Rebekkah Hilgraves » performance http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com Soprano, speaker, instructor Fri, 07 May 2010 01:29:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 NIU Homecoming Recital 2009 http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/2009/10/niu-homecoming-recital-2009/ http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/2009/10/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)

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/2009/10/niu-homecoming-recital-2009/feed/ 1 Homecoming Recital – NIU School of Music Recital Hall http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/2009/10/homecoming-recital-niu-school-of-music-recital-hall/ http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/2009/10/homecoming-recital-niu-school-of-music-recital-hall/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:00:00 +0000 Rebekkah Hilgraves http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/?p=264 http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/2009/10/homecoming-recital-niu-school-of-music-recital-hall/feed/ 0 Repertoire http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/2008/10/repertoire/ http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/2008/10/repertoire/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:29:00 +0000 Rebekkah Hilgraves http://www.rebekkahhilgraves.com/?p=50 Roles and Repertoire performed or prepared.

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)

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