Atеlίεя S

Stuart Graham - Founder/Artistic Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

The Art of Song

Wednesday, April 30 2008, 7:30pm

College St. United Church, 454 College St., Toronto, ON

Presents

Liliana Piazza, mezzo-soprano

Stuart Graham, piano

Featuring the Works of:

Rossini, de Falla, Rachmaninoff & Mahler

Tickets:

Advance: $20  Door: $25  Student: $10*

*available only at the door upon presentation of proper student ID

For information or to reserve your tickets, please call:

416.927.9105

Or email:

atelier.s@sympatico.ca

(credit card orders with PayPal possible for advance sales only)

We at Atelier S are very pleased to announce our next evening with the Art of Song.  It is with great pleasure we present one of Canada’s major up and coming lyric talents, mezzo-soprano Liliana Piazza.  No stranger to the concert and opera stages of Toronto, she has enjoyed several thrilling successes and much support from a loyal audience.  This will be her only appearance this year in Toronto.  Liliana Piazza, formerly a student of Jean McPhail at the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music and laureate of Jeunnes Ambassadeurs Lyriques, she is currently completing her first year of a Masters of Music programme at McGill University where she studies with Michael Meraw. Liliana had the opportunity to spend a last summer as a Young Artist at the Banff Centre of the Arts, and she spent the Fall of 2006  in Wales on a concert tour with the Burlington Male Welsh Choir. Her performance highlights include many roles with Toronto’s Opera in Concert and Toronto Operetta Theatre while singing Brigitte in Die tote Stadt,  Suzy  in La Rondine, Linette in L'amour de Trois Oranges, and Frasquita in El Gato Montes.  Upcoming roles include Florence in Albert Herring, and Bradamante in Alcina with Opera McGill.

Please come out in support of this wonderful young talent!  Do get your tickets early as space is limited (only 150 seats available). 

We look forward to seeing you in our audience.

Yours in Music,

Stuart Graham

Founder & Artistic Director

On the programme:

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

La Regata Veneziana

3 Canzonette in dialetto Veneziano

• Anzoleta Avanti la regatta

• Anzoleta co passa la regatta

• Anzoleta dopo la regatta

Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)

Siete Canciones Populares Españoles

• El paño moruno

• Seguidilla Murciana

• Asturiana

• Jota

• Nana

• Canción

• Polo

INTERMISSION

Sergeï Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

(sung in Russian)

“When silent night doth hold me.” Opus 4, no. 3

“For a life of pain I have given my love.” Opus 8, no. 4

“A Dream.” Opus 8, no. 5

“The Lilacs.” Opus 21, no. 5

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Rueckert Lieder

• Liebst du um Schönheit

• Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder

• Um Mitternacht

• Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft

• Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

AUDITIONS

Atеlίεя S Summer Vocal Academy

and Spanish Language Immersion 2008

Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

For Singers and Pianists*

Repertoire:

Giacomo Puccini: Il Tabarro

Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi

(to be sung in Italian with piano accompaniment)

Application and Audition Deadline: 

April 15, 2008

or until all roles have been suitably cast