Repertoire
Opera
John Adams
The Death of Klinghoffer, Marilyn Klinghoffer *
Bartok
Bluebeard’s Castle, Judith *
Berg
Lulu, Gräfin Geschwitz
Wozzeck, Margret
Berlioz
La Damnation de Faust, Marguerite
Bernstein
Candide, Old Lady
Trouble in Tahiti/ A Quiet Place, Dinah
Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur, Principessa di Bouillon
Enescu
Oedipe, Jocaste *
Giordano
Andrea Chenier, Contessa di Coigny
Gounod
Faust, Marthe Schwertlein
Händel
Giulio Cesare, Cornelia
Semele, Juno/Ino
Henze
Die Bassariden, Agave *
Das Wundertheatre, Chirinos
Hosokawa
Hanjo, Jitsuko Honda
The Raven, Narrator
Matsukaze, Murasame
Ligeti
Le Grand Macabre, Mescalina
Offenbach
La Grand Duchesse de Gerolstein *
The Tales of Hoffmann, Giulietta/Niklausse/Muse
Poulenc
Dialogue of the Carmélites, Mere Marie *
Puccini
Madama Butterfly, Suzuki
Suor Angelica, La zia principessa
Schoeck
Penthesilea, Penthesilea *
Schreker
Die Gezeichneten, Martuccia
Strauss
Capriccio, Clairon *
Stravinsky
Oedipus Rex, Jocasta *
The Rake’s Progress, Baba the Turk *
Tan Dun
Marco Polo, Marco
Verdi
Aida, Amneris
Otello, Emilia
Rigoletto, Maddalena
Von Einem
Jesu Hochzeit, Maria
Wagner
Parsifal, Kundry *
Tannhäuser, Venus (Pariser Fassung)
Tristan und Isolde, Brangäne
Zemlinsky
Eine Florentinische Tragödie, Bianca
Zimmermann
Die Soldaten, Charlotte/Gräfin de la Roche *
Concert
Berio
Folk Songs
Berlioz
La Mort de Cleopatra *
Les Nuits d’été
Bernstein
Songfest
Jeremiah Symphony
Britten
Phaedra
De Falla
Siete Canciones Populares Españolas
El Amor Brujo *
Dvorak
Stabat Mater
Requiem
Elgar
Dream of Geronitus *
Sea Pictures
Gabriela Ortiz
Tres Haikus
Liszt
Christus
Mahler
Symphony Nr 2
Symphony Nr 3 *
Symphony Nr 8 (alto 2, alto 1)
Lied von der Erde *
Kindertotenlieder
Alma Mahler-Werfel
Orchestral Lieder *
Ravel
Chanson Madécasses
Shéhérazade *
Respighi
Il Tramonto
Schmidt
Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
Schoenberg
Gurrelieder (Waldtaub)
Pierrot Lunaire
Stravinsky
Les Noces
Berceuse du Chat
Tippett
A Child of our time *
Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder (Mottl und Henze) *
Weill
Sieben Todsünden
Zemlinsky
Maeterlinck Lieder *
* Roles in preparation
“This is a piece for a virtuoso, and Gotham delivered one in the person of mezzo-soprano Fredrika Brillembourg. She sailed through the part, paradoxically never making it sound like a tour de force: She let us know that the character’s persistence was a function of desperation, not strength. A special word of praise should be put in for her mastery of “Sprechstimme,” an expressionistic vocal technique that requires the performer to speak on written pitches, halfway between talking and singing. This effect usually comes off either silly or pompous or both; Ms. Brillembourg made it sound natural, the murmuring of a soul numb with shock.”