[BROADCAST] Wolf Trap Opera UNTRAPPED: Master Class with Denyce Graves (on-demand through 12/1/2020)
Free
Each year, Wolf Trap Opera chooses one of its highly successful alumni to return as the Filene Artist in Residence. This master artist works with WTO’s young singers on both artistic and practical preparation for their careers. The 2020 Filene Artist in Residence will be mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves.
Ms. Graves will present a free public master class with young artists of Wolf Trap Opera on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. She was a 1989 Filene Artist.
Repertoire:
Alexis Peart, mezzo-soprano
William Woodard, piano
George Frideric Handel – "Venti, turbini" from Rinaldo, HWV 7
Brittany Logan, soprano
William Woodard, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "Porgi amor" from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Justin Burgess, baritone
William Woodard, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "Count's Aria" from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Emily Triegle, mezzo-soprano
William Woodard, piano
Ricky Ian Gordon – "Simple Child" from The Grapes of Wrath
About the series: Wolf Trap Opera (WTO) is a summer residency program of Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, offering emerging professional singers one of the best career development and performing experiences in the nation. Through a rigorous annual audition tour, WTO selects its artists from among the best classical vocalists in the country.
UNTRAPPED performances take WTO artists into various communities in the larger DC area, bringing the thrill of live vocal music to new places and unexpected spaces.
Watch the broadcast here: https://www.wolftrap.org/calendar/class/artist-in-residence-master-class.aspx
Link to donate: https://www.wolftrap.org/support.aspx