Juilliard Announces 2018-19 Season of Operas and Vocal Arts Performances

Juilliard Opera Presents:

 

Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw

Conducted by Steven Osgood and Directed by John Giampietro

Wednesday, November 14, and Friday, November 16, at 7:30pm; and Sunday, November 18, at 2pm in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater

 

Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Conducted by Avi Stein and Directed by Mary Birnbaum

Wednesday, February 20, and Friday, February 22, at 7:30pm; and Sunday, February 24, at 2pm in Juilliard’s Willson Theater

With a European Tour to London, Versailles, and Athens in June 2019

 

W.A. Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Conducted by Joseph Colaneri and Directed by Emma Griffin

Wednesday, April 24, and Friday, April 26, at 7:30pm; and Sunday, April 28, at 2pm in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater

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Alice Tully Vocal Arts Recital Features Soprano Hyesang Park With Pianist Brian Zeger

Thursday, November 1, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall

 

Juilliard Songfest Evening Curated and Performed by Brian Zeger and Featuring Juilliard Singers

Monday, February 4, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall

 

Juilliard and New York Festival of Song Present “Kurt Weill’s Berlin” Featuring Juilliard Singers and Pianist Steven Blier

Thursday, January 17, at 7:30pm in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater

 

NEW YORK –– Juilliard’s Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Zeger, announces its 2018-19 season of opera and vocal arts performances. Highlights of the upcoming season include three mainstage operas:  Britten’s The Turn of the Screw featuring Juilliard singers and the Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by Steven Osgood and directed by John Giampietro, on November 14, 16, and 18 in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater; Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, featuring Juilliard singers and period-instrument ensemble Juilliard415, conducted by Avi Stein and directed by Mary Birnbaum, on February 20, 22, and 24 in Juilliard’s Willson Theater; and Mozart’s Don Giovanni, featuring Juilliard singers and the Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by Joseph Colaneri and directed by Emma Griffin, on April 24, 26, and 28 in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater. In June 2019, singers from Juilliard’s Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts and Juilliard415 will tour together for the first time, taking a concert version of Dido and Aeneas to Europe with performances at London’s Holland Park, the Opéra Royal at Versailles, and at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in Athens.

Juilliard and New York Festival of Song will present “Kurt Weill’s Berlin” featuring Juilliard singers and pianist Steven Blier on Thursday, January 17, in Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater.

Other highlights include the Alice Tully Vocal Arts Recital with alumna, soprano Hyesang Park and pianist Brian Zeger on Thursday, November 1, in Alice Tully Hall; Juilliard Songfest, a program curated and performed by pianist Brian Zeger, featuring Juilliard singers, on Monday, February 4, in Alice Tully Hall; and the Vocal Arts Honors Recital (singers to be announced in December) on Thursday, March 21, in Alice Tully Hall.

Additional vocal performances in the 2018-19 season include a “Bernstein Centennial Concert” with the Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by alumna Marin Alsop, featuring Bernstein’s Songfest with alumni soloists on Saturday, September 29, at Carnegie Hall; a concert with Juilliard415 and conductor William Christie titled “Handel in Rome I” on Monday, November 19, at the Morgan Library and “Handel in Rome II” with Juilliard415 and conductor Paul Agnew on Saturday, December 1, in Alice Tully Hall featuring Handel’s Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HWV 96; and a concert with the Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by Barbara Hannigan, that includes Sibelius’ Luonnotar, featuring soprano Meghan Kasanders, on Friday, February 8, in Alice Tully Hall.

Vocal master classes will be announced at a later date.

Juilliard's Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts was established in 2010 by the generous support of Ellen and James S. Marcus. 

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Juilliard Opera 2018-19 Calendar of Events

 

Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 7:30pm

Friday, November 16, 2018, 7:30pm

Sunday, November 18, 2018, 2pm

Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 155 West 65th Street, NYC

The Turn of the Screw

Composer: Benjamin Britten

Libretto: Myfanwy Piper, after a story by Henry James

Conductor: Steven Osgood

Director: John Giampietro

Featuring Juilliard singers and the Juilliard Orchestra

The Turn of the Screw was Britten’s final chamber opera and was written in just four months in 1954. “The work is based on the novel by Henry James: a tale of good versus evil, natural versus the supernatural, possession and exorcism, set within the domestic proprieties of the English country house of Bly.” (Britten-Pears Library) The opera had its world premiere with the English Opera Group, directed by Basil Coleman and conducted by Benjamin Britten, on September 14, 1954, at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.

Steven Osgood is general and artistic director of the Chautauqua Opera Company. He conducted The Turn of the Screw with Opera Columbus last season, directed by Juilliard faculty member Stephen Wadsworth. Faculty member John Giampietro is a Brooklyn-based stage director of opera and theater. He recently directed The Turn of the Screw at Chautauqua, and at Juilliard, this past season, he directed a chamber version of Nicolai’s Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor).

Tickets for Juilliard Opera productions are $30 and will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $15, only at the Juilliard Box Office.

 

Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 7:30pm

Friday, February 22, 2019, 7:30pm

Sunday, February 24, 2019, 2pm

Juilliard’s Rosemary and Meredith Willson Theater, 155 West 65th Street, NYC

Dido and Aeneas

Composer: Henry Purcell

Libretto: Nahum Tate

Conductor: Avi Stein

Director: Mary Birnbaum

Featuring Juilliard singers and Juilliard415

Henry Purcell based his first opera on the story of Dido, queen of Carthage, and the prince of Troy, Aeneas. The opera was first performed in 1689.

Avi Stein teaches continuo accompaniment in Juilliard’s Historical Performance program. He also teaches vocal repertoire at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, a frequent collaborator with Juilliard. Mr. Stein is an active continuo accompanist who performs regularly with the Boston Early Music Festival, the Trinity Church Wall Street Choir and Baroque Orchestra, the Clarion Music Society, and Bach Vespers NYC. Director Mary Birnbaum is associate director of Juilliard’s Artist Diploma in Opera Studies program. She was nominated for best newcomer of 2015 at the International Opera Awards in London. This past season, she directed Mozart’s La finta giardiniera. Other recent Juilliard productions include Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, and a chamber version of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.

Tickets for Juilliard Opera productions are $30 and will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $15, only at the Juilliard Box Office.

 

Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 7:30pm

Friday, April 26, 2019, 7:30pm

Sunday, April 28, 2019, 2pm

Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater

Don Giovanni

Composer: W.A. Mozart

Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte

Conductor: Joseph Colaneri

Director: Emma Griffin

Featuring Juilliard singers and the Juilliard Orchestra

Mozart’s Don Giovanni premiered at the original National Theatre in Prague on October 29, 1787.

Joseph Colaneri is music director of the acclaimed Glimmerglass Festival since 2013. He has served as a member of the Metropolitan Opera conducting roster since 1998. This past season, he conducted Mozart’s La finta giardiniera at Juilliard. Emma Griffin, a theater and opera director was recently appointed managing artistic director of Mannes Opera.

Tickets for Juilliard Opera productions are $30 and will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $15, only at the Juilliard Box Office.

 

Juilliard Vocal Performances 2018-19

Saturday, September 29, 2018, 8pm, Carnegie Hall

Juilliard Orchestra

Marin Alsop, conductor

“Bernstein Centennial Concert” featuring Bernstein’s Songfest with alumni soloists:

Raquel González, soprano

Naomi Louisa O’Connell, mezzo-soprano

Amanda Lynn Bottoms, mezzo-soprano

Paul Appleby, tenor

Aubrey Allicock, baritone

Ryan McKinny, bass-baritone

Tickets will be available on August 28 at the Carnegie Hall Box Office or online at Carnegiehall.org. Tickets are $30 (Parquet/First Tier/Second tier); $15 (Dress Circle). Full-time students with a valid ID may purchase half-priced tickets, only at the Carnegie Hall Box Office.

 

October 17; November 29, December 10, February 6, February 28, April 4

Juilliard Liederabend

Juilliard’s Liederabend series showcases Juilliard singers in performances of song literature; Juilliard singers are paired with students from Juilliard’s Collaborative Piano department. All performances take place at 6pm in
Paul Hall.

Free; tickets are required and will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office.

 

Thursday, November 1, 2018, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall

Alice Tully Vocal Arts Recital

Hyesang Park, soprano

Brian Zeger, piano

Soprano Hyesang Park recently made her debut at Bayerische Staatsoper singing the role of Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte. In the 2018-19 season, she returns to the Glyndebourne Festival as Rosina in Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia, and she makes her role and house debut as Musetta in Barrie Kosky’s new production of La bohème at the Komische Oper, Berlin, as well as her debut with the Macau International Festival as Giannetta in L’elisir d’amore. As part of her final year at the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, she sangof Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro (including the Met Broadcast) and The Dew Fairy in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. Ms. Park graduated from Juilliard in 2017 with an Artist Diploma in Opera Studies, and she also holds a master’s degree from the school.

Tickets for the Alice Tully Vocal Arts Recital are $20 and will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $10, only at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office. 

 

Monday, November 19, 2018, 7:30pm, Morgan Library, 225 Madison Avenue, NYC

Juilliard415

William Christie, conductor

Handel in Rome I

George Frideric HANDEL Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8

HANDEL Aminta e Fillide: Arresta il passo, HWV 83

Ticket information will be available at themorgan.org.

 

Saturday, December 1, 2018, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard415

Paul Agnew, conductor

Handel in Rome II

George Frideric HANDEL Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HMV 96

Tickets for $20 will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $10 at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office.

 

Wednesday on December 5, 2018 and April 3, 2019, 1pm, Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard’s “Wednesdays at One”

Juilliard singers will be presented as part of Juilliard’s “Wednesdays at One” series on December 5 and on
April 3. The hour long concerts in Alice Tully Hall are free; no tickets are required.

 

Thursday, January 17, 2019, 7:30pm, Juilliard’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater

Juilliard and New York Festival of Song

Steven Blier, artistic director and pianist

“Kurt Weill’s Berlin”

“Kurt Weill’s Berlin” conjures up the freewheeling Weimar era with songs from Happy End, Threepenny Opera, Silbersee, and Mahagonny, while sampling the riches of Berlin’s political Kabarett. Weill and his compatriots – artists like Friedrich Hollaender, Mischa Spoliansky, Kurt Tucholsky, and Hanns Eisler – wrote songs for their own turbulent times, but the issues they confronted are still with us. Their songs are as bracing and brilliant as the day they were written.

Tickets for $20 will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $10 at the Juilliard Box Office.

 

Friday, February 8, 2019, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall

Juilliard Orchestra

Barbara Hannigan, conductor

Meghan Kasanders, soprano

STRAUSS “Salome’s Dance” from Salome

HAYDN Symphony No. 96 in D Major, Hob. I:96

DEBUSSY Syrinx (flute soloist to be announced)

SIBELIUS Luonnotar with soprano Meghan Kasanders

BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin

Tickets for $20 will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $10 at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office.

 

Thursday, March 21, 2019, 7:30pm, Alice Tully Hall

Vocal Arts Honors Recital

Juilliard’s annual Vocal Arts Honors Recital takes place on Thursday, March 21, at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. Singers are nominated by Juilliard’s voice faculty and selected by a group of distinguished judges. This season’s singers and pianists will be announced in December.

Free tickets will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office.

 

Ticket and Box Office Information

Tickets for Juilliard Opera productions are $30 and will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $15 at the Juilliard Box Office.

Tickets for the Alice Tully Vocal Arts Recital are $20 and will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $10 at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office. 

Tickets for the New York Festival of Song at Juilliard concert are $20 and will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office. Full-time students with valid ID may purchase tickets for $10 at the Juilliard Box Office.

Tickets for the Vocal Arts Honors Recital are free and will be available beginning September 20 at juilliard.edu/calendar or at the Juilliard Box Office.

 

About the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts at Juilliard

One of America’s most prestigious programs for educating singers, Juilliard’s Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts offers young artists programs tailored to their talents and needs. From bachelor and master of music degrees to an advanced Artist Diploma in Opera Studies program, Juilliard provides frequent performance opportunities, featuring singers in its own recital halls, on Lincoln Center’s stages, and around New York City. Juilliard Opera has presented numerous premieres of new operas as well as works from the standard repertoire.

Juilliard graduates may be heard in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world; diverse alumni artists include well-known performers such as Simon Estes, Renée Fleming, Leontyne Price, Risë Stevens, Tatiana Troyanos, and Shirley Verrett. Recent alumni include Paul Appleby, Sasha Cooke, Isabel Leonard, Erin Morley, and Susanna Phillips.

About Brian Zeger, Artistic Director

Widely recognized as one of today’s leading collaborative pianists, Brian Zeger has performed with many of the world’s greatest singers including Marilyn Horne, Deborah Voigt, Anna Netrebko, Susan Graham, René Pape, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Frederica von Stade, Piotr Beczala, Bryn Terfel, Joyce DiDonato, Denyce Graves and Adrianne Pieczonka in an extensive concert career that has taken him to the premiere concert halls throughout the United States and abroad.

Among his most recent recordings are All Who Wander, a recital disc with Jamie Barton; Preludios - Spanish songs with Isabel Leonard; a recording of Strauss and Wagner lieder with Adrianne Pieczonka; and Dear Theo: 3 Song Cycles by Ben Moore with Paul Appleby, Susanna Phillips and Brett Polegato, all for the Delos label. Upcoming recordings include A Lost World - Schubert Songs and Duets with Susanna Phillips and Shenyang, coming from Delos in September, 2018.

In addition to his distinguished concert career, he serves as artistic director of the Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts at The Juilliard School and recently completed an eight year tenure as the executive director of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists Development Program. 

For more information about Mr. Zeger’s activities, please visit his website, www.brianzeger.com.

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