Classical art songs devoted to the theme of water and its preservation,

23 MP3 Songs
CLASSICAL: Art songs, CLASSICAL: Debussy

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âMaria Ferrante broke my heart Sunday night. Or, through her, Puccini's Madama Butterfly did,â wrote Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe in January, 2003. Her âcombination of delicacy and intensity. . . brought tears to my eyes. . . In her honesty, imagination, and investment, she was infinitely superior to the last Butterfly I saw at the Met.â She has appeared throughout the United States in concert and oratorio and opera. The petite sopranoâs operatic roles range from the great stage heroines (Violetta in Verdiâs La Traviata, Pamina in Mozartâs Magic Flute, Desdemona in Verdiâs Otello, Liù in Pucciniâs Turandot, Rosalinda in Straussâ Die Fledermaus, and Mimì in Pucciniâs La Bohème,) to serving girls (Despina in Mozartâs Cosi Fan Tutte, Barbarina in Mozartâs Marriage of Figaro, Serpina in Pergolesiâs La Serva Padrona, and in Englebert Humperdinckâs Hänsel und Gretel.
Equally at home on the concert stage, Maria has sung Brahmsâ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Beethovenâs Symphony No. 9, Mahlerâs Symphony No. 4, Poulencâs Gloria, Fauréâs Requiem, Gounodâs St. Cecilia Mass, Handelâs Acis and Galatea, Haydnâs Lord Nelson Mass, Orffâs Carmina Burana, Verdiâs Requiem and Resphigiâs Il Tramonto. Critic Alice Parker wrote that she âhandled the wide tessitura, complex lines and German diction [of Bergâs âSeven Early Songsââ] with ease, matched by Mr. Gilbert Kalishâs accomplished pianism.â She has collaborated with world-renowned artists as: Abba Bogin, Richard Stoltzman, Colin Jacobsen, Miroslav Sekera, Seymour Barab, Sheldon Harnick, Susan Davenny Wyner, Xavier de Maistre(harp), Ben Verdery, Arnold Steinhardt and composers Joseph Summer, and Arnold Black. All New Englanders will remember Robert J. Lurtsema as the voice of WGBH radio, and some will have had the pleasure of hearing him in concert with Maria. She is a member of the highly acclaimed chamber ensemble, Mistral, a (where she last sang I Never Saw Another Butterfly⦠with saxophonist, Kenneth Radnofsky) and the Worcester Chamber Music Society.
Mariaâs brand new release, âBest Kept Secretsâ with pianist Lincoln Mayorga explores nineteenth-century passionate song .Her recent CD âSea Tides and Timeâ, devoted to the theme of water and its preservation, Maria received a rave reviews from the Boston Herald,â [Ms. Ferrante] known for her lilting soprano voice and probing mind⦠brings a supple and colorful approach to a broad variety of repertoire.â The Boston Globe said: âSuperb.â.
Please refer to Ms. Ferranteâs website www.mariaferrante.com for further information.

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