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6 WAGNER ROLES: Senta, Elisabeth and Isolde Soprano Caroline Whisnant sang in the 7 th (September 2003) Concert at the Smithsonian Institution seminar jointly-sponsored with the Wagner Society of Washington, DC. Following her acclaimed European debut as Elektra with the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe, she joined the Mannheim Opera, where she is appearing as Isolde, Senta, Elisabeth, and Leonore. She sang Ariadne at the Broomhill Festival. She has sung Norma in Kentucky, Dallas, Portland, Bogota and Santiago; Turandot (Santiago and Dallas), Freia (Arizona Opera), and Rosalinda (Kentucky Opera). Her repertory encompasses the lyric Desdemona (Baltimore Opera), the Madame Lidoine (Tulsa) and Santuzza (Kansas City Opera). CWhisnant@aol.com WAGNER ROLES: Helmwige, Gutrune, Brünnhilde (cover for Jane Eaglen at Chicago Lyric) Soprano Jennifer Wilson sang in the 3 rd (October 2001) and 8 th (September 2004) Concerts as well as at the September 2002 Gala Benefit. She also appeared as a panelist with Thomas Stewart and critic Tim Page in the Wagner Society of Washington, DC seminar at the Smithsonian Institution in September 2003. She made her operatic debut in the role of Turandot with the Connecticut Opera in October 2002, a role she repeated for the Houston Grand Opera in 2004 to great critical acclaim. Her debut role for the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2002 was Helmwige. She will reprise this role again in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2005 Ring cycle, when she will sing her first Gutrune. She will also cover for Jane Eaglen’s Brünnhilde. She will perform Helmwige in Die Walküre at the Teatre du Châtelet in Paris. She will appear in an Amsterdam radio broadcast of Schulhoff’s Flammen, led by Edo de Waart and she will sing Turandot at the Santa Fe Opera in 2005. She is a native or Farifax, Virigina and a favorite in the Washington, DC area. Ms. Wilson is a protege of Evelyn Lear. www.funkhauserartists.com The Emerging Singers Program 2000 to 2004 Nine Concerts and Public Performance Opportunities for 21 Singers Extensive rehearsals and coaching were provided by Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart in preparation for these concerts. Most concerts were presented at the German Embassy, Washington, DC with the singers accompanied by pianist Betty Bullock. Two single concerts were held at the Smithsonian Institution (7 th ) and the Northern Virginia Community College (8 th ) with singers accompanied by the Friday Morning Music Club Orchestra under the baton of Sylvia Alimena. lst Concert Concert (April 15, 2000) Connie Coffelt, Soprano Laura Zuiderveen, Mezzo Soprano (German Embassy) 2nd Concert (May 2001) Amy Fuller, Soprano Ray Karms, Bass Baritone Amanda Mace, Soprano Paul Mow, Tenor (German Embassy) 3rd Concert (October 19, 2001) Alma De Lon, Soprano 3rd Concert (Continued) Jason Detwiler, Baritone Thomas Rolf Truhitte, Tenor Jennifer Wilson, Soprano Laura Zuiderveen, Mezzo Soprano (German Embassy) 4th Concert (May 3, 2002) Nathan Bahny, Baritone Jennifer Roderer, Mezzo Soprano Gail Sullivan, Soprano Thomas Rolf Truhitte, Tenor (German Embassy) 5th Concert (October 21, 2002) Nathan Bahny, Baritone Allison Bolshoi, Soprano Richard Demers, Baritone Lawrence Harris, Tenor (German Embassy) 6th Concert (May 16, 2003) Charles Robert Austin, Bass Baritone Michael Hayes, Tenor Roxanne Rowedder, Mezzo Soprano Gail Sullivan, Soprano (German Embassy) 7 th Concert (September 31, 2003) Charles Robert Austin, Bass Baritone Roy Stevens, Tenor Caroline Whisnant, Soprano (with Friday Morning Music Club Orchestra at the Smithsonian Institution) 8 th Concert (May 21, 2004) Jennifer Wilson, Soprano Jennifer Roderer, Mezzo Soprano Roy Stevens, Tenor 8th Concert (Continued) Mathew Lepold, Baritone (with Friday Morning Music Club at Northern Virginia Community College) 9th Concert (October 8, 2004) Roxanne Rowedder, Mezzo Soprano Brian Carter, Tenor Jason Switzer, Bass-Baritone David Smith, Tenor Mathew Lepold, Baritone (German Embassy)
Help Develop the Emerging Singers Program Your financial contributions help to create opportunities for emerging Wagner singers to perform in public after coaching and rehearsals with Eveyln Lear and Thomas Stewart. Make your tax deductible contribution using the form, below. Questions: call 301.907.2600 To benefit the Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart Emerging Singers Program Fund A Partnership with the Wagner Society of Washington, DC I/We wish to contribute: ❏ $100 ❏ $150 ❏ $250 ❏ $500 ❏ $1,000 ❏ $2,500 ❏ Other ______ Enclosed is check for _____. Make tax deductible contribution payable to: Emerging Singers Program Fund Charge to (check one) ❏ VISA or ❏ MC Number ________________________________ Expires ________ Name ________________________________________________________________________________________ Address ______________________________ City ____________________________ State _______ Zip _________ Telephone ____________________________ E-Mail __________________________ Fax _____________________ Special thanks to the many previous financial contributors reported in Wagner on the Potomac , the newsletter of the Wagner Society of Washington, DC. See the January 2004 issue (Vol 6. No. 1, page 5), which is available online at www.wagner-dc.org.. Thanks to Guillermo and Cecilia Schultz, John and Lynn Pohanka and Jim and Diana Holman for especially generous contributions. Music Critics and the Emerging Singers Peogram "In retirement from star-quality careers on the opera and concert stage, Thomas Stewart and Evelyn Lear, husband and wife, are passing on the wisdom underlying their artistry to a new generation of singers. ... What is emerging is the maturing to the status of Wagnerian singers, something one attains, if ever, only with considerable physical and artistic development." Joan Reinthaler, The Washington Post, September 23, 2003 on the 7 th Concert. Lear and Stewart "know good Wagner singing when they see it.". ... They "help identify, mentor and promote singers who show promise as Wagnerians." The 4 th Concert (May 2002) "offered a tantalizing notion that a new vanguard of Wagernians just might be in the offing." Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun, May 7, 2002. The 2 nd Concert (May 2001) was "an exciting venture into music of the future" at the German Embassy. ... "Five young American singers displayed their promising voices.”. ... "Already three splendid singers are affirming the old truth that no musical instrument can match the beauties of the human voice." Cecelia Porter, The Washington Post, May 4, 2001. "A strong impression was made by four young singers" in the 8 th Concert (May 2003). . ... "The program was notable for its inclusion of extended scenes and relatively unfamiliar material." ... "Conductor Sylvia Alimena accomplished wonders with the Friday Morning Music Club Orchestra, not only in her sensitive accompaniment for the singers but in the Prelude to Tristan und Isolde which opened the program." Joseph McClellan, The Washington Post, May 24, 2004. Invitation to Aspiring Wagner Singers To apply for the program see www.wagner-dc.org and submit to the return address of this publication your photo, biography and a recorded example of your singing. Questions: Call 301.907.2600. 7
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