Close-Up on Opera's 2019 Revised Program of Presenters Please Note

Close-Up on Opera’s 2019 revised program of presenters Please note the series that was to be presented by Dr. John Goodman will go on as planned! January 16: “Viva La Diva: The Femme Fatale in Opera” Roseanne Martorella January 30: Puccini, “Turandot,” Joy McIntyre February 13: Mozart, "The Magic Flute," Sarah Arneson February 27: Verdi, “Nabucco,” Joy McIntyre March 20: “Wagner’s Ring Cycle - An Overview,” Joy McIntyre March 27: Close-Up on Opera: Wagner, “Die Walküre,” Joy McIntyre Dr. Rosanne Martorella is Professor Emerita from William Paterson University. She received her BA from City University of New York, a PhD in Sociology from the New School, and a post-doctorate Faculty Fellowship from Princeton University. The author of several books, she has served on several Boards, is a member of the Explorer’s Club in NYC, and a proud Trustee of the Sarasota Opera. She is recipient of the Cavaliere Medal from the Republic of Italy. Joy McIntyre was a leading soprano with major opera houses in Europe, such as Munich, Vienna, Salzburg, Rome, Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Barcelona and Copenhagen. She specialized in the operas of Wagner and Strauss. Her portrayals of Ortrud (Lohengrin), Kostelnicka (Jenufa) and the Dyer’s Wife (Die Frau ohne Schatten) have earned particular acclaim. She has sung under conductors Wolfgang Sawallisch, Marek Janowski, Bruno Maderna, Christoph von Dohnanyi, Leopold Hager, Carlos Kleiber and Olivero di Fabritis. She was also featured in an acclaimed production of Lohengrin staged by the composer's grandaughter, Friedelind Wagner. Ms. McIntyre is an Associate Professor Emerita of Boston University and former Chair of the Voice Department. She is currently on the faculty of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. She received degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and New England Conservatory of Music. She also studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria and holds a Certificate in German from the Goethe Institute. Master classes and concerts have taken her to various cities in America, Japan, Germany and Spain. Currently, Ms. McIntyre serves on the Board of Directors for the Sarasota Concert Association (of which she is president), the Sarasota Music Archive (secretary), the Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (past president). Born in Red Cloud, Nebraska, coloratura soprano Sarah Arneson made her debut at the Vienna State Opera as “Olympia”. She sang principally, roles such as “Queen of the Night”, “Constanza”, “Gilda”, and “Zerbinetta”. She guested in Berlin, Munich, Dresden, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Duesseldorf, Cologne, Strassburg, Detroit, New York, and Chicago. She sang under conductors Karl Boehm, and Christian Thielemann, and premiered William Bolcom’s Pulitzer Prize winning, SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE with Dennis Russel Davies. She received degrees from the University of Nebraska, Western Michigan University, and a D.M.A from the University of Michigan. After winning the Detroit Opera Grinnel Competition and recording with PBS television, she studied in Paris on a Fulbright grant with Pierre Bernac. She has concertized extensively with pianist George Kern throughout Europe, the USA, China, and Japan. She was a guest professor at the Toho School, Japan, and taught at the Mozarteum Salzburg, the University of Miami’s summer program in Salzburg, Austria, University of Illinois, and Boston University. She is the co-founder of the Komische Kammeroper for young opera singers, which was the recipient of a prize for innovative theater from the Bavarian government. She has given master classes for the San Francisco Opera young artists program, and been an adjudicator for international competitions. Her students have won major competitions and sing in opera houses in both the United States and Europe. .

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