Скачать или смотреть Glass Shatterers! Amanda Pabyan - Handel: IMENEO, In mezzo a voi dui, Glimmerglass 2004, High F

~The "Glass Shatterers!" series focuses on sopranos who sustain High F, or sing higher.

THE SONGBIRD: Amanda Pabyan holds a Doctorate in Vocal Performance from the University of Cincinnati, a Masters from Boston University, and a Bachelor of Music from Rutgers University. She made her Met debut as the Queen of the Night in 2007, and sang the role at the New York City Opera, Washington National Opera, Opera Colorado, and Florida Grand Opera. Like a few sopranos, Pabyan graduated from singing Blonde (Boston, Portland, Michigan, and Denver) to the larger more challenging role of Konstanze (Arizona Opera, Opera Atelier, and Anchorage Opera). Other Mozart roles include the Countess, Donna Anna, and Fiordiligi. Pabyan has sung Gretel, Eurydice, and Lucia and appeared at Glimmerglass and in Dallas, Salt Lake City, and Cincinnati, as well as internationally in Tokyo, Madrid, and New Zealand. Recently, she has shifted away from coloratura roles into more dramatic soprano repertoire including Leonore and Butterfly and concert works such as Verdi’s "Requiem," Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony," and Britten's "War Requiem."

THE MUSIC: "Imeneo" was Handel's penultimate opera seria. It premiered in London in 1740, with a revised version by Handel performed in concert in Dublin in 1742. Its first modern revival was in Germany in 1960. Of the opera's five characters, two are sopranos: Rosmene, a virgin goddess, and her confidant Clomiri. Rosmene was written for one of Handel's favorite florid songbirds: Elisabeth Duparc ("La Francesina") who was also his first Semele and Deidamia. For this aria in Act Three, Rosmene tells her two suitors that only her heart can answer their amorous appeals (however, she then pretends to go mad to throw everyone off and to help her decide which potential partner to choose).