Past Engagements: 2006/07 Season
Guest Artist • Bucknell University
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania / USA
Statuesque • Roosevelt University
Joyce Castle, mezzo
Jake Heggie, piano
Chicago, Illinois / USA
At the Statue of Venus • Asolo Theatre
Susan Graham, mezzo
Kristin Clayton, soprano
Sarasota, Florida / USA
Seeking Higher Ground • Pacific Chorale
Music Director: John Alexander
with the Pacific Symphony
World Premiere
Costa Mesa, California / USA
To Hell and Back • Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Conductor: Nicolas McGegan
Patti Lupone, mezzo
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
World Premiere
Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Berkeley, California / USA
Master Class • Occidental College
Pomona, California / USA
Master Class • UCLA
Los Angeles, California / USA
Dead Man Walking • Malmö Opera
Conductor: Joseph Wolfe
Director: Stewart Laing
Malmö / Sweden
Scenes from Dead Man Walking • Pasadena Presbyterian Church
with Sister Helen Prejean
Pasadena, California / USA
Guest Artist• Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee / USA
Rise and Fall • University of Connecticut
Constance Rock, soprano
Jake Heggie, piano
World Premiere
Storrs, Connecticut / USA
Dead Man Walking • Semperoper Dresden
Conductor: Stefan-Anton Reck
Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Dresden / Germany
The End of the Affair • Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Conductor: Ward Holmquist
Director: Kristine McIntyre
Kansas City, Missouri / USA
Theater in Song • Cal Performances
Frederica von Stade, mezzo
Kristin Clayton, soprano
Berkeley, California / USA
Master Class • San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, California / USA
For a Look or a Touch • Music of Remembrance
Morgan Smith, baritone
World Premiere
Seattle, Washington / USA
Final Monologue from Master Class • Merola Opera Program
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo
Jake Heggie, piano
San Francisco, California / USA
To Hell and Back • Ravinia Festival
Conductor: Nicolas McGegan
with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Patti Lupone, mezzo
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Highland Park, Illinois/ USA
Artist Faculty • SongFest
Malibu, California / USA
Master Class • Long Leaf Opera Festival
Chapel Hill, North Carolina / USA
Facing Forward/Looking Back • Ravinia Festival
Michèle Bogdanowicz, soprano
Tamara Mumford, mezzo
Vlad Iftinca, piano
World Premiere
Highland Park, Illinois / USA