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will see her in the roles of Verdi, Bellini,
Mozart and Strauss at the Oper Frankfurt, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Théâtre du
Capitole, Teatro Real de Madrid, Los Angeles Opera and Houston Grand Opera.
On the concert stage, Wilson made her
Carnegie Hall debut with the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop
in Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, and
has appeared with the Eugene Concert
Choir in Britten’s War Requiem, Charlotte
Symphony in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis
and returned to the Oregon Bach Festival
in Tippett’s A Child of Our Time.
An alumna of the Houston Grand
Opera Studio, Wilson’s awards include
the George London Award from the
George London Foundation in which
she was hailed for a “striking timbre
all her own” (Opera News), as well as
both a career grant in 2011 and study
grant in 2008 from the Richard Tucker
Music Foundation.
Jo seph M eyer ho f f Sy m pho ny Hall
B a l t i m o r e S y m pho n y O r c h e s t r a
Marin Alsop
Music Director • Harvey M. And Lyn P. Meyerhoff Chair
War Requiem
Thursday, November 14, 2013 — 8 p.m.
Friday, November 15, 2013 — 8 p.m.
Presenting Sponsor:
Marin Alsop, Conductor
Tamara Wilson, Soprano
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Ryan McKinny, Bass-Baritone
University of Maryland Concert Choir —Edward Maclary, Director
Peabody Children’s Chorus—Doreen Falby, Director
Please note that this concert does not include an intermission.
The concert will end at approximately 9:25 p.m.
Marin Alsop
For Marin Alsop’s bio., please see pg. 14.
A aro n Gan g
Tamara Wilson
Tamara Wilson adds a
new Verdi heroine to her
repertoire when she returns
to Théâtre du Capitole in
Toulouse as Lucrezia Contarini in Verdi’s
I due Foscari in the 2013–2014 season. In
celebration of the Verdi bicentenary, she
will also debut at Teatro de la Maestranza
in Seville as Aida and with Washington
Concert Opera in his rarely-heard Il corsaro as Gulnara alongside tenor Michael
Fabiano as Corrado. She will also be heard
with James Conlon and the Colburn
Orchestra as part of the Britten 100/LA
celebration. Other concert engagements
include Broch’s Moses with the American
Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
and Verdi’s Messa da requiem with the
Jacksonville Symphony. Future seasons
Tamara Wilson last appeared with the
BSO in November 2011, performing
Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher with
Music Director Marin Alsop conducting
Bal an ce Ph oto gr aphy
Benjamin Britten War Requiem, opus 66
Requiem aeternum
Dies Irae
Offertorium
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Libera me
TAMARA WILSON
NICHOLAS PHAN
RYAN McKINNY
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CONCERT CHOIR
PEABODY CHILDREN'S CHORUS
Nicholas Phan
This season, American tenor Nicholas
Phan returns to the
New York City Opera
as the title role in Endimione, and appears
in concert with the Baltimore, St. Louis,
Boston Baroque, Charlotte, Toronto and
Kitchener-Waterloo symphony orchestras.
He will also be presented in recital by
Spivey Hall and the Boston Celebrity series, and in Chicago, Rochester, Kalamazoo and Istanbul.
Mr. Phan has appeared with many
of the leading orchestras in the United
States and Europe, including the New
York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony
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