Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Summer, 1996

harmonic, the Danish Radio Orchestra, the Stockholm Philharmonic, and the Dresden Phil- harmonic. His recent recordings have included Strauss's Arabella, Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel, Offenbach's Les Contes dHoffmann, Berg's Lulu, Mozart piano concertos with Mitsuko Uchida, all of Mozart's symphonies with the English Chamber Orchestra, the major orches- tral works of Elgar with the London Symphony Orchestra, and Mendelssohn's complete Mid- summer Night's Dream music with the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Other recordings include Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Grieg's Peer Gynt with the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Ninth symphonies of Schubert and Beethoven with the Dres- den Staatskapelle. Dr. Tate made his Boston Symphony debut in April 1986 and appeared with the orchestra most recently this past November at Symphony Hall, leading music of Haydn, Mozart, Oliver Knussen, and Elgar. He will return to the Boston Symphony podium at Symphony Hall with music of Mozart and Bruckner for further subscription concerts next January and February. Making her Boston Symphony debut this week, and hailed by the British press as the "Operatic Discovery of the Year" in 1991, soprano Rebecca Evans made her American debut as Susanna in he nozze di Figaro with Santa Fe Opera last summer, soon after having sung the role with Welsh National Opera. She made her San Francisco Opera debut as Zerlina in a new pro- duction of Don Giovanni opposite Samuel Ramey, and was the featured soloist in the Indianapolis Symphony's New Year's Eve gala. This summer brings her first appearances at the Hollywood Bowl, as Musetta in a concert performance of La boheme; at the Ravinia Festival, in Schumann's Scenes from "Faust"; and at Tanglewood. In 1996-97 she returns to the Bavarian State Opera in Munich as Ilia in Idomeneo and Sophie in Der Rosenkavalter. She sings Zerlina in a new produc- tion of Don Giovanni for Netherlands Opera and the title role in The Cunning Little Vixen for Scottish Opera. In addition to recitals in the United Kingdom, her concert schedule includes appearances at the BBC Proms, at the Melbourne Festival in Haydn's The Seasons, and with the San Francisco Symphony in Bach's Magnificat. Future plans include a Royal Opera, Covent Garden, debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro led by Sir Charles Mackerras, Pamina in Die Zauberflote at Santa Fe Opera directed by Jonathan Miller, Marzelline in Fidelio at Welsh National Opera, a return to the Bavarian State Opera, and debuts at the Metropolitan Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago. Past operatic engagements have also included the title role in Cendrillon, Hero in Beatrice et Benedict, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Ilia in Idomeneo, Norina in Don Pasquale, Gretel in Hansel und Gretel, and Oscar in Un ballo in maschera for Welsh National Opera; Ilia and Sophie for the Bayerische Staatsoper; Ilia for New Israeli Opera; Marzelline in Leonore and Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro at the Edinburgh Festival; and Tamiri in II re pastore at Alde- burgh. In concert she has performed Moses und Aron, Dido and Aeneas, and Vivaldi's Gloria with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the Edinburgh Festival, and Ilia in Idomeneo with the BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall. She has toured Europe in Haydn's Creation with Frans Briig- gen and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, has appeared with Luciano Pavarotti at a gala concert in Cardiff, and has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, at the Barcelona Festival, and throughout Britain. Her recordings include Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Josephine in HMS Pinafore, the Plaintiff in Trial by Jury, and Mary in Vaughan Williams's Hugh the Drover. She recently sang Belinda in the BBC film of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, the soundtrack of which is available on compact disc. On television she has hosted three series of her show "Rebecca" for Welsh television; her first solo CD, taken from that series, was released in May 1995. Upcoming recording projects include a solo disc of Italian songs, Finzi's Dies natalis, and Delius's Requiem. Rebecca Evans is a native of Pontrhy- dyfen, South Wales, and studied at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Lauri Sarti. In 1991 the Welsh Arts Council presented her with the "Young Welsh Singer of the Year Award." She has also been a prizewinner in the BP Peter Pears International Competition. 41.

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