Planned Repertoire

Opera Studio

OPERA STUDIO
2023 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
Title TBA

Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 19:30 – Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress
Dirigent: Martin Lukas Meister

Orchestral works:
Gioachino Rossini – Overture from William Tell
Hugo Alfvén – Midsommarvaka

Vocal works:
TBA

 

Orchestra Concert #2
Title TBA

Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 19:30 – Stefaniensaal, Grazer Congress
Dirigent: Marius Stieghorst

Orchestral works:
Guillaume Connesson – Flammenschrift
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Suite from “Swan Lake”

Vocal works:
TBA

 

Orchestra Concert #3
Title TBA

Thursday, July 27, 2023 at 19:30 – Herz-Jesu-Kirche
Dirigent: Marius Stieghorst

Orchestral works:
Louise Farrenc – Overture #2 in Eb
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 (orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg)

Vocal works:
TBA

Orchestra Concert #4
Title TBA

Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 19:30 – Schlossbergbühne Kasematten
Friday, August 4, 2023 at 19:30 – Kunsthaus Weiz
Dirigent: Marzio Conti

Orchestral works:
TBA

Vocal works:
TBA

 

Orchestra Concert #5
Meistersinger

Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 19:30 – Helmut-List-Halle
Dirigent: Marzio Conti

Orchestral works:
Giuseppe Verdi – Overture from Sicilian Vespers
Ottorino Respighi – Pines of Rome

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

2023 Liederkonzerte

 

Gabriel Dobner, Coach

Abschied und Sehnsucht
Farewell and Longing

A tour through the beautiful repertoire of Schubert,  Brahms, Ives, Krenek, Pfitzner, Mahler, and Weill, along with others.

Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 19:30 – Venue TBA
Monday, August 7, 2023 at 19:30 – Venue TBA

 

 

Kenneth Griffiths, Coach

Title TBA

Theme TBA

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 19:30 – Venue TBA
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 19:30 – Venue TBA

 

 

Timothy Hoekman, Coach

Das Wasser, das Wasser
Songs about Water

Songs by Schubert, Hensel, Mendelssohn, Clara & Robert Schumann, Lang, Franz, Brahms, Wolf, and others

Friday, August 4, 2023 at 19:30 – Venue TBA
Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 11:00 – Meerscheinschlössl

 

Other Performance Opportunities

OTHER PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

      – for singers, collaborative pianists, and instrumentalists

 

AIMS Artists in Recital

AIMS Artists in Recitals are held at TBA
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 19.30
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 19.30

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


Title TBA
Broadway Concerts

Friday, July 21, 2023 at 19:30 – Schloss Gleinstätten
Second performance date and venue TBA

Coordinators and coaches: Michael Ramach and Stephanie Weiss

Music will be selected from the following:

TBA

 

Title TBA
Operetta Concerts (with piano)

Performance dates and venues TBA

Coordinator and coach: TBA

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 21, 2023 at 19:00 – Pfarrkirche Kainach
Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 19:30 – Wallfahrtskirche Maria Straßengel
Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 20:00 –  Münzgrabenkirche

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

Thursday, August 3, 2023 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 6, 2023 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 5, 2023 at 19:30 – Meerscheinschlössl

Coordinator and coach: Gustavo Halley

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

 

Kammermusik
Instrumental Chamber Music Concert

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 19:30 – Venue TBA

Coordinator: TBA

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