Planned Repertoire

Opera Studio

OPERA STUDIO
2022 Concerts with the AIMS Festival Orchestra


Opera Studio Singers –
At a later date, you will receive an email asking you to indicate your performance preferences online.
PLEASE NOTE: NOT ALL VOCAL WORKS LISTED WILL BE PERFORMED.

 

Orchestra Concert #1
Galakonzert “50 Jahre AIMS in Graz”

Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 19:30 – Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress
Dirigent: Lukas Beikircher
AIMS Alumni Special Guest: Lauren Urquhart, Soprano

Orchestral works:
John Adams – Fanfare for orchestra: A Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Aaron Copland – Symphony No. 3, IV. Fanfare and Finale

Vocal works:
Arias and ensembles from Puccini, Verdi, Mozart, Donizetti and others. Please list arias interested in performing when filling out the Performance Planning section of your application. Performers will be selected based on Hearings.

 

Orchestra Concert #2
Von Zauberern, Hexen und Geistern
Of Wizards, Witches and Ghosts

Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 19:30 – Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress
Dirigent: Marius Stieghorst
AIMS Alumni Special Guest: Dominick Chenes, Tenor

Orchestral works:
Béla Bartók – Der Wunderbare Mandarin, Op. 19 Sz. 73 BB 82
Felix Mendelssohn – Ouvertüre aus Ein Sommernachtstraum, Op. 21

Vocal works:
Vincenzo Bellini – I puritani
Suoni la tromba – Sir Riccardo Forth: Baritone; Sir Giorgio Valton: Bass

Georges Bizet – Carmen 
En vain pour éviter – Carmen: Mezzosoprano
Mélons, mélons, coupons! – Carmen: Mezzosoprano; Mercédes: Mezzosoprano; Frasquita: Soprano

Benjamin Britten – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 64
Be kind and courteous – Tytania: Soprano
Welcome, wanderer…I know a bank – Oberon: Countertenor

Gaetano Donizetti – La favorite
Spirto gentil – Fernand: Tenor

Gaetano Donizetti – Lucia di Lammermoor
Regnava nel silenzio – Lucia: Soprano

Charles Gounod – Faust
Ah! Je ris de me voir – Marguerite: Soprano

Leoš Janáček – The Cunning Little Vixen (Příhody lišky Bystroušky)
The Forester’s Aria – The Forester (Revírník): Baritone

Jules Massenet – Cendrillon
Ah! Douce enfant – La Fée: Soprano
Enfin, je suis ici – Cendrillon: Soprano
Toi qui m’es apparue – Cendrillon: Soprano; Le Prince Charmant: Soprano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 
Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden – Pamina: Soprano
Der Hölle Rache – Königin der Nacht: Soprano
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön – Tamino: Tenor
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen – Papageno: Baritone
Hm! Hm! Hm! – Tamino: Tenor; Papageno: Baritone; Erste Dame: Soprano; Zweite Dame: Soprano; Dritte Dame: Mezzosoprano
Zu hilfe, zu hilfe – Tamino: Tenor; Erste Dame: Soprano; Zweite Dame: Soprano; Dritte Dame: Mezzosoprano

Jacques Offenbach – Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Scintille, diamant – Dappertutto: Bass-baritone
Tu ne chantera plus? Antonia: Soprano; Miracle: Bass-baritone; Mother: Mezzosoprano

André Previn – A Streetcar Named Desire
I Want Magic – Blanche: Soprano

Ambroise Thomas – Hamlet
Spectre infernal – Hamlet: Baritone

Giuseppe Verdi – Falstaff
Sul fil d’un soffio etesio – Nanetta: Soprano

Giuseppe Verdi – Macbeth
Tre volte miagola la gatta in fregola (Witches’ chorus) Act III

Giuseppe Verdi – Un ballo in maschera
Re dell’abisso, affrettati – Ulrica: Contralto

 

Orchestra Concert #3
Mahler 5

Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 19:30 – Herz-Jesu-Kirche
Friday, July 29, 2002 at 19:30 – Stift St Paul im Lavanttal
Dirigent: Marzio Conti

Orchestral works:
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 5

 

Orchestra Concert #4
O mia bella Napoli

Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 19:30 – Schlossbergbühne Kasematten
Friday, August 5, 2022 at 19:30 – Kunsthaus Weiz
Dirigent: Marzio Conti
AIMS Alumni Special Guests: Luis Ledesma, Baritone and Matthew Vickers, Tenor

Orchestral works:
Alfredo Casella – Italia, Rapsodia per Orchestra, Op. 11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ouvertüre aus Così fan tutte, K. 588

Vocal works:
Neapolitan songs –
Marchiare
Core ingrato
O’ Paese do sole
Torna a Sorrento
Ah che bell’aria Fresca
A Vucchella
O sole mio

Franz Lehár – Der Zarewitsch 
Kosende Wellen … Warum hat jeder Frühling, ach, nur einen Mai – Sonja: Soprano; Zarewitsch: Tenor
Komm an meine Brust – Wenn dein zartes Herz nach Liebe schreit –Iwan: Baritone; Mascha: Soprano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Così fan tutte, K. 588
TBA

Robert Stolz – Venus in Seide
O mia bella Napoli – Tenor or Tenor and Soprano

Franz von Suppé – Banditenstreiche 
Ein Bandit und Räuber zu sein – Malandrino: Tenor
Bald schon werde ich dein Gatte –  Lidia: Soprano; Malandrino: Tenor

 

Orchestra Concert #5
Meistersinger

Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 19:30 – Helmut-List-Halle
Dirigent: Marzio Conti

Orchestral works:
Leonard Bernstein – Ouvertüre aus Candide
Richard Strauss – Don Juan, Op. 20

Meistersinger Finalists will sing before a jury and the Graz public. Prizes will be awarded.

Meistersinger Vocal Competition Rules, repertoire requirements and fee are published on the AIMS website. https://aimsgraz.com/the-program/voice/meistersinger-competition-and-lieder-studio-awards/

Lieder Studio

LIEDER STUDIO

2022 Liederkonzerte

 

Gabriel Dobner, Coach

Wein, Weib und Gesang
Wine, Woman and Song

Exploring the Lieder of Schubert, Schumann, Krenek, Marx, Pfitzner, Kreisler, Korngold, Wolf, and others

Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 19:30 – Pfarrsaal St. Leonhard
Monday, August 8, 2022 at 19:30 – Palais Meran, Florentinersaal

 

 

John Greer, Coach

Der Wanderer: Reisen in Liedern
The Wanderer: Journeys in Song

Lieder from J. Brahms, F. Hensel, K. Loewe, G. Mahler, F. Mendelssohn, W.A. Mozart, O. Schoek, F. Schubert, R. Schumann, R. Strauss, H. Wolf, C. F. Zelter and others.

Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 19:30 – Pfarrsaal St. Leonhard
Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 15:00 – Priesterseminar, Barocksaal

 

 

Kenneth Griffiths, Coach

„Des Knaben Wunderhorn“ – Vertonungen aus dem 19. Jahrhundert
The Knaben Wunderhorn Settings in the 19th Century

The folk poetry collections published by von Arnim and Brentano under the title “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” (1806-1810) were sources for countless Lieder throughout the 19th century. This program will explore Lieder ranging from less well-known women composers through much more familiar composers including Mendelssohn, Brahms, Strauss, and Graz’s own Wilhelm Kienzl.

Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 19:30 – Pfarrsaal St. Leonhard
Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 19:30 – Palais Meran, Florentinersaal

 

 

Timothy Hoekman, Coach

Ein Lied-Palindrom
A Song Palindrome

For each poem on the program “A Song Palindrome,” there will be two divergent musical settings—for example, “Liebst du um Schönheit” by C. Schumann and G. Mahler. The songs will be arranged in palindromic order.

Friday, August 5, 2022 at 19:30 – Pfarrsaal St. Leonhard
Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 11:00 – Meerscheinschlössl

 

Other Performance Opportunities

OTHER PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

      – for singers, collaborative pianists, and instrumentalists

 

AIMS Artists in Recital

All AIMS Artists in Recitals are held at Pfarrsaal, St. Leonhard
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 19.30
Monday, July 25, 2022 at 19.30

Singer and collaborative piano participants may sign up to perform on these recitals.


AIMS 50 Years of Broadway
Broadway Concerts

Friday, July 22, 2022 at 19:30 – Pfarrsaal St. Leonhard
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 19:30 – Forumkloster Gleisdorf

Coordinators and coaches: Michael Ramach and Stephanie Weiss

Music will be selected from the following:

Magic To Do (Pippin)
I Don’t Know How to Love Him (Jesus Christ Superstar)
I Won’t Send Roses (Mack and Mabel)
You Could Drive a Person Crazy (Company)
I Want It All (Baby)
I Am What I Am (La Cage aux Folle)
Moonfall (The Mystery of Edwin Drood)
Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera)
Out Tonight (Rent)
This is the Moment (Jekyll & Hyde)
Lily’s Eyes (The Secret Garden)
Spoonful of Sugar (Mary Poppins)
Defying Gravity (Wicked)
I Believe (The Book of Mormon)
Schuyler Sisters (Hamilton)
Let It Go (Frozen)
And the Beauty Is (Light in the Piazza)
Beauty and Beast (Beauty and Beast)
Unusual Way (Nine)
Nobody’s Side (Chess)
Corner of the Sky (Pippin)
Waving through a Window (Dear Evan Hanson)
I’m Alive (Next to Normal)
Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina (Evita)
So Much Better (Legally Blonde)
Pulled (The Addams Family)

 

Operette rund um die Welt
Operetta Concerts (with piano)

AIMS Short: Friday, July 22, 2022 at 16:30 – Café Kaiserfeld
Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 19:30 – Pfarrsaal St. Leonhard (Benefit for the Odilien-Institut)
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 19:30 – Priesterseminar, Barocksaal

Coordinator and coach: Vanessa Bosch

The Operetta Program at AIMS is a unique opportunity for AIMS singers and pianists to become acquainted with a genre that has a vast repertoire and remains popular in German speaking countries and around the world.  Most Americans only know of operetta through two of its towering hits, Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, Jr and Die lustige Witwe by Franz Lehar.  At AIMS, participants will encounter other works by the famous Strauss and Lehar, as well as operetta gems by composers such as Kálmán, Lortzing, Dostal, and Graz-born Robert Stolz.  Far from being a poor stepchild of opera, operetta has vocal demands no less exacting than opera and a style all its own.  Singers looking to establish themselves in Germany and Austria will find that many opera houses regularly perform operettas and prize performers with skills in this genre.  The AIMS Operetta concerts with piano are well-attended by the Graz public, who view these concerts as yearly events not to be missed.  The programs of arias, duets, and ensembles are animated with staging and choreography.

 

Spirituals, Gospels und mehr 
Spirituals and American Sacred Music Concerts

Friday, July 22, 2022 at 19:00 – Pfarrkirche Kainach
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 19:30 – Wallfahrtskirche Maria Straßengel
Sunday, July 24, 2022 at 20:00 –  Münzgrabenkirche
AIMS Short: Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 11.00 – MurInsel

Coordinator and coach: Alfonse Anderson

Spiritual solos and ensembles. Open to all singers. Indicate your interest in performing after arrival. Bring music you want to perform.

Concert dress:
Ladies – floor-length gowns with modest necklines and shoulders covered. (No exceptions)
Men – dark suits with ties.

 

Buona sera, Graz!
Italian Arias & Songs Concert

AIMS Short: Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 16:30 – MurInsel
Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 19:30 – Kammermusiksaal, Grazer Congress

Coordinator: Piotr Wisniewski

Italian opera arias and ensembles. Open to all singers. Indicate your interest in performing after arrival. Bring music you want to perform.

 

AIMS in Graz Churches
Performance opportunities at Graz church services

Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 10:00 – Münzgrabenkirche

Coordinator: TBA

Open to all singers, collaborative pianists, and instrumentalists. Indicate your interest in performing after arrival. Bring sacred music you know.

 

Fiesta Española!
Spanish Concert

Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 19:30 – Meerscheinschlössl

Coordinator and coach: Gustavo Halley
John Muratore, guitar

Songs in Spanish from Spain/Latin America, and arias from Zarzuelas.
Bring music you wish to perform.

 

Kammermusik
Instrumental Chamber Music Concert

Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 19:30 – Priesterseminar, Barocksaal

Coordinator: David Thomas

Open to all instrumentalists. Indicate your interest in performing after arrival. Bring ensemble music you know. (Additional chamber music available in the AIMS library.)