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Discovery Series: Take Your Partners! | Walter Hall, Toronto
Discovery Series: Take Your Partners! | Walter Hall, Toronto
A recital of duets, songs and a few trios
date: November 28, 2006
After our auditions for the Discovery Series resulted in an ensemble of two sopranos and a mezzo from the University of Toronto’s Opera School, we excitedly took the plunge and designed a first half entirely of duets, with the voices in the various different possible combinations. The second half presented each singer in a group of Lieder, further setting off the voice types available; the concert finished with two operatic trios by the composer who understood the female voice, perhaps, more than any other: Richard Strauss.
| Song | Artist | Composer | Poet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd, leave decoying (King Arthur) | Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Purcell, Henry, real. Britten, Benjamin | Dryden, John |
| No, resistance is but vain (The Maid’s Last Prayer) | Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Purcell, Henry, real. Britten, Benjamin | Southerne, Thomas |
| What can we poor females do? | Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Purcell, Henry, real. Britten, Benjamin | anon. |
| Die Meere, Op.20/3 | Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Herder, Johann Gottfried |
| Jägerlied, Op.66/4 | Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Candidus, Karl Augustus |
| Phänomen, Op.61/3 | Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von |
| Walpurgisnacht, Op.75/4 | Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Alexis, Willibald |
| La Mort d’Ophélie, Op.18/2 | Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Berlioz, Hector | Shakespeare, William, trans. Legouvé, Ernest |
| Mother Comfort (Two Ballads) | Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Britten, Benjamin | Slater, Montagu |
| Underneath the abject willow (Two Ballads) | Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Britten, Benjamin | Auden, Wystan Hugh |
| Die Blumensprache, D519 | Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schubert, Franz | Platner, Eduard ? |
| Die Rose, D745 | Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schubert, Franz | Schlegel, Friedrich von |
| Blanka, D631 | Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schubert, Franz | Schlegel, Friedrich von |
| Lied der Delphine, D857/1 | Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Schubert, Franz | Schütz, Christian Wilhelm von |
| Wie bist du, meine Königin, Op.32/9 | Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Daumer, Georg Friedrich |
| Therese, Op.86/1 | Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Keller, Gottfried |
| Ein Sonett, Op. 14/4 | Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Thibaut IV of Champagne and Navarre, trans. Herder, Johann Gottfried |
| Der Gang zum Liebchen, Op.48/1 | Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | anon., trans. Wenzig, Josef |
| Meine Liebe ist grün, Op.63/5 | Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Brahms, Johannes | Schumann, Felix |
| Ich trage meine Minne, Op.32/1 | Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Henckell, Karl |
| Die Nacht, Op.10/3 | Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Gilm, Hermann von |
| Mein Herz ist stumm, Op.19/6 | Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Schack, Adolf Friedrich von |
| Marie Theres’ ! – Hab’ mir’s gelobt (Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59) | Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Strauss, Richard | Hofmannsthal, Hugo von |
| Töne, töne, süsse Stimme (Ariadne auf Naxos, Op.60) – ENCORE | Santoni, Charlene, soprano; Montalbetti, Ileana, soprano; Jewson, Heather, mezzo; Ralls, Stephen, piano | Die schöne Magelone | Hofmannsthal, Hugo von |