Thursday, June 12th

Classical Voice - Senior Level - Ages 17-18 - Group A

Adjudicator: Othalie Graham

Classical Voice - Senior Level - Ages 17-18 - Group A

Canadian soprano Othalie Graham continues to receive acclaim throughout the world and is known for her interpretations of the title roles in Turandot, Ariadne and Elektra and her commitment to Wagnerian repertoire. Opera News calls her "a vocally secure Turandot, her gleaming tones well suited to the ice princess's misanthropic resolve."
This season Ms. Graham will sing Turandot at Bellas Artes Mexico City, a Wagner Gala at the Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Festival in Sonora Mexico and The Verdi Requiem with Winston-Salem Symphony. Recently, she made her role debut
singing the Foreign Princess in Rusalka with Portland Opera , Ravel Shéhérazade, Isolde's Liebestod with the Harrisburg Symphony and Isolde Act 2 in concert with Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa. Additional performances include
Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana with Vancouver Opera the title role in Turandot with the Detroit Symphony, Detroit Opera, Opera de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Arizona Opera, Gran Teatro Nacional del Peru, Teatro Cervantes Málaga Spain and Edmonton Opera. The title role in Aida with Opera Carolina, Toledo Opera, and at the Teatro Greco di
Siracusa; the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos with Festival Opera; covering Elektra at Teatro San
Carlo Napoli; and Minnie in La Fanciulla del West with the Nashville and Indianapolis Operas.

Recent concert highlights include all-Wagner programs in Mexico City and Peru, and with the Washington Chorus at The
Kennedy Center; Beethoven's 9th Symphony with The Philadelphia Orchestra; Verdi's Requiem with the Atlanta and Mississippi Symphonies; Serena in Porgy and Bess with Toledo Opera, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, and Jacksonville Symphony; Isolde in Tristan und Isolde Simfonijski orkestar HRT-a Croatia and with the Washington National Chorus at The Kennedy Center; and the Britten War Requiem with the Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi.

Location

First United Church - Sanctuary
16 William St. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 1J3

Classical Voice - Senior Level - Ages 17-18 - Group A - Morning

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:10:00 AMName:Betty QiuTitles:
Dans les ruines d'une abbaye by Gabriel Fauré
Lungi da te, ben mio by Giuseppe Sarti
Home Festival:Oakville
Time:10:15 AMName:Riley HalesTitles:
Les Berceaux Opus 23 by Gabriel Fauré
The Vagabond by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Home Festival:Woodstock
Time:10:30 AMName:Daisy Cardich SoriaTitles:
Dido's Lament, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell
De los Alamos vengo madre, "Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios" (Four Love Madrigals) by Joaquin Rodrigo
Home Festival:Toronto
Time:10:45 AMName:Adrian Grinberg-ChambersTitles:
O Maria, op. 5, Sacri Musicali Affetti by Barbara Strozzi
The Tracks Are Lonely by Katerina Gimon
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis
Time:11:00 AMName:Claire StewardsonTitles:
Madchenlied, op. 107, no. 5 by Johannes Brahms
Take Me to a Green Isle by Walter MacNutt
Home Festival:Lambton County
Time:11:10 AMName:Gabriela McLeanTitles:
Se tu m'ami by Alessandro Parisotti
Fairest Isle, King Arthur by Henry Purcell
Home Festival:Newmarket
Time:11:25 AMName:Wilson Tansley-CryerTitles:
Après un rêve by Gabriel Fauré
When I Think Upon the Maidens by Michael Head
Home Festival:Hamilton
Time:11:35 AMName:Gianna SpironelloTitles:
Bel piacere, Aggrippina by George Frideric Handel
Der Nussbaum, op. 25, Myrthen by Robert Schumann
Home Festival:Sault Ste. Marie

11:45 AM - Lunch Break

Classical Voice - Senior Level - Ages 17-18 - Group A - Afternoon

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:1:00 PMName:Adrit PandaTitles:
Le manoir du rosemonde by Henri Duparc
Mattinata, None by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Home Festival:Barrie
Time:1:15 PMName:Shekinah ChisholmTitles:
Lied der Mignon by Franz Schubert
Già il sole dal gange by Alessandro Scarlatti
Home Festival:Pickering GTA
Time:1:25 PMName:Ashkan SiassiTitles:
Rolling Down to Rio by Edward German
Tu lo sai by Giuseppe Torelli
Home Festival:Pickering GTA
Time:1:35 PMName:Sophia PengTitles:
Hello Rico by John Weinzweig
V'adoro pupille, Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis

2:00 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY

Workshop will be held from approximately 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm.

Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.

3:45 PM - PLAYOFFS - Classical Voice - Senior Level - Ages 17-18

The top two competitors from this class will proceed to the playoffs.
The playoffs will be held at Westminster United Church
543 Beechwood Dr., Waterloo, ON N2T 2S8