (617) 262-6050 or
info@boston.goethe.org
http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/ver/en11434985v.htm
1913
Concert/Reading featuring works composed or first performed in 1913 by Igor Stravinsky, Manuel de Falla, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, Alexander von Zemlinsky and Irving Berlin. Words by Florian Illies from his book 1913.
With Susanne Klingenstein (Lecture), Sophie Michaux (soprano), Philip Liston-Kraft (piano) and Daniel Weiser (piano)
In English
Admission free
Info: +1 (617) 262-6050 or
info@boston.goethe.org
http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/ver/en11434985v.htm
July 15th 2013, 8pm, Temple Emunah, 9 Piper Road, Lexington (MA)
"Lamentation," from Leonard Bernstein's Jeremiah Symphony
For the occasion of Tish’ah B’Av 5773
with Artem Belogurov, Piano
"Lamentation," from Leonard Bernstein's Jeremiah Symphony
For the occasion of Tish’ah B’Av 5773
with Artem Belogurov, Piano
May 10 2013, 7pm, Goethe Institute, 170 Beacon Street, Boston, MA
50 Years Élysée Treaty: Germany and France
Half a Century of Friendship and Cooperation
Exhibition Opening and Lecture
with Colette Mazzucelli (New York University) and Erwan Lagadec (George Washington University)
Musical Interludes by Sophie Michaux, Soprano and Adam Simon, piano:
"Göttingen" in French and German (Barbara)
"Im wundershönen Monat Mai" in German (Schumann/ Heine)
"Pour toi mon Amour" in French (Simon/ Prévert)
http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/ver/en10903084v.htm
50 Years Élysée Treaty: Germany and France
Half a Century of Friendship and Cooperation
Exhibition Opening and Lecture
with Colette Mazzucelli (New York University) and Erwan Lagadec (George Washington University)
Musical Interludes by Sophie Michaux, Soprano and Adam Simon, piano:
"Göttingen" in French and German (Barbara)
"Im wundershönen Monat Mai" in German (Schumann/ Heine)
"Pour toi mon Amour" in French (Simon/ Prévert)
http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/ver/en10903084v.htm
April 28th 2013, 4.30pm, Goethe Institut, 170 Beacon Street, Boston, MA
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Commemoration
Susanne Klingenstein, Lecture
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Eugenia Gerstein, Piano
Ronald Crutcher, Cello
http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/ver/en10444368v.htm
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Commemoration
Susanne Klingenstein, Lecture
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Eugenia Gerstein, Piano
Ronald Crutcher, Cello
http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/bos/ver/en10444368v.htm
April 21st 2013, 4.30, Brandeis University, Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Waltham, MA
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Commemoration
Susanne Klingenstein, Lecture
Dr. Katherine Lawrence, Narrator
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Eugenia Gerstein, Piano
Elias Rosemberg, Cantor
Temple Emanuel Choir of Newton, and Jeremiah Klarman
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Commemoration
Susanne Klingenstein, Lecture
Dr. Katherine Lawrence, Narrator
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Eugenia Gerstein, Piano
Elias Rosemberg, Cantor
Temple Emanuel Choir of Newton, and Jeremiah Klarman
April 17th 2013, 6pm, at Mishkan Tefila, 300 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chestnut Hill, MA
Legacy of Endurance and Courage: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising April – May 1943
Yiddish songs, Letters, Diaries, Memoirs, Screening of an excerpt from The Pianist followed by a panel discussion
Susanne Klingenstein, Lecture
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Eugenia Gerstein, Piano
Prof. John Michalczyk (Boston College)
Prof. John Michalczyk
Marian Marzynski (filmmaker)
Detlef Gericke-Schönhagen (Goethe Institute)
Lorenz Reibling (Boston College)
http://www.mishkantefila.org/featured-programs/a-legacy-of-endurance-and-courage-the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-april-may-1943/
Legacy of Endurance and Courage: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising April – May 1943
Yiddish songs, Letters, Diaries, Memoirs, Screening of an excerpt from The Pianist followed by a panel discussion
Susanne Klingenstein, Lecture
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo-soprano
Eugenia Gerstein, Piano
Prof. John Michalczyk (Boston College)
Prof. John Michalczyk
Marian Marzynski (filmmaker)
Detlef Gericke-Schönhagen (Goethe Institute)
Lorenz Reibling (Boston College)
http://www.mishkantefila.org/featured-programs/a-legacy-of-endurance-and-courage-the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-april-may-1943/
January 26th and 27th 2012, 7.30pm, First Church Congregational, Cambridge (MA)
David et Jonathas, Opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Dylan Sauerwald and Zoe Weiss, Music directors
Aria Umezawa, Stage director
Owen McIntosh, David
Linda Tsatsanis, Jonathas
Jacob Cooper, Saül
Marcio de Oliveira, Joadab
Keith Lam, Achis
Sophie Michaux, Pythonisse
James Dargan, Ombre de Samuel
Erika Vogel, Bergere
Shannon Rose McAuliffe, Bergere
Kay Patterson-Shaw, Bergere
Claire Raphaelson, Captive
Paul Halverson, Captif
http://heliosopera.com/?page_id=26
David et Jonathas, Opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Dylan Sauerwald and Zoe Weiss, Music directors
Aria Umezawa, Stage director
Owen McIntosh, David
Linda Tsatsanis, Jonathas
Jacob Cooper, Saül
Marcio de Oliveira, Joadab
Keith Lam, Achis
Sophie Michaux, Pythonisse
James Dargan, Ombre de Samuel
Erika Vogel, Bergere
Shannon Rose McAuliffe, Bergere
Kay Patterson-Shaw, Bergere
Claire Raphaelson, Captive
Paul Halverson, Captif
http://heliosopera.com/?page_id=26
September 22nd 2011, 5.30pm, Voltage Coffee & Art, 295 Third St, Cambridge (MA)
Ashes of Roses, Ashes of Angels
When Notes Fly... Free Concert Series at Voltage Coffee & Art
is presenting music by Adam Jacob Simon.
Program included world premiere piece " They have hung the sky
with arrows" with mezzo soprano Sophie Michaux.
Emerging Artist Award winning string quartet piece from the St. Botolph Club Foundation.
Kai-Ching Chang,piano
Judson Deitrich, viola
Guan-Ting Liao,violin
Olga Patramanskaya,violin
Ben Shute,violin
Caleb van der Swaagh,cello
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo Soprano
Adam Jacob Simon, voice
http://whennotesfly.com/?page_id=7
Ashes of Roses, Ashes of Angels
When Notes Fly... Free Concert Series at Voltage Coffee & Art
is presenting music by Adam Jacob Simon.
Program included world premiere piece " They have hung the sky
with arrows" with mezzo soprano Sophie Michaux.
Emerging Artist Award winning string quartet piece from the St. Botolph Club Foundation.
Kai-Ching Chang,piano
Judson Deitrich, viola
Guan-Ting Liao,violin
Olga Patramanskaya,violin
Ben Shute,violin
Caleb van der Swaagh,cello
Sophie Michaux, Mezzo Soprano
Adam Jacob Simon, voice
http://whennotesfly.com/?page_id=7