Rebekkah Hilgraves » opera http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com Soprano, speaker, instructor Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:08:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 NIU Homecoming Recital 2009 http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/niu-homecoming-recital-2009/ http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/niu-homecoming-recital-2009/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:31:37 +0000 Rebekkah Hilgraves http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/?p=277 In October 2009, Rebekkah went back to her alma mater, Northern Illinois University, and gave two master classes and a performance.  Listen to the recital by clicking on the individual links below; the master classes will be available through the Studio Voix-LA! web site (http://www.studiovoixla.com).

Rebekkah Hilgraves, soprano
Valerie Blair, piano

Guest appearances by:

Ramses Bugarin, clarinet
Beth Bryngelson, flute

Myron Myers, bass (NIU faculty)

The selections below are also now available for download here.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828):

An die Musik
Die Forelle
Gretchen am Spinnrade

Henry Purcell (1659-1695):

Resistance is but vain (with Myron Myers)

Samuel Barber (1910-1981):

Hermit Songs

I – At St. Patrick’s Purgatory
II – Church bell at night, III – St. Ita’s vision
IV – The heavenly banquet
V – The crucifixion
VI – Sea-snatch
VII – Promiscuity
VIII – A monk and his cat
IX – The praises of God
X – A desire for hermitage

Lester Trimble (1923-1986)

Four Fragments from the Canterbury Tales (with Ramses Bugarin and Beth Bryngelson)

I – Prologe
II – A Knyght
III – A Yong Squier
IV – The wyf of biside bath

James R. Carlson (1972- )

‘Lovely Luna’ from Love the Haven of Peace

]]> http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/niu-homecoming-recital-2009/feed/ 1 Opera and Classical Samples http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/opera/ http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/opera/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 22:30:47 +0000 Rebekkah Hilgraves http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/?p=82 Here are some opera and song samples from soprano Rebekkah Hilgraves. These samples span some years’ work, and are regularly updated, so please check back often!

Hermit Songs: I – “At St. Patrick’s Purgatory” (Samuel Barber). Recorded at Northern Illinois University, October 2009. Pianist: Valerie Blair.

“Die Forelle” (Franz Schubert). Recorded at Northern Illinois University, October 2009. Pianist: Valerie Blair.

‘Lovely Luna’ from Love the Haven of Peace (James R. Carlson) This song is from my own poetry cycle, Love the Haven of Peace, completed in 2009. This particular poem was written in honor of the birth of a beautiful baby girl named Luna, the daughter of some dear friends. You can read the poem here (http://arslirica.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/lovely-luna/).

“An die Musik” (Franz Schubert)

“Una macchia, e qui tutt’ora” (sample) from Verdi’s MACBETH

“Una macchia, e qui tutt’ora” (complete) from Verdi’s MACBETH

VII – “There! A beacon of light” from RACHEL RISING

“Pace, pace mio dio” from Verdi’s LA FORZA DEL DESTINO

“Senza mamma” from Puccini’s SUOR ANGELICA (edit)

“Es gibt ein Reich” from R. Strauss’ ARIADNE AUF NAXOS

“Abscheulicher!” from FIDELIO (finale)

“L’Invitation au voyage” by Henri Duparc

]]> http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/opera/feed/ 1 Dr. Dennis Hyams, The Westfield Leader http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/dr-dennis-hyams-the-westfield-leader/ http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/dr-dennis-hyams-the-westfield-leader/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:29:36 +0000 Rebekkah Hilgraves http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/?p=79 Violetta was beautifully sung and acted by Rebekkah Hilgraves, a soprano with a rich mezzo quality, a glorious sound …so moving as to bring a lump to the throat, especially as she is clearly a consummate actress as well.”

(La Traviata/Violetta, Little Opera Company of New Jersey, 2006)

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Homegrown Radio NJ
on 2005 premiere performances of The Eglantine by Sam Belich, NYC

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Roles Performed
Opera Role Company Year
Le Nozze Di Figaro (scenes) Countess Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra 2007
Cosi fan tutte (scenes) Fiordiligi Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra 2007
Magic Flute (scenes) First Lady Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra 2007
La Traviata Violetta LOC, NJ 2006
The Eglantine Rachel (lead) The Eglantine – world premiere 2005
Die Walküre Gerhilde The Valkyrie Project 2005
Don Carlo Elisabetta Opera Drammatica 2004
Die Walküre Gerhilde Opera Drammatica 2004
Suor Angelica Suor Angelica Chelsea Opera 2004
Don Giovanni (scenes) Donna Elvira American Singers Opera Project 2004
Suor Angelica Suor Angelica American Singers Opera Project 2003
Macbeth (scenes) Lady Macbeth American Singers Opera Project 2002
Lily Maybud Lights, Camera, Murder, or, Operetta, Get Me the Police! The Lamplighters 1996
Princess Ida Princess Ida The Lamplighters 1995
L’Etoile Princess Laoula Pocket Opera 1995

Roles Prepared

Roles in Preparation
Opera Role Opera Role
Les Contes d’Hoffmann Olympia, Giulietta, Antonia Ariadne auf Naxos Ariadne
Le Nozze di Figaro Countess Salome Salome
Falstaff Alice Ford Elektra Krysothemis
Don Giovanni Donna Elvira Der Rosenkavalier Marschallin
Macbeth Lady Macbeth Die Walküre Sieglinde
Der Fliegende Holländer Senta
Die Meistersinger Eva
Fidelio Leonore
Turandot Turandot
Otello Desdemona
Tosca Floria Tosca
Cosi fan tutte Fiordiligi

Oratorio and Concert
Oratorio/Concert Company Year
Rachel Rising (Rob Deemer) 2008
Lord Nelson” Mass (Haydn) Ars Musica Chorale and Orchestra 2001
Vier Letzte Lieder (R. Strauss) Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra 2001
Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra 2001
Serenade to Music (Vaughn Williams) Orch. Seattle/Seattle Chamber Singers 2000
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Barber) Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra 2000
Stabat Mater (Dvorak) Orch. Seattle/Seattle Chamber Singers 1999
Requiem (Mozart) Orchestra Seattle 1998
Requiem (Brahms) Mahler Festival 1998

Download printable resume (.pdf, 117kb)

]]> http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/repertoire/feed/ 0 Instructors http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/instructors/ http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/instructors/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:27:59 +0000 Rebekkah Hilgraves http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/?p=48 Instructors, conductors and coaches with whom Rebekkah Hilgraves has worked.

Voice Teachers

Neal Goren, NYC
Thomas Wolf, NYC
Edward Sayegh, San Francisco
Myron Myers, Chicago

Coaches

Thomas Wolf, NYC
Richard Duncan, NYC
Richard Nechamkin, NYC
Jonathan Kelly, NYC
Erica Rome, NYC
Israel Gursky, NYC

Directors/Conductors

Dr. Rob Deemer, Tennessee
Sam Belich, NYC
Richard Duncan, NYC
Richard Nechamkin, NYC
Carmine Aufiero, NYC
Italo Marchini, NJ
Marsha Mabrey, Seattle
George Shangrow, Seattle
Thomas Swan, Buffalo

Masterclasses/Workshop

American Singers Opera Project (2002-2004), NYC

  • Nancy Stokes-Milnes
  • Charles Riecker
  • Mark Rucker

Accompanists

Gustavo Bianchi, Austin, TX,
Richard Duncan, NYC
Richard Nechamkin, NYC
Erica Rome, NYC
Violetta Decyatnik, Seattle
Povilas Stravinsky, Seattle

]]> http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/instructors/feed/ 0 Adrian Corleonis http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/adrian-corleonis/ http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/adrian-corleonis/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:24:57 +0000 Rebekkah Hilgraves http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/?p=44 With something of the crusader combined with the sure, sheer instinct of the performing artist, Ms. Graves has made Bordes her own, tracking down his long unavailable music, mastering it, performing it in recitals and on the air on KING-FM’s Live! by George show, and preparing to record his complete songs.”

– Adrian Corleonis
featured in the October 1999 edition of Sounds of Seattle

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reviewing “Princess Ida” presented by Lamplighters, 1995

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