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Stanford Live-November-December-2014 PROGRAM FRAUENLIEBE UND LEBEN: VARIATIONS I SEIT ICH IHN GESEHEN Robert Schumann (1810–1856) Møte Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) Seitdem dein Aug’ in meines schaute Richard Strauss (1864–1949) II ER, DER HERRLLICHSTE VON ALLEN Robert Schumann Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? John Dankworth (1927–2010) Chanson d’amour Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) Melodi Ture Rangström (1884–1947) III ICH KANN’S NICHT FASSEN Robert Schumann Jeg elsker dig Edvard Grieg Au bord de l’eau Gabriel Fauré IV DU RING AN MEINEM FINGER Robert Schumann Rheinlegendchen Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) Los dos miedos Joaquín Turina (1882–1949) V PROGRAM: HELFT MIR, IHR SCHWESTERN Robert Schumann Mutter, Mutter, glaube nicht SUSAN GRAHAM Lass mich ihm am Busen hangen MARCH 5 / 7:30 PM Tout gai! Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) BING CONCERT HALL INTERMISSION ARTISTS Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano VI Phidylé Henri Duparc (1848–1933) Malcolm Martineau, piano La chevelure Claude Debussy (1862–1918) SÜSSER FREUND, DU BLICKEST Robert Schumann MICH VERWUNDERT AN VII Lullaby Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1821–1897) Le carafon Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) Wiegenliedchen Richard Strauss (1864–1949) AN MEINEM HERZEN, Robert Schumann AN MEINER BRUST VIII Absence Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) O muerte cruel Enrique Granados (1867–1916) How Shall I Your True Love Know? Roger Quilter (1877–1953) NUN HAST DU MIR DEN ERSTEN Robert Schumann SCHMERZ GETAN A program insert will be provided at the performance. PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Please be considerate of others and turn off all phones, pagers, and watch alarms, and unwrap all lozenges prior to the performance. Photography and recording of any kind are not permitted. Thank you. 16 STANFORD LIVE MAGAZINE MARCH 2015 PROGRAM: SUSAN GRAHAM ...back to front. SUSAN GRAHAM La belle Hélène and The Grand Duchess of Susan Graham—dubbed “America’s favorite Gerolstein at Santa Fe Opera and proved mezzo” by Gramophone magazine—rose to Bonhams specialists noticed that this A minimal label led Bonhams researchers to the herself the standout star of the Met’s star- canvas by E. Charlton Fortune is painted 1921 “Autumn exhibition of modern art: the the highest echelon of international artists studded revival of Berlioz’s Les Troyens, beyond the tacking edge along the left side, forty-ninth,” in London. Dicksee & Co. appear within just a few years of her professional which was broadcast live to cinema audiences showing that the painting was resized. The in a London Post Office Directory as “Fine Art original frame and exhibition labels suggest Agents, Packers and Conveyancers.” debut, mastering an astonishing range of worldwide in the company’s celebrated Live the artist herself made the change. repertoire and genres along the way. Her in HD series. This season, she returns to the operatic roles span four centuries, from Met in the title role of Susan Stroman’s new Monteverdi’s Poppea to Sister Helen Prejean production of Lehár’s The Merry Widow, in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, which before closing the season opposite Bryan was written especially for her. Graham won Hymel in a new staging of Les Troyens at The color, patina, and aging of the a Grammy Award for her collection of Ives San Francisco Opera. She also looks forward frame and canvas are consistent with “An eloquent interpreter a painting dated circa 1918. songs, and her recital repertoire is so broad to headlining gala concerts at Los Angeles that 14 composers from Purcell to Sondheim of a large repertory, from Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago, where are represented on her most recent album, German Classicism to she joins Jane Lynch, Renée Fleming, Examined under ultraviolet light, the surface of Virgins, Vixens & Viragos. Throughout her Ramsey Lewis, and others to celebrate the the painting shows no retouching, but a close contemporary American inspection revealed tiny, scattered spots. The career, however, this distinctly American latter company’s 60th anniversary. Bonhams team recognized these as splatters Bonhams specialists recognized artist has been recognized as one of the music.” this handwriting as the artist’s, and from house paint, and had the painting foremost exponents of French vocal music; —New York Times cleaned to remove the offending marks. the label as a 1920’s San Francisco Graham’s affinity for French repertoire has Art Association Exhibition design. a Texas native, she was awarded the French not been limited to the opera stage, and it government’s prestigious Chevalier de la made her Dallas Opera debut as Tina in serves as the foundation for her extensive Legion d’Honneur, both for her popularity a new production of The Aspern Papers concert and recital career. Such great A mix of original and replacement as a performer in France and in honor of her by Dominick Argento. As a Houston oratorios and symphonic song cycles as canvas keys along with modern mounting hardware reveal a A rare example of the artist’s commitment to French music. Grand Opera Lynn Wyatt Great Artist, Berlioz’s La mort de Cléopâtre and Les nuits recent restoration. card. Bonhams experts used she launched this past season as Prince d’été, Ravel’s Shéhérazade, and Chausson’s Fortune’s handwriting and many The mezzo’s earliest operatic successes Poème de l’amour et de la mer take her to other factors to confirm the Orlofsky in the company’s first staging of Die This Stanford White style carved oak painting’s authenticity. Originally were in such “trouser” roles as Cherubino in the world’s leading orchestras, with regular ripple moulding perfectly matches Fledermaus in 30 years, before heading an priced at $500, this work would the frames of several other Fortunes Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro. Her technical all-star cast as Sycorax in the Met’s Baroque appearances at the New York Philharmonic, have rewarded a patient investor sold at Bonhams, indicating the when it sold for $722,500. expertise soon brought mastery of Mozart’s pastiche The Enchanted Island and making Boston Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, and artist’s preferred format. more virtuosic roles, like Sesto in La clemenza her rapturously received musical theater London Symphony. Last season, she joined di Tito, Idamante in Idomeneo, and Cecilio debut in a new production of Rodgers and Bernard Haitink and the Boston Symphony in Lucio Silla, as well as the title roles of Hammerstein’s The King and I at the Théâtre for Shéhérazade in Boston and at Carnegie Handel’s Ariodante and Xerxes. She went du Châtelet in Paris. Hall, and in 2014–15 she sings Berlioz with Notes in chalk refer to the on to triumph in the iconic Richard Strauss the Royal Flemish Philharmonic for La mort 1921 Liverpool exhibition. mezzo roles, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier It was in an early Lyon production of Berlioz’s de Cléopâtre and undertakes Les nuits d’été and the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos. Béatrice et Bénédict that Graham scored with both the London Symphony Orchestra These brought Graham to prominence on particular raves from the international press, and John Eliot Gardiner’s Orchestre all the world’s major opera stages, including and a triumph as Massenet’s Chérubin at Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Marking the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Covent Garden sealed her operatic stardom. her first duo recital tour, the mezzo recently We never judge a book by its cover, or a painting Then they used Bonhams’ global reach to put the Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Covent Further invitations to collaborate on French teamed up with soprano Renée Fleming at by its front side alone. By the time this E. Charlton painting in front of the right audience. Found in Garden, the Paris Opera, La Scala, the music were forthcoming from many of that venues including Disney Hall and Carnegie Fortune reached the auction block, our experts knew London, The Senora’s Garden returned home to Bavarian State Opera, the Vienna State repertoire’s preeminent conductors, including Hall. This season, she reunites with regular it inside and out. California to sell for $722,500. Opera, the Salzburg Festival, and many Sir Colin Davis, Charles Dutoit, James recital partner Malcolm Martineau for a West Having already set the world record for a Fortune At Bonhams, starting at the back of each painting more. In addition to creating the role of Levine, and Seiji Ozawa. New productions Coast tour and a season-closing recital in at auction, they built on their experience by keeps our results out in front. Sister Helen Prejean in the world-premiere of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, Berlioz’s La Classical Action’s Michael Palm Series. studying the painting’s scribbled notes, exhibition production of Dead Man Walking at San damnation de Faust, and Massenet’s Werther labels and materials. Francisco Opera, Graham sang the leading were mounted for the mezzo in New York, Susan Graham’s distinguished discography ladies in the Met’s world premieres of London, Paris, Chicago, San Francisco, features all the works described above, as John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby and and elsewhere. She recently made title role well as solo albums including Un frisson +1 (415) 503 9981 – [email protected] – bonhams.com Tobias Picker’s An American Tragedy and debuts in Offenbach’s comic masterpieces français, a program of French songs recorded ©2014 Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corp. All rights reserved. Bond No. 57BSBGL0808 Principal Auctioneer: Malcolm Barber. NYC License No. 1183017 encoremediagroup.com 19 Untitled-3 1 1/24/14 9:14 AM PROGRAM: SUSAN GRAHAM with pianist Malcolm Martineau for Onyx; Barbican Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and C’est ça la vie, c’est ça l’amour!, an album of Royal Opera House; La Scala, Milan; the 20th-century operetta rarities on Erato; and Chatelet, Paris; the Liceu, Barcelona; Berlin’s La belle époque, an award-winning collection Philharmonie and Konzerthaus; Amsterdam’s of songs by Reynaldo Hahn with pianist Roger Concertgebouw; and Vienna’s Konzerthaus Vignoles, from Sony.
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