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- 1 - KIMBERLY BARBER, MEZZO-SOPRANO COMPLETE PERFORMANCE ARCHIVE Operatic and concert performances: 2019 “I never saw another butterfly: Music of the Holocaust”; Recital with Pianist Anna Ronai and Flutist Ulrike Anton; Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Richmond Hill, ON, November 7, 2019 Gala Concert: Opening of CASP Conference; Edmonton, AB; mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Turnbull and others; October 16, 2019 Faculty Showcase: Music at Noon; Pianist Anna Ronai, Penderecki String Quartet, Pianists Anya Alexeyev and Glen Carruthers, vocalist Glenn Buhr; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON; September 12, 2019 Mysterious Barricades: The Stories We Tell; Kitchener Public Library Theatre, Kitchener, ON; Pianist Anna Ronai, Penderecki String Quartet, Trumpeter Guy Few and others; Sept 10, 2019 (coast-to-coast livestream Sept. 14-21, 2019) Closing concert Festival de Fourvière; Chateau LaCroix-Laval, Lyon, France; Pianists Franck Avitabile and Catherine Garonne, cellist Yannick Callier; Aug 4, 2019 Opening concert Festival de Fourvière; Hôtel de Ville, Lyon, France; Three Songs of James Joyce, op. 10, Samuel Barber; Pianist Laetitia Bougnol; Aug 1, 2019 Concert Lyrique, NSVI, Église Ste-Claire, Riviere-Beaudette, QC; Pianist Michael Shannon, Mezzo-soprano Maria Soulis and others; July 3, 2019 Église Ste-Madeleine, Rigaud, QC, July 6, 2019 Mme. de la Haltière, Cendrillon, Jules Massenet; Conductor Leslie De’Ath, Soprano Emily Vondrejs, Mezzo-soprano Dominie Boutin and others; Theatre Auditorium WLU, Waterloo, ON; March 9, 2019 “Und der Regen rinnt: Music of the Holocaust”; Recital with Pianist Anna Ronai and Flutist Ulrike Anton; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo, ON; January 17, 2019; Freiman Hall, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, January 25, 2019 2018 “Und der Regen rinnt: Music of the Holocaust”; Recital with Pianist Anna Ronai and Flutist Ulrike Anton; Gläserner Saal, Palais Corbelli, Vienna, Austria; IES (Institute for the International Education of Students) December 13, 2018 “Paris, New York, Berlin”; Salle Debussy, Conservatoire de Lyon, Lyon, France; concert with Pianist Franck Avitabile; November 12, 2018 Mysterious Barricades (live-streamed concert: concert lead, MC and performer); Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU; with Pianist Anna Ronai, Oboist James Mason, Carnatic Singer Tamara Menon, Pipigwan

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    KIMBERLY BARBER, MEZZO-SOPRANO

    COMPLETE PERFORMANCE ARCHIVE

    Operatic and concert performances:

    2019

    “I never saw another butterfly: Music of the Holocaust”; Recital with Pianist Anna Ronai and Flutist Ulrike Anton; Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Richmond Hill, ON, November 7, 2019

    Gala Concert: Opening of CASP Conference; Edmonton, AB; mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Turnbull and others; October 16, 2019

    Faculty Showcase: Music at Noon; Pianist Anna Ronai, Penderecki String Quartet, Pianists Anya Alexeyev and Glen Carruthers, vocalist Glenn Buhr; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON; September 12, 2019

    Mysterious Barricades: The Stories We Tell; Kitchener Public Library Theatre, Kitchener, ON; Pianist Anna Ronai, Penderecki String Quartet, Trumpeter Guy Few and others; Sept 10, 2019 (coast-to-coast livestream Sept. 14-21, 2019)

    Closing concert Festival de Fourvière; Chateau LaCroix-Laval, Lyon, France; Pianists Franck Avitabile and Catherine Garonne, cellist Yannick Callier; Aug 4, 2019

    Opening concert Festival de Fourvière; Hôtel de Ville, Lyon, France; Three Songs of James Joyce, op. 10, Samuel Barber; Pianist Laetitia Bougnol; Aug 1, 2019

    Concert Lyrique, NSVI, Église Ste-Claire, Riviere-Beaudette, QC; Pianist Michael Shannon, Mezzo-soprano Maria Soulis and others; July 3, 2019 Église Ste-Madeleine, Rigaud, QC, July 6, 2019

    Mme. de la Haltière, Cendrillon, Jules Massenet; Conductor Leslie De’Ath, Soprano Emily Vondrejs, Mezzo-soprano Dominie Boutin and others; Theatre Auditorium WLU, Waterloo, ON; March 9, 2019

    “Und der Regen rinnt: Music of the Holocaust”; Recital with Pianist Anna Ronai and Flutist Ulrike Anton; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo, ON; January 17, 2019; Freiman Hall, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, January 25, 2019

    2018

    “Und der Regen rinnt: Music of the Holocaust”; Recital with Pianist Anna Ronai and Flutist Ulrike Anton; Gläserner Saal, Palais Corbelli, Vienna, Austria; IES (Institute for the International Education of Students) December 13, 2018

    “Paris, New York, Berlin”; Salle Debussy, Conservatoire de Lyon, Lyon, France; concert with Pianist Franck Avitabile; November 12, 2018

    Mysterious Barricades (live-streamed concert: concert lead, MC and performer); Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU; with Pianist Anna Ronai, Oboist James Mason, Carnatic Singer Tamara Menon, Pipigwan

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    player Rene Meshake, Penderecki String Quartet and others; September 13, 2018

    Closing Concert of Festival de Fourvière; Cour du Conservatoire de Lyon; with Pianists Catherine Garonne and Franck Avitabile, Pianist Alain Jacquon and others; August 6, 2018

    Festival de Fourvière Faculty concert; Chateau de Lacroix-Laval, Lyon, France; with pianist Franck Avitabile, cellist Yannick Callier, violinist Nathalie Douceur and others August 5, 2018

    Opening concert Festival de Fourviere; Grand Salon, Hôtel de Ville, Lyon, France; with Pianist Laetitia Bougnol and Cellist Yannick Callier, pianists Manuel Schweizer, Franck Avitabile and Alain Jacquon, Bass-baritone Daniel Lichti and others August 2, 2018

    Music at Noon: Songs Maureen Sang, with pianist Anna Ronai, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall (January 18, 2018)

    2017

    Music at Noon: Il Tramonto with Penderecki String Quartet, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall (October 26, 2017)

    Faculty Showcase Concert, Music at Noon, WLU, with pianist Leslie De’Ath (September 14, 2017)

    Mysterious Barricades, Live-Streamed, coast-to-coast Concert for Suicide Awareness and Prevention; with Penderecki String Quartet, Pianists Heather Taves and Anna Ronai, Singer-songwriter Glenn Marais, Soprano Samantha Pickett, the Goodhearted Women Singers and others; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, ON (September 10, 2017)

    Concert: Chanson perpétuelle (Chausson) and Il Tramonto (Respighi), with pianist Gwenaëlle Cochevelou, violinists Nathalie Geoffray and Roberto Sechi, violist Sylvain Séailles and cellist Yannick Callier, Cour du Conservatoire, Conservatoire de Lyon, Lyon, France (August 7, 2017)

    Concert: Cabaret Songs (Bolcom) with pianist Laetitia Bougnol, Cour du Conservatoire, Conservatoire de Lyon, Lyon, France (August 5, 2017)

    Concert: Chansons de Bilitis (Debussy), with pianist Gwenaëlle Cochevelou, Salle Debussy, Conservatoire de Lyon, Lyon, France (August 4, 2017)

    Concert: Zwei Gesänge Op. 91 (Brahms) with Pianist Laetitia Bougnol, and Violist Jessica Fay, Festival de l’Académie, Grand Salon, Hôtel de Ville, Lyon, France (August 3, 2017)

    Lyric Concert, Neil Semer Vocal Institute; with Mezzos Maria Soulis and Meagan Larios, and others, Pianist Esther Gonthier; Rivière-Beaudette, QC (July 8, 2017), Hudson, QC (July 6, 2017)

    Gala Recital: Opening Concert, Andover Educators Conference; with pianist Tatiana Muzanova, Legacy Hall, River Center, Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA (June 24, 2017)

    Shéhérazade (Ravel) & Kindertotenlieder (Mahler); The Gallery Players of Niagara, with violinist Julie Baumgartel, cellist Margaret Gay, oboist James Mason, clarinetist Peter Shackleton, pianist David Louie and hornist Derek Conrod, Silver Spire Church, St. Catherines, ON (June 4, 2017)

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    Aki/This Land, Abigail Richardson-Schulte (WORLD PREMIERE); with TorQ Percussion Quartet, Narrator Rene Meshake and Harpist Angela Schwarzkopf; NUMUS Concerts, Registry Theatre, Kitchener, ON (May 31, 2017)

    Asa, Oksana G, Aaron Gervais/Colleen Murphy (WORLD PREMIERE); Tapestry Opera; Conductor Jordan de Souza, Director Tom Diamond; Soprano Natalya Gennadi, Tenors Keith Klassen and Adam Fisher; Imperial Oil Theatre, Toronto, ON (May 24, 26, 28, 30, 2017)

    Concert: Dido in Dido and Aeneas (Purcell--excerpts) St. John’s Lutheran Church; Grand Philharmonic Youth Choir and KW Symphony Youth Orchestra, Conductor Joseph Gascho (April 1, 2017)

    2016

    Haushofmeister, Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss), Opera Excerpts, Opera Laurier; Conductor Leslie De’Ath, Director Amanda Smith; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall (November 11 & 12, 2016)

    A Thirty Year Love Affair with Song, Recital Program with Pianist Kathleen Lohrenz Gable, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (September 18, 2016)

    Mysterious Barricades, Live-Streamed, coast-to-coast Concert for Suicide Awareness and Prevention; with Penderecki String Quartet, Pianists Heather Taves, Leopoldo Erice and Anna Ronai, Bass-baritone Daniel Lichti, oboist James Mason, the Goodhearted Women Singers and others; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, ON (September 10, 2016)

    Lyric Concert, Neil Semer Vocal Institute; with Sopranos Whitney Sloan and Krista da Silva, Mezzo Maria Soulis, Baritone Peter Bass and others, Pianist Jean Desmarais; Rivière-Beaudette, QC (July 9, 2016), Hudson, QC (July 7, 2016)

    Prince Orlofsky, Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss), Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra; Conductor Edwin Outwater; with Sopranos Bethany Horst and Jennifer Taverner, Tenors Adam Luther and Joseph Schnurr, Baritones Tyler Fitzgerald and others; Centre in the Square, Kitchener, ON (January 8 & 9, 2016)

    2015

    Co-Stage Director (with Amanda Smith) “It’s my party″, Opera Excerpts Program, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo, ON (November 13 & 14, 2015)

    Faculty Showcase Concert, Music at Noon, with pianist Elvera Froese, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo, ON (September 15, 2015)

    Vocal Gems Concert, Opera NUOVA, with soprano Sally Dibblee, tenor Benjamin Butterfield, baritone John Fanning, pianist Michael McMahon and others, Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (May 29, 2015)

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    Soloist, Midaregami (Tangled Hair), Veronika Krausas; Measures and Frames with Penderecki String Quartet; Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, ON (March 20, 2015)

    L’accordéoniste: Latin Heat, Newmarket Centre for the Arts; with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary-Lou Vetere and Percussionist Carol Bauman, Newmarket, ON (March 8, 2015)

    2014

    Alto Soloist, Messiah; Grand Philharmonic Choir, Conductor Mark Vuorinen; Centre-in-the-Square, Kitchener, ON (December 6, 2014)

    Music at Noon: Stravinsky Then and Now Festival, Igor Stravinsky Chamber Music, vocal soloist with clarinetist Peter Shackleton, bassoonist Eric Hall, violist Christine Vlajk, Pianist Leslie De’Ath; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, ON (November 27, 2014)

    Art-Rock at The Button Factory; featured artist with Glenn Buhr and the Button Factory Band, The Button Factory, Waterloo, ON (October 4, 2014)

    Faculty Showcase Concert, with pianist Leslie De’Ath, WLU Faculty of Music, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, ON (September 11, 2014)

    Konzert der Meisterklasse, Neil Semer Vocal Institute, with Tenor Simon Bode and others, Ars Nuova, Aub, Germany (August 6, 2014)

    Aga, The Breathing Hole (text Colleen Murphy—in development); Improvisational Performance with Clarinetist Kathryn Ladano and Percussionist Carol Bauman; Generating Art II (lecture presentation by Colleen Murphy, Edna Staebler Writer-in-Residence), Dr. Alvin Woods Building, WLU, Waterloo, ON (March 27, 2014)

    Emma Albani, The Record Player (Tim Brady and John Sobol); Opera Workshop and Presentation; Inter Arts Matrix; Dramaturg Anne-Marie Donovan, Conductor Paul Pulford, Guitarist Tim Brady; Soprano Vania Chan, Tenor Robert Mack, Baritone Michael Donovan; John Aird Centre, Waterloo, ON, Workshop (January 10-12, 2014); Performance (January 12, 2014)

    2013

    Music at Noon: Ravel Chamber Music (new arrangements for voice and instrumental quintet), Cinq mélodies populaires grecques, Shéhérazade; with Oboist James Mason, Clarinetist Peter Shackleton and others; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, WLU, Waterloo, ON (September 26, 2013)

    Konzert der Meisterklasse, Neil Semer Vocal Institute, with Soprano Rachel Fenlon, Mezzo Caitlin Cassidy, Tenor Simon Bode, Baritone David Lang and others, Pianists Esther Gonthier and Jason Weaver, Ars Nuova, Aub, Germany (August 2, 2013)

    Naomi, Ruth, Jeffrey Ryan; Tapestry New Opera and WLU Music Collaborative Workshop and Presentation, April 29-May 4, 2013; Conductor Wayne Strongman, Dramaturg Tom Diamond; Soprano Stephanie Yelovich, Baritone Geoffrey Sirett; John Aird Centre, WLU (May 3) and Ernest Balmer Studio, Toronto, ON (May 4, 2013)

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    Mrs. Patrick de Rocher, Dead Man Walking (debut), Jake Heggie; Opéra de Montréal, Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montreal, QC; March 9, 12, 14, 16, 2013

    An Evening with George Gershwin, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Centre in the Square, Kitchener, ON; January 25 and 26, 2013

    L’accordeoniste: Latin Heat, with pianist Peter Tiefenbach, accordionist Mary-Lou Vetere and percussionist Carol Bauman; The Jazz Room, Waterloo, ON (January 11, 2013)

    2012

    Alto soloist, Requiem, Mozart, Grand Philharmonic Choir, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Kitchener, ON; October 28, 2012

    L’accordéoniste: Latin Heat; with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary Lou Vetere and Percussionist Carol Bauman; Leith Festival, Leith, ON (July 14, 2012)

    Grandmother/ Caroline, The Auction (World Premiere), John Burge; Westben Festival, Campbellford, ON; June 30, July 1 & 2, 2012

    2011

    New Opera Showcase; Tapestry New Opera; Ernest Balmer Studio, Toronto, ON, June 14 & 15, 2011

    Soloist, Maureen Forrester Tribute Concert; Stratford Summer Music; Avon Theatre, Stratford, ON; July 25, 2011

    L’accordéoniste: Latin Heat; with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary Lou Vetere and Percussionist Carol Bauman; Late Night at St. Brigid’s; Chamberfest; Ottawa, ON; August 3, 2011

    Kindertotenlieder; Gustav Mahler; with Quintet Pentaèdre; Colours of Music Festival, Barrie, ON, September 29, 2011

    Das Lied von der Erde; Gustav Mahler; with Tenor Adam Luther; NUMUS; Glen Gould Studios, Toronto, ON; October 6, 2011; Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts, Waterloo, ON; October 7, 2011

    L’accordéoniste: Latin Heat; with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary Lou Vetere and Percussionist Carol Bauman; Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON; October 19, 2011

    Agatha, Crazy to Kill, John Beckwith; Toronto Masque Theatre; with Soprano Shannon Mercer and Baritone Douglas MacNaughton; Glen Gould Studios, Toronto, ON; November 12 & 13, 2011

    Soloist, WLU Choirs Centennial Choral Celebration, Theatre Auditorium, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON; March 26 & 27, 2011

    Cecilia March, Little Women, Mark Adamo; Conductor Christopher Larkin, Director David Gately, Sopranos Donna Smith and Angela Theis, Mezzo-Sopranos Audrey Babcock and Jamie van Eyck, Baritone Chad Sloan; Utah Opera; Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT; March 12, 14, 16, 18 & 20 (matinee), 2011

    The Tapestry Songbook; with Soprano Xin Wang, Tenor James McLennan and Baritone Peter McGillivray; Collaborative Pianist Christopher Foley; Tapestry New Opera; Ernest Balmer Studio, Toronto, ON; January 22, 2011

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    2010

    Music at Noon: Barber sings Barber; songs of Samuel Barber with Pianist Leslie De’Ath; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall; October 7, 2010

    Opera Briefs; Tapestry New Opera; with Soprano Carla Huhtanen, Tenor Keith Klassen and Baritone Peter McGillivray and Pianists James Bourne and Christopher Foley; Director Sue Miner; Ernest Balmer Studio, Toronto, ON; September 23, 24 and 25, 2010

    Faculty Concert; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, ON; September 12, 2010

    LibLab—Composer-Librettist Laboratory; Tapestry New Opera; with Soprano Carla Huhtanen, Tenor Keith Klassen and Baritone Peter McGillivray; 10 day workshop with composers and librettists, with 4 public readings; Rosedale United Church, Toronto, ON; August 2010

    Arias and Barcarolles: Music of Eric Satie, Leonard Bernstein and Marc Blitzstein; with Baritone Brett Polegato and Pianists Peter Tiefenbach and Robert Kortgaard; Ottawa Chamberfest, Ottawa, ON; August 3, 2010

    Concerts at Indian River Festival; Tenor Graham Johnson, Baritone Brett Polegato and Pianists Peter Tiefenbach and Robert Kortgaard; Charlottetown, PEI; July 30 and 31, August 1, 2010

    Vocal Gems: Concert at Opera Nuova; Sopranos Christiane Riel and Jackalyn Short, Bass-Baritone John Avey, Pianists Kathleen Lorenz Gable, Michael MacMahon and Laura Loewen; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB; May 21, 2010

    Recitals: Love before 1850/ Love after 1950; with Pianist Laura Loewen,University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, February 8, 2010; with Pianist Gordon Gerrard,University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, February 1, 2010

    Cecilia March, Little Women, Mark Adamo (Canadian premiere); Conductor Gordon Gerrard, Director Kelly Robinson, Sopranos Mariateresa Magisano and Catherine May, Mezzo-Sopranos Allyson McHardy, Krisztina Szabo and Elizabeth Turnbull, Tenor Colin Ainsworth, Baritone Philipp Addis, Bass-Baritone Daniel Okulitch; Calgary Opera, Calgary, AB, January 30, February 3 and 5, 2010

    2009

    A Tribute to Maureen Forrester and Lois Marshall, with Soprano Lorna MacDonald and Pianist Stuart Hamilton; Walter Hall, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; November 19, 2009

    Dinner Cabaret with Pianist Elaine Dunbar; Chez Norman, Edmonton, AB; November 15, 2009

    Featured soloist and Host, Maureen Forrester Collection Gala; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON November 12, 2009

    A Tribute to Maureen Forrester and Lois Marshall, with Soprano Lorna MacDonald and Pianist Stuart Hamilton; Music at Noon, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON; November 10, 2009

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    50th Anniversary Gala, Vancouver Opera; Conductor Jonathan Darlington, Sopranos Tracy Dahl, Sally Dibblee and Kathleen Brett, Tenor Benjamin Butterfield, Baritone Brett Polegato; Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC, November 7, 2009

    L’accordéoniste with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary Lou Vetere, Violinist Julie Baumgartel and Percussionist Carol Bauman; Colours of Music Festival, Barrie, ON, September 27, 2009; school show September 28, 2009; Ontario Contact Showcase, Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, October 24, 2009; Canwest Cabaret Festival, Distillery District, Toronto, ON; October 31, 2009

    NUMUS Opening Concert, with Pianist Glenn Buhr, Trumpeter Guy Few and Bassoonist Nadina Mackie-Jackson, Penderecki String Quartet and others; Theatre Auditorium, WLU, Waterloo, ON, September 24, 2009

    Featured soloist, Fete de Frederica, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony; Conductor Edwin Outwater, Mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade; Centre-In-The-Square, Kitchener, ON, September 18, 2009

    L’accordéoniste with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary Lou Vetere, Violinist Julie Baumgartel and Percussionist Carol Bauman; One Night Only: Live at the Registry Theatre, Kitchener, ON, September 11, 2009

    Saturday Night at the Opera, with Soprano Sally Dibblee, Tenor James McLean and Baritone John Fanning; Westben Festival, Campbellford, ON, July 25, 2009

    L’accordéoniste with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary Lou Vetere, Violinist Julie Baumgartel and Percussionist Carol Bauman; CD Launch concerts King Street Trio, Waterloo, ON, July 15, 2009 and The Annex Live, Toronto, ON, July 16, 2009; Ottawa Chamberfest; Ottawa, ON, August 3, 2009

    Ottavia, The Coronation of Poppea, Claudio Monteverdi; Opera Atelier (debut), Conductor David Fallis, Director Marshall Pinkowski; Elgin Theatre, Toronto, April 25, 26, 28, 29, May 1 and 2, 2009

    L’accordéoniste, with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary Lou Vetere and Violinist Julie Baumgartel; Black Hole Bistro, Waterloo, ON; February 20, 2009

    Featured soloist Popera, Opera Hamilton; Conductor Daniel Lipton, Soprano Miriam Khalil, Tenor Marc Hervieux, Bass-Baritone Nathan Berg; Hamilton Place, Hamilton, ON; January 27, 29 and 31, 2009

    2008

    Featured soloist: Yuletide Spectacular; Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra; Conductor Brian Jackson; River Run Centre, Guelph, ON; Centre-in-the-Square, Kitchener, ON; December 18, 19 and 20 (matinee and evening), 2008

    WLU Music at Noon, Music of Kurt Weill and the Cabaret Tradition, with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary Lou Vetere, Violinist Julie Baumgartel, Cellist Paul Pulford and Percussionist Carol Bauman, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, November 18, 2008

    KWSO Music Marathon: L’Accordéoniste with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary Lou Vetere, Violinist Julie Baumgartel, Cellist Paul

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    Pulford and Percussionist Carol Bauman; First United Church, Waterloo, ON; November 14, 2008

    Featured soloist: Sing Fires of Justice; St. Matthews Church, Kitchener, ON, October 26, 2008

    Shéhérazade, Maurice Ravel; Elora Festival, with Violinist Julie Baumgartel, Oboist James Mason, Pianist Leslie de’Ath; July 17, 2008

    Regina, Regina, Marc Blitzstein, (Canadian premiere), Pacific Opera Victoria, Conductor Timothy Vernon, Director Glynis Leyshon; Soprano Kathleen Brett, Baritones Gregory Dahl and Douglas MacNaughton, Bass-baritone Dean Elzinga; Victoria, BC; April 17, 19, 22, 24 and 26, 2008 (recorded for Broadcast on CBC Radio, Saturday Afternoon at the Opera)

    WLU Music at Noon, Music of Samuel Barber, with Pianist Anya Alexeyev and Cellist Paul Pulford; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, ON, January 8, 2008

    2007

    Recital with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accordionist Mary Lou Vetere, Soprano Jessica Lalonde, Mezzo-soprano Erica Huang, Waterloo Entertainment Centre, Waterloo, Ontario, October 26, 2007

    Angel, Dream of Gerontius, Edward Elgar; Elora Festival opening concert; Elora Festival Singers, Toronto Mendellsohn Choir, Conductor Noel Edison, Tenor Michael Colvin, Gambrel Barn, Elora, ON; July 13, 2007

    Ambassador Concert, Opera Nuova; Convocation Hall, University of Alberta; with Soprano Wendy Nielsen, Baritone John Avey, Pianists Laura Loewen, Peter Dala and Kathleen Lorenz-Gable; Edmonton, Alberta, May 24, 2007

    Soloist, All-Handel Program: “Handel’s Heroine”, Orchestra London; Conductor Timothy Vernon; London, Ontario, May 9, 2007

    Mezzo soloist, Midaregami (Tangled Hair), Veronika Krauzas, (World Premiere) with Penderecki String Quartet; Music Gallery, Toronto (March 10, 2007), Open Ears New Music Festival, Kitchener-Waterloo (April 25, 2007) (recorded for broadcast on CBC Two New Hours)

    Recital with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, Accolade Recital Hall, York University, March 8, 2007

    Jessica, Frobisher (World Premiere), John Estacio; Calgary Opera; Director Kelly Robinson, Conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Baritone John Fanning, Soprano Laura Whalen; Jubilee Auditorium, January 27, February 1 and 3, 2007; live-to air broadcast for CBC Radio

    2006 Charlotte, Werther, Jules Massenet; Vancouver Opera (concert performance),

    Conductor Jacques Lacombe, Tenor Bruce Sledge, Baritone John Hancock; Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC, October 14, 2006

    Angel, The Dream of Gerontius, Edward Elgar; Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Richard Eaton Singers, Conductor Leonard Ratzlaff; Tenor Scot Weir, Bass-baritone Daniel Lichti; Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB April 28, 2006

    Despina, Così fan tutte, Mozart; Seattle Opera, Director Jonathan Miller, Conductor Andreas Mitisek, Soprano Alexandra Deshorties, Mezzo-

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    soprano Christine Rice, Tenor Matthew Polenzani, Baritones Christopher Maltman and Richard Stilwell; McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, February 25, March 1, 4, 8, 11, 2006

    Sister Helen Préjean, Dead Man Walking (Canadian premiere), Jake Heggie; Calgary Opera; Conductor David Agler, Director Kelly Robinson, Mezzo-soprano Judith Forst, Baritone Daniel Okulitch; Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta; January 28, February 1, 3, 2006 (recorded for broadcast on CBC Radio, Saturday Afternoon at the Opera)

    2005

    WLU Music at Noon; Recital with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach, November 29, 2005, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, Ontario

    Mezzo soloist, “Entrűckung” (4th Movement, Schoenberg String Quartet No.2, op.10); Penderecki String Quartet; Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, October 21, 2005

    Mezzo Soloist, The Garden of the Heart, R. Murray Schafer; Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Simon Streatfield; Opening Concert: Open Ears New Music Festival, Kitchener, Ontario (recorded for broadcast on CBC’s Two New Hours)

    Dorabella, Così fan tutte, W.A. Mozart; Vancouver Opera, Conductor John Keenan, Director Allison Grant; Sopranos Ute Selbig and Kathleen Brett, Tenor John Tessier, Baritones Nathan Berg and Thomas Goerz, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC, March 12, 15, 17 and 19, 2005

    Duo Recital with Soprano Valdine Anderson and Pianist Peter Tiefenbach; Calgary Opera; Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, Calgary, Alberta, February 2 and 3, 2005 (recorded for broadcast on CBC’s In Performance)

    Recital, Music at Noon, Wilfrid Laurier University; with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach and Mezzo-Soprano Laura Pudwell; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, Ontario, January 25, 2005

    2004

    “How ’bout those Mezzos”: Benefit Concert for the New York Festival of Song, with Mezzo-Soprano Frederica von Stade and Pianist Steven Blier; Rafael Vinoly Architects Studio, New York, December 16, 2004

    Concert: “Kurt Weill’s Berlin”; New York Festival of Song, Pianist Steven Blier, Soprano Constance Haumann, Tenor Peter Kazaras; Merkin Concert Hall, October 14, 2004, New York, NY

    Concert: WLU Music at Noon, Die Serenaden, Paul Hindemith and Chansons Madécasses, Maurice Ravel; Pianist Leslie De’Ath, Oboist James Mason, Flutist Amy Hamilton, Violist Christine Vlajk, Cellist Paul Pulford; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, Ontario, October 5, 2004

    Gala Concert: Tenth Anniversary Celebration of Kitchener-Waterloo Opera; Soloists: Sopranos Sally Dibblee and Sheila Dietrich, Mezzo-Sopranos Erin Lawson and Jennifer Enns-Modolo, Tenors Marc Hervieux and Joseph Schnurr and Baritone Alexander Dobson, Pianist Leslie DeAth; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall; Waterloo, Ontario, October 4, 2004

    Caino, Il Primo Omicidio, Alessandro Scarlatti (concert performance); Grand River Baroque Festival; Musical Director Linda Melsted, Sopranos

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    Monica Whicher and Meredith Hall, Countertenor Daniel Cabena, Tenor Michael Colvin, Bass-Baritone Daniel Lichti; Ayr, Ontario

    Rinaldo, Rinaldo, G.F. Handel; Opera In Concert; Aradia Ensemble, Conductor Kevin Mallon, Sopranos Barbara Hannigan and Laura Whalen, Baritone Sean Watson; Jane Mallet Theatre, Toronto (2 performances)

    Composer, Ariadne auf Naxos, Richard Strass; Seattle Opera, Conductor Gerard Schwarz, Director Chris Alexander, Sopranos Jane Eaglen and Jane Giering de Haan, Baritone Richard Stilwell (6 performances)

    2003

    Camp Songs, Paul Schoenfeld; RCM Ensemble, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Ontario (recorded live for broadcast on CBC Radio, In Performance, Producer Keith Horner)

    Duo Recital “The Life of a Mezzo is ever so hard…”with Mezzo-Soprano and Frederica von Stade and Pianist Steven Blier; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, Ontario

    Concert, “Faustina Bordoni: the Thousand Faces of a Prima Donna”—arias by G.F. Handel and Adolf Hasse; Ensemble Arion, Musical Director Monica Huggett; Montréal, Québec (3 performances)

    Concert: WLU Bach Ensemble, Oboist James Mason, Flutist Amy Hamilton, Violinist Julie Baumgartel, Bass-Baritone Daniel Lichti; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, Ontario

    Concert: Monteverdi arias, Grand River Baroque Festival, Grand River Baroque Ensemble, Musical Director Julie Baumgartel; Ayr, Ontario

    Soloist at Wesley United Church 125th Anniversary Benefit Concert, Mountainview, Ontario, June 2003

    Concert: “Viva Italia”, Guelph Spring Festival, Violinist Julie Baumgartel, Oboist James Mason, Theorbo and Guitarist Terry McKenna, Cellist Margaret Gay; Guelph, Ontario

    La Ciesca, Gianni Schicchi, Giacomo Puccini; Concepción (cover), L’Heure espagnole, Maurice Ravel; Veroza Opera, Conductor Seiji Ozawa, Director Laurent Pelly, Mezzo-Soprano Frederica von Stade, Tenors Jean-Paul Fouchécourt and Roberto Saccà, Bass-Baritone José van Dam (6 performances)

    A Few Words about Chekhov, Dominick Argento; (World Premiere of Orchestral Version), with Baritone Håkan Hagegård; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Conductor Andreas Delfs

    Duo Recital with Bass-Baritone Daniel Lichti and Pianist Leslie De’Ath; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, Ontario

    2002

    Alto Soloist, Messiah, G. F. Handel; Kitchener-Waterloo Philharmonic Choir, Conductor Howard Dyck, Soprano Laura Whalen, Tenor John Tessier, Baritone James Westman

    Popera, (opera highlights concert) Opera Ontario, Hamilton Place and Centre in the Square, Hamilton/Kitchener, ON, Conductor Daniel Lipton, Soprano Laura Whalen, Tenor Benjamin Butterfield, Baritone Theodore Baerg (4 performances)

    Soloist, Kitchener-Waterloo Opera Ball, Kitchener City Hall; November 2002

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    Rimas, Michael Purves-Smith, (World Premiere), Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, Ontario

    Concert: WLU Bach Ensemble, Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, Ontario

    Raspberry Island Dreaming, Libby Larsen, (World Premiere—Inauguration of Raspberry Island Bandshell), St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Conductor Andreas Delfs

    Recital: “Tell me the truth about love”, Pianist Che Anne Loewen; Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Waterloo, Ontario; Westben Festival, Campbellford, Ontario and Walter Hall, University of Toronto

    Gala Concert with Håkan Hagegård; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Miguel Garth-Bedoya

    Nerone, Agrippina, Handel; New York City Opera (debut), Conductor Jane Glover, Director Lillian Garrett-Groag, Sopranos Brenda Harris and Nancy Allen Lundy (6 performances)

    Suzuki, Madama Butterfly, Seattle Opera; Director Linda Brovsky, Soprano Sheri Greenawald, Tenor Jay Hunter Morris, Baritone Richard Stilwell (13 performances)

    2001

    Das Lied von der Erde; I Musici de Montréal, Conductor Yuli Turofsky; Place des Arts, Montréal, Québec, December 14, 2001

    Recital: "Abracadabra", The Aldeburgh Connection; Pianists Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata, Walter Hall, Toronto, December 8, 2001

    Featured soloist in honour of tenor Jon Vickers, Ruby Awards Gala; Pianist Stephen Ralls; Granite Club, Toronto, October 14, 2001

    Annio, La Clemenza di Tito, W.A. Mozart; Opéra National de Paris, Conductor Gary Bertini, Soprano Christine Goerke and Mezzo-Soprano Vesselina Kasarova, Tenor Charles Workman (9 performances)

    Ariodante, Ariodante, G. F. Handel; Opéra National de Paris (debut), Palais Garnier; Les Musiciens du Louvre, Conductor Marc Minkowski, Sopranos Laura Claycomb and Patricia Petitbon

    Ariodante, Ariodante, G. F. Handel, Opera in Concert, Conductor Gary Wedow, Sopranos Frédérique Vézina and Barbara Hannigan, Bass-Baritone Daniel Lichti; Jane Mallet Theatre, Toronto (2 performances)

    CBC In Performance Series, Mozart Arias and Duets with Soprano Kathleen Brett; COC Orchestra, Conductor Richard Bradshaw; Glenn Gould Studios, Toronto, Producer Neil Crory

    2000

    Hänsel, Hänsel und Gretel, Engelbert Humperdinck; Edmonton Opera, Conductor Tyrone Patterson, Director David Gately, Soprano Valdine Anderson, Mezzo-Soprano Jean Stilwell (5 performances)

    Casa Guidi, Dominick Argento; Minnesota Orchestra, Conductor Eiji Oue "Six Ten Minute Operas", Eos Orchestra; Conductor Jonathan Sheffer, Director

    Robin Guarino, Sopranos Sheri Greenawald and Susannah Waters, Tenor Matthew Chellis; Society for Ethical Culture, New York, NY (3 performances)

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    Siebel, Faust, Charles Gounod; Opera Ontario, Director Tom Diamond, Soprano Wendy Nielsen; Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Centre in the Square, Kitchener, ON (4 performances)

    1999 and previous: Highlights

    Xerxes, Xerxes, G.F. Handel; (nominated for Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Actress in a Musical), Canadian Opera Company, Director Stephen Wadsworth, Conductor Noel Davies; Seattle Opera (debut), Director Stephen Wadsworth, Conductor Daniel Beckwith

    Erika, Vanessa, Samuel Barber; Seattle Opera, Director Sharon Ott, Conductor Yves Abel

    Mezzo Soloist, Pulcinella, Igor Stravinsky; Mostly Mozart Festival, Conductor Gerard Schwarz, Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY

    Suzuki, Madama Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini; Opera Zuid, Holland; Director Tim Albery

    Mezzo Soloist, Requiem, Maurice Duruflé / Requiem, Gabriel Fauré; Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Conductor, Myung-Wung Chung, Bass-Baritone Bryn Terfel

    Componist, Ariadne auf Naxos, Richard Strauss; Lyric Opera of Chicago, Director John Cox, Conductor Robert Spano, Sopranos Deborah Voigt and Laura Aiken, Baritones Russell and Victor Braun; Oper Frankfurt, Conductor Stefan Soltesz, Soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Tenor Ben Heppner (revival); Oper Frankfurt, Conductor Richard Armstrong, Director Peter Mussbach (premiere); Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf

    Recitals: New York Festival of Song; "Modern Scenes from American Life", Pianists Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, Soprano Christine Goerke, Baritone William Sharp; "Mothers, Sisters and Daughters", Pianist Steven Blier, Soprano Lauren Flanigan; Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY; "Bernstein and Friends", Pianist Steven Blier, Baritone William Sharp, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; "Modern Scenes from American Life"; Pianists Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, Soprano Dominique Labelle, Baritone William Sharp; Wigmore Hall, London and Greenwich House, New York, NY

    Concepciòn, L'Heure espagnole, Maurice Ravel; London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Hall, Conductor André Previn, (live BBC Broadcast)

    Angelina, La Cenerentola, Gioacchino Rossini; Calgary Opera, Conductor Patrick Summers

    Alto Soloist, Symphony No. 9, Ludwig van Beethoven, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Jukka Pekka Saraste

    Isolier, Le Comte Ory, Giacchino Rossini; Canadian Opera Company, Conductor John Fisher

    Cherubino, Le Nozze di Figaro, W.A. Mozart; Opéra de Marseille (debut); Oper Frankfurt; Opera Hamilton, Conductor Mario Bernardi; Oper St. Gallen, Switzerland; Vancouver Opera; Arkansas Opera

    CBC In Performance Series, Le Travail du Peintre, Francis Poulenc; Pianist Stephen Ralls; Glenn Gould Studios, Toronto

    Lazuli, L'Etoile, Emmanuel Chabrier; Opéra Français de New York and Opera Zuid, Holland, Conductor Yves Abel, Director Christopher Alden

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    Dorabella, Così fan tutte; Oper Frankfurt, Conductor Steven Sloane Dorabella, Cherubino (covers), Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Japanese

    Tour; Director Johannes Schaaf, Conductor Jeffrey Tate Rosina, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Gioacchino Rossini; Oper Frankfurt Berlioz, Les Nuits d'Éte; Orquesta Ciudàd de Granada, Conductor Yves Abel Nicklausse/Muse, Hoffmanns Erzählungen, Jacques Offenbach; Oper Frankfurt

    (opening of the new Opera House), Conductor Steven Sloane; Canadian Opera Company, Director Lotfi Mansouri

    Hermia, Ein Sommernachtstraum, Benjamin Britten; Oper Frankfurt tour to Tel Aviv, Conductor Steven Sloane

    Annio, La Clemenza di Tito, W.A. Mozart; Opera Forum, Holland (tour); Concert performances for Südwestfunk Radio Orchester, Conductor Hans Zender; Baden-Baden, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Freiburg; Oper Frankfurt

    Pauline, The Gambler, Sergei Prokofiev; English National Opera (debut), Director David Pountney, Conductor Sian Edwards

    Kitchen Boy, Rusalka, Oper Frankfurt (debut), Conductor Imre Pallo, Director David Pountney

    Rosette, Manon, Jules Massenet; Grand Théatre de Genève (debut); Conductor Armin Jordan

    Ramiro, La Finta Giardiniera, W.A. Mozart; Oper Frankfurt, Director Robert Carsen, Conductor Steven Sloane (6 performances)

    Cendrillon, Cendrillon, Jules Massenet; Toronto Opera in Concert Alyeya, From the House of the Dead, Leos Janàcek; Vancouver Opera,

    Director David Pountney Hansel, Hansel and Gretel, Canadian Opera Company; Conductor Steuart

    Bedford, Director Ross Perry; Calgary Opera (debut) Kate Pinkerton, Madama Butterfly, Canadian Opera Company (debut) Pops Concerts, Conductor Erich Kunzel; Chicago Symphony/Ravinia Festival,

    Cincinnati Pops, Toronto Symphony, NAC Orchestra, Ottawa Alto Soloist: Coronation Mass, W.A. Mozart; Toronto Symphony Orchestra Sorceress, Dido and Aeneas, Henry Purcell; L’Orchestre Symphonique de

    Montréal, Conductor Charles Dutoit Numerous recitals broadcast on CBC Radio

    Discography

    2009

    L’accordéoniste: songs with accordion and ensemble; with Pianist Peter Tiefenbach and Accordionist Mary-Lou Vetere, featuring the New Berlin Ensemble (Julie Baumgartel—violin, Paul Pulford—cello, Carol Bauman—percussion); Michael Donovan, producer; Ed Marshall, recording engineer; released July 2009

    2006

    Rinaldo, Rinaldo, G. F. Handel; Aradia Ensemble, Conductor Kevin Mallon, Sopranos Barbara Hannigan and Laura Whalen, Baritone Sean Watson; Naxos Records, Bonnie and Norbert Kraft, Producers

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    2005

    “Faustina Bordoni: Faces of a Prima Donna” Arias of G. F. Handel and Adolf Hasse; Ensemble Arion, Musical Director Monica Huggett; CBC Records, Producer Richard Lavallée

    1999

    Concepciòn, L’Heure espagnole, Maurice Ravel; London Symphony Orchestra, Conductor André Previn, Tenor John Mark Ainsley, Baritone Kurt Ollmann

    1995

    American (Day) Dreams, “100 Greatest Dance Hits”; Aaron Jay Kernis, Conductor Michael Barrett; New Albion Records, Producer Karen Chester

    1990

    Wheel of Fortune Woman; A Village Romeo and Juliet; Frederick Delius; Conductor Charles MacKerras; ORF Symphony Orchestra; Argo Records

    1988

    Sister Sophia, The Sound of Music, Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein; Cincinnati Pops, Conductor Erich Kunzel, Mezzo-Soprano Frederica von Stade, Baritone Håkan Hagegård; Telarc Records