Vocal Department Recital: “Folle Amore”
with Miloš Repický, piano
The Edith L. and Robert Prostkoff Memorial Concert Series
The Curtis Institute of Music’s iconic Student Recital Series returns this fall in Gould Rehearsal Hall. All recitals require a free ticket reservation. Public registration is available one week prior to event and is limited to two tickets per request.
Curtis’s vocal studies department returns to the live stage with an eclectic program of solo arias and ensemble scenes thoughtfully curated from the greatest works of the past two centuries. Treat yourself to a thrilling night of opera from bel canto to Britten.
Discover lesser-known gems such as the trio from verismo master Pietro Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz alongside popular favorites such as Puccini’s achingly beautiful “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta.” Laugh through arias from Poulenc’s farcical post-war romp Les mamelles de Tirésias, be moved by heartfelt declarations of young love in Donizetti’s sparkling masterpiece L’elisir d’amore, or bask in the melodies of Verdi and Debussy.
Program
| POULENC | Prologue, from Les mamelles de Tirésias |
| Patrick Wilhelm, baritone (Le mari) | |
| PUCCINI | “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta,” from La rondine |
| Olivia Smith, soprano (Magda) | |
| DONIZETTI | “Quanto è bella, quanto è cara,” from L’elisir d’amore |
| Laurence Kilsby, tenor (Nemorino) | |
| POULENC | “Non, monsieur mon mari,” from Les mamelles de Tirésias |
| Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano (Thérèse) | |
| BIZET | “Coupe-moi, brûle-moi….Près des remparts de Séville,” from Carmen |
| Sophia Maekawa, mezzo-soprano (Carmen) | |
| Ethan Burck, tenor (Don José) | |
| VERDI | “Oh, qual pallor…un dì felice eterea,” from La Traviata |
| Lindsey Reynolds, soprano (Violetta) | |
| Joseph Tancredi, tenor (Alfredo) | |
| DONIZETTI | “Ardir!….Obbligato,” from L’elisir d’amore |
| Laurence Kilsby, tenor (Nemorino) | |
| Thomas Petrushka, bass (Dulcamara) | |
| MASCAGNI | “Suzel, buon dì,” from L’amico Fritz |
| Olivia Smith, soprano (Suzel) | |
| Ethan Burck, tenor (Fritz) | |
| DEBUSSY | Tower Scene, from Pelléas et Mélisande |
| Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, soprano (Mélisande) | |
| Patrick Wilhelm, baritone (Pelléas) | |
| BRITTEN | “Lover’s Quarrel,” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
| Sophia Hunt, soprano (Helena) | |
| Sophia Maekawa, mezzo-soprano (Hermia) | |
| Colin Aikins, tenor (Lysander) | |
| Samuel Higgins, countertenor (Oberon) | |
| Ben Schaefer, baritone (Demetrius) | |
| PUCCINI | “Dio!…Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso,” from La rondine |
| Lindsey Reynolds, soprano (Lisette) | |
| Olivia Smith, soprano (Magda) | |
| Colin Aikins, tenor (Prunier) | |
| Ethan Burck, tenor (Ruggiero) | |
About the Performers
Colin Aikins, from Pittsburgh, Pa, is a student of Julia Faulkner, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2018.
Ethan Burck, from Aurora, Ill., is a student of Michael Paul, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2019.
Sage DeAgro-Ruopp, from Traverse City, Mich., is a student of Julia Faulkner, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2017.
Sam Higgins, from Milton, Mass., is a student of Julia Faulkner, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2021.
Sophia Hunt, from Brooklyn, N.Y., is a student of Carol Vaness, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2015.
Laurence Kilsby, from Gloucestershire, England, is a student of Jack Li Vigni, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2021.
Sophia Maekawa, from Kyoto, Japan, is a student of Julia Faulkner, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2016.
Thomas Petrushka, from Johnstown, Ohio, is a student of Bill Schuman, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2019.
Lindsey Reynolds, from New Orleans, is a student of Julia Faulkner, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2016.
Ben Schaefer, from Des Moines, Iowa, is a student of Patricia McCaffrey, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2019.
Olivia Smith, from Kelowna, B.C., is a student of Julia Faulkner, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2017.
Joseph Tancredi, from Bayville, N.Y., is a student of Ashley Putnam, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2019.
Patrick Wilhelm, from Maplewood, N.J. and Lausanne, Switzerland, is a student of Julia Faulkner, adjunct faculty, and entered Curtis in 2015.
Miloš Repický, master opera coach
