Schwabacher Recital Series

PRESENTED BY SAN FRANCISCO OPERA CENTER

& MEROLA OPERA PROGRAM

35TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

The Schwabacher Recital Series offer you the opportunity to hear gifted singers in an up-close and intimate setting. Since 1983, these recitals have been instrumental in launching the careers of internationally acclaimed artists. See them first—before they become world famous!

All recitals will take place at the Dianne and Tad Taube Atrium Theater at the Diane B. Wilsey Center for Opera in the War Memorial Veterans Building.

2019 Schwabacher RECITAL Series

Wednesday, February 13, 7:30pm

Woo Young Yoon, tenor
Seokjong Baek, baritone
Kseniia Polstiankina Barrad, piano

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PROGRAM:
Francis Poulenc / Chansons gaillardes
Gustav Mahler / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Richard Strauss / Vier Lieder, Op. 27
Jake Heggie / Friendly Persuasions: Homage to Poulenc
George Bizet / “Au fond du temple saint” from Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers)
Selection of Korean folk songs

Wednesday, February 27, 7:30pm

David Pershall, baritone
John Churchwell, piano

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PROGRAM:
Ludwig van Beethoven / An die ferne Geliebte
Gustav Mahler / Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Sergei Rachmaninoff / Selected songs
Gerald Finzi / Earth and Air and Rain

Wednesday, April 3, 7:30pm

Mary Evelyn Hangley, soprano
Christopher Oglesby, tenor
Mark Morash, piano

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PROGRAM:
Franz Schubert / Auf dem Strom
Benjamin Britten / Canticle III “Still Falls the Rain”
Richard Strauss / Sechs Lieder, Op. 19
Antonín Dvořák / Cigánské melodie
Charles Ives / Selected songs
Gabriel Fauré / Selected songs
Italian duets (various composers)

Wednesday, April 24, 7:30pm

Martin Katz, piano, featuring 2019 Adlers

Patricia Westley, soprano
Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano
Zhengyi Bai, tenor
Christian Pursell, bass-baritone

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PROGRAM:
Hugo Wolf / Selections from Mörike Lieder
Samuel Barber / Hermit Songs
Johannes Brahms / Selections from Deutsche Volkslieder