Wednesday, June 11th

Classical Voice - Intermediate Level - Ages 15-16 - Group A

Adjudicator: Othalie Graham

Classical Voice - Intermediate Level - Ages 15-16 - 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

Knox Presbyterian Church - Sanctuary
50 Erb St. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 1T1

Classical Voice - Intermediate Level - Ages 15-16 - Group A - Morning

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:10:00 AMName:Brooklyn AndersonTitles:
Let Us Dance, Let Us Sing by Henry Purcell
Danny Boy by arr. Jeff Smallman
Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo
Time:10:10 AMName:Ellie NaylorTitles:
Bluebird by Rudolph Schirmer
Star vicino by arr. Arthur Schoep
Home Festival:Barrie
Time:10:20 AMName:Matt CuthillTitles:
Sebben, Crudele by Antonio Caldara
La cigale et la fourmi by Camille Saint-Saëns
Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis
Time:10:30 AMName:Liepa SpakauskasTitles:
Vergin, tutto amor by Francesco Durante
L'heure exquise by Reynaldo Hahn
Home Festival:Peel
Time:10:40 AMName:Juniper Opiela-DoréTitles:
Homeward Bound by Marta Keen Thompson, arr Jay Althouse
How Can I Keep from Singing? by Robert Lowry, arr. Akiko and Forrest Kinney
Home Festival:Chatham
Time:10:55 AMName:Kiki BenistonTitles:
Amor preparami , Il Pompeo by Alessandro Scarlatti
Auf der Wanderschaft, op. 71, no. 5 by Felix Mendelssohn
Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo
Time:11:05 AMName:Radha Maria Vargas-SaravanamuttuTitles:
Nel cor piu non mi sento by Giovanni Paisiello
By the Sea by Roger Quilter
Home Festival:Oakville
Time:11:15 AMName:Emiliano ContrerasTitles:
Van gli effluvî de le rose by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Parad!, no. 4 by Manuel García arr. Pauline Viardot
Home Festival:Newmarket
Time:11:25 AMName:Aoibhin DavidsonTitles:
Caro Mio Ben by Tommaso Giordani
Come and Trip It by George Frideric Handel
Home Festival:Niagara
Time:11:35 AMName:Shivani RaiTitles:
Quella fiamma by Benedetto Marcello
Chanson d'avril by Georges Bizet
Home Festival:London

12:00 PM - Lunch Break

Classical Voice - Intermediate Level - Ages 15-16 - Group A - Afternoon

TimeNameTitlesHome Festival
Time:1:00 PMName:Ella ShangTitles:
Les anges musiciens by Francis Poulenc
Il zeffiro by Vincenzo Bellini
Home Festival:Toronto
Time:1:10 PMName:Kaleb ParolinTitles:
Wohin, op. 25, no. 2, Die Schöne Müllerin by Franz Schubert
Mondnacht, op. 39, no. 5, Liederkreis by Robert Schumann
Home Festival:Woodstock
Time:1:25 PMName:Thomas PerroneTitles:
Five Eyes by C. Armstrong Gibbs
Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K307/284d by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Home Festival:Grey County
Time:1:35 PMName:Sean MendesTitles:
Amor preparami by Alessandro Scarlatti
Quilled Sonnet by James K. Wright
Home Festival:Stratford
Time:1:45 PMName:Zara ComesTitles:
Dans un bois solitaire by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Forelle by Franz Schubert
Home Festival:Pickering GTA

2:15 PM - Workshop and Announcement of Winners - MANDATORY

Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm to 3:30 pm.

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

4:00 PM - PLAYOFFS - Classical Voice - Intermediate Level - Ages 15-16

The top two competitors from this class will proceed to the playoffs.
The playoffs will be held at All Saints Anglican Church
400 Northfield Drive West, Waterloo, ON N2L 0A6