HAL LEONARD POTPOURRI Saturday, June 30, 1:00 PM NATS Conference 2013, Orlando Beverly O’Regan Thiele, soprano ● Steven Stolen, tenor ● Kurt Ollmann, baritone Richard Walters, pianist and presenter ● Joan Frey Boytim, presenter The Program Oesterreichischer Soldatenabschied Erich Korngold from the publication Lieder aus dem Nachlass, Band II (posthumous songs, first edition) Kurt Ollmann End of the Line John Corigliano from the song set Metamusic Beverly O’Regan Thiele Video Documentary of The Hal Leonard Vocal Competition Finishing the Hat from Sunday in the Park with George Stephen Sondheim from the publication Musical Theatre for Classical Singers, Tenor and also from the forthcoming The Songs of Stephen Sondheim (in 5 volumes, fall 2012 release) I Am Aldolpho from The Drowsy Chaperone Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison from the publication Musical Theatre for Classical Singers, Tenor Steven Stolen True Loves Rufus Wainwright from the song cycle Songs For Lulu Kurt Ollmann Joan Boytim presents her new publication, 36 More Solos for Young Singers L’Archet Claude Debussy from the publication Quatre nouvelles mélodies (first edition) Beverly O’Regan Thiele Selections from Minicabs (minicabaret songs) William Bolcom from the publication William Bolcom: Theatrical Songs I Feel Good Food Song #1 Those I Will Never Forgive You Maxim Food Song #2 Beverly O’Regan Thiele, Kurt Ollmann, Steven Stolen Known for her consummate acting and clear, silver-toned, warm voice, Iowa native BEVERLY O’REGAN THIELE is among the best in her field for her interpretation of contemporary opera and equally at home in the classics, concert and recital work. Her successes include Magda Sorel in The Consul, which she sang with Washington National Opera as well as with Berkshire Opera, and recorded the role on the Newport Classics Label. She returned to WNO to sing Blanche in Andre Previn’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Ms. O'Regan Thiele created leading soprano roles in two world premieres for Michael Nyman: Man and Boy Dada and Love Counts, both with the Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe, Germany. Also in Karlsruhe, she sang Chrysothemis in Elektra, Giulietta in Les contes d’Hoffmann and Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte, a role she also sang with Lyric Opera of Chicago and New York City Opera. She has sung Miss Jessel in The Turn of the Screw with the Broomhill Opera Festival in the UK, and the title role in the East Coast premiere of Tobias Picker's Thérèse Raquin. She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of the title role in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah with Des Moines Metro Opera, as well as Arkadina in the professional premiere of Thomas Pasatierie's latest rendition of The Seagull with New York’s Dicapo Opera, a role she repeated in Szeged, Hungary. Other roles: Donna Elvira with Glimmerglass Opera, Mississippi Opera and Toledo Opera; Fiordiligi with Lake George Opera, Opera Omaha and Fort Worth Opera; Musetta with New York City Opera and Orlando Opera. Ms. O'Regan Thiele has been seen regularly with the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Washington National Opera in Die Walkure, Elektra, Die Frau ohne Schatten, War and Peace, Moses und Aaron, and Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. She ventured into the musical theatre genre as Rosabella in Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella with Utah Opera Festival. Her inspirational CD, Live in the Light,was released in 2010. She may be heard on the Hal Leonard recordings The Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Soprano, and Benjamin Britten: 12 Selected Folksong Arrangements. American baritone KURT OLLMANN first came to prominence singing Riff on the Deutsche Grammophon recording of West Side Story, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Mr. Ollmann’s operatic career has since taken him to La Scala, the Vienna State Opera, the Rome Opera, Brussels’ La Monnaie, the Wexford Festival, as well as the Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington, Santa Fe, Glimmerglass and New York City opera companies. He has sung with the London Symphony Orchestra, L’Orchestre de Paris, Rome’s Accademia de Santa Cecilia, the New York Philharmonic, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the orchestras of Boston, Baltimore, San Francisco, among many others. A noted recitalist, Mr. Ollmann studied song literature with Gérard Souzay and Pierre Bernac, and has made a specialty of French and American song literature. He has premiered works by Leonard Bernstein, Ned Rorem, Michael Torke, Richard Danielpour and Peter Lieberson, and has appeared regularly with the New York Festival of Song. His recordings include songs of Leguerney with pianist Mary Dibbern, songs of Roussel with pianist Dalton Baldwin, Schumann songs with pianist Michael Barrett, and Rorem songs with the composer. Other recordings include Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette with Placido Domingo, Gershwin’s Oh, Kay! with Dawn Upshaw, Bernstein’s Candide and West Side Story, Ravel’s L’Heure Espagnole under André Previn, and Pelléas et Melisande. Mr. Ollmann has recorded for Hal Leonard Corporation since 2004, and can be heard on several companion CDs with music books, including Samuel Barber: 10 Selected Songs, Britten: 12 Selected Folksong Arrangements, Folksongs in Recital and others. Mr. Ollmann is on the voice faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Tenor STEVEN STOLEN enjoys an active and eclectic life as a singing artist, educator, arts administrator and community leader. His singing experiences have included solo appearances with many of the country’s finest symphony orchestras including the symphonies of San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Baltimore, St Louis, San Antonio, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik of Toronto and many others. Mr. Stolen has appeared many times with the Indianapolis Symphony. He has sung at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra and made his New York debut as Jonathan in Handel’s Saul at the BAM Festival. He is the founder and Resident Artist of Meridian Song Project in Indianapolis, the only vocal chamber music series of its kind in the Midwest. Mr. Stolen enjoyed a long career in academia, serving on the faculties at Central Michigan University, Roanoke College, his alma mater, Simpson College, Bowling Green State University, and nearly fifteen years at Butler University, where he also served as head of the music department in the Jordan College of Fine Arts and as Executive Director of Major Gifts and Campaign Programs with Butler’s office of University Advancement. After a successful tenure as Executive Director of the Indianapolis Children’s Choir, Mr. Stolen was named Managing Director of the Indiana Repertory Theatre, where he serves as co-CEO, managing and directing the administrative, financial and overall business affairs of Indiana’s largest professional theatre company. He is co-editor of two editions published by Hal Leonard, English Songs: Renaissance to Baroque, and Schubert: 100 Songs. He has been a recording artist for Hal Leonard since 1991, heard on dozens of companion CDs to music publications. RICHARD WALTERS is Vice President of Classical and Vocal Publications at Hal Leonard Corporation, and directs publishing and marketing of G. Schirmer, Boosey & Hawkes and Hal Leonard publications for voice, classical piano, classical solo instrumental and chamber music. He also directs distribution of Ricordi, Durand, Salabert, Schott, Henle and other European publishers. Richard has edited more than 60 volumes in The Vocal Library series, including The Oratorio Anthology, Standard Vocal Literature, and collections of songs by Schubert, Brahms, Strauss, Fauré and Quilter. He is editor of the four-volume G. Schirmer American Aria Anthology, Samuel Barber: 65 Songs, and the 30-volume series The Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology, among hundreds of other publications. He has produced and performed as a pianist on over 100 recordings, often working with singers. In addition to his music publishing career, Richard is a composer who writes primarily for the voice. His distinctive, art song-like concert arrangements are published in The Sacred Collection, American Folksongs, Folksongs in Recital, The Christmas Collection, and other collections. He was educated with a degree in piano from Simpson College, where he was a coaching student of Robert Larsen, and studied composition with Sven Lekberg. His graduate study in composition at the University of Minnesota was with Dominick Argento. Oesterreichischer Soldatenabschied Austrian soldier’s farewell Weine nicht, du braunes Mädchen! Do not cry, you brown girls! Lachend laß’ ins Aug’ dir schauen. Laughing, let the eye see you. Küß’ mich heiß und küß’ mich wieder — Kiss me hot and kiss me hot again - wer geliebt wird, darf vertrauen. who is loved, must trust. Glaubst du, s’treffe jede Kugel, Do you meet at each ball, meinst, daß jede Braut betrübt wird? where every bride is sad? Droben wohnt noch Einer und der One still lives up there and schirmt ein Herz, daß treu geliebt wird. shields one, true heart that is loved. Sieh’ die schwarzen Wolken fliehen, Behold the black clouds flee, die am Himmel aufgestiegen. which ascended in the sky. So auch geht der Sturm vorüber, This also goes past the storm, wirst im Arm mir wieder liegen. you’ll lie in my arms again. Kehr’ ich zurück, du braunes Mädchen, I return, you brown girls küß’ ich deine Augensterne, I kiss your eyes, stars, halt sie trocken, laß’ sie glänzen, Hold it dry, let shine 'it, laß’ sie Mut mir leuchten in die Ferne. Leave me courage to shine in the distance. Darum Mädchen, keine Tränen! So girls, no tears! Tapfer lachelnd mich befeure, I bravely smiling go forth, daß ich kühn dem Feinde wehre boldly defend against the enemy für das Vaterland, das teure. for the fatherland, the dear. L’Archet The bow Elle avait de beaux cheveux, blonds She had beautiful hair, blond Comme une moison d’août, si longs As a month of August, so long Qu’ils lui tombaient jusqu’aux talons.