Recital Series
Lindemann Young Artists Concert
Michelle Bradley Soprano
Virginie Verrez Mezzo-Soprano
Giuseppe Mentuccia Piano
Valeriya Polunina Piano
February 1, 2017 - February 2, 2017
Board of Officers Room
The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program has trained a new generation of celebrated American and international opera singers who perform at the highest standards in productions at the Met and opera houses around the world, with a roster of alumni that includes Paul Appleby, Stephanie Blythe, Nathan Gunn, Mariusz Kwiecién, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Dawn Upshaw.
Hear exceptional artists from the program in an intimate evening of song that beautifully showcases these opera stars in the making.
Performances
Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 7:30pm
Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 7:30pm
Program
Includes works by Monteverdi, Schumann, Strauss, Charpentier, Duparc, Poulenc, and more
Run Time
This performance is approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes including one intermission.
Gallery
Support
The Recital Series is supported in part by The Reed Foundation.
The Recital Series is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Also in the Series
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Barbara Hannigan & Reinbert de Leeuw
Celebrated Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan makes her US recital debut with two distinct programs: one highlighting the Second Viennese School, and another exploring the works of French composer Erik Satie.
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Sarah Connolly & Joseph Middleton
British mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly moves from the vast opera stage to the intimate Board of Officers Room for a recital that showcases her communicative power of lieder and art song, including works by Copland, Berlioz, Schuman, and Poulenc.
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Wu Man & The Shanghai Quartet
The acclaimed Shanghai Quartet and pipa (Chinese lute) virtuoso Wu Man unite to perform new works by contemporary Chinese composers.
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Lawrence Brownlee, Myra Huang & Jason Moran
Acclaimed singer Laurence Brownlee gives a progressive concert through multiple historic period rooms, starting with lieder and art song with pianist Myra Huang and continuing with jazz standards and American spirituals with Jason Moran.
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Sabine Devieilhe & Anne Le Bozec
Coloratura soprano Sabine Devieilhe makes her North American recital debut with a program that centers on singer, composer, pianist, and teacher Pauline Viardot, including works by Berlioz, Fauré, Schumann, Brahms, Massenet, and Viardot.
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Jay Campbell
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and with cellist Jay Campbell perform duos from a wide ranging repertoire that perfectly showcase their extreme styles of music making, from Gibbons to Ravel, Xenakis to Ligeti, and a world premiere by Michael Hersch.