Lyric tenor Alek Shrader '07 in recital at 91ֱ�� Conservatory March 1</h1> <article> <h1>Lyric tenor Alek Shrader '07 in recital at 91ֱ�� Conservatory March 1</h1> <p>eburnett — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:04:51 +0000</p> <span>Lyric tenor Alek Shrader '07 in recital at 91ֱ�� Conservatory March 1</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:04:51-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:04">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:04</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>OBERLIN, OH — Lyric tenor Alek Shrader ’07 will return to 91ֱ�� Conservatory on March 1 for a recital accompanied by Keun-A Lee, piano. Shrader, hailed as “a gifted young tenor” by the <cite>Washington Post</cite>, will perform at 7:00 pm in Warner Concert Hall at the 91ֱ�� Conservatory of Music, 77 W. College Street. Admission is free.</p> <p>Shrader’s program will include lyric French songs by Fauré, Turina’s <cite>Poema en forma de canciones</cite>, Handel’s “Un momento di contento” from <cite>Alcina</cite>, and selected works by Strauss, Rossini, Ethelbert Nevin and Virgil Thomson. The performance will also include the world premiere of Iain Bell’s the<cite> Undying Splendour</cite>, a song cycle setting of the wartime poems of Sgt. John William Streets inspired by his service as a British soldier during World War I. Iain Bell is known as a prolific young composer whose song cycles have been performed by singers such as Diana Damrau, and in venues from Wigmore Hall to the Munich Opera Festival.</p> <p>The 2012–13 season has been an eventful one for Shrader. His debut at the Metropolitan Opera was met with glowing praise, as he opened the season with a production of Thomas Adés’s the<em> </em><cite>Tempest</cite>, conducted by the composer. The<em> </em><cite>New York Times</cite> called his performance “sweet-voiced,” “bright,” and “appealing,” and the<em> </em><cite>Washington Post</cite><em> </em>described him as “a gifted young tenor.” Shrader returned to the Metropolitan Opera in December to sing Almaviva in the<em> </em><cite>Barber of Seville</cite><em>.</em> On March 8, Shrader will give his Carnegie Weill Hall debut.</p> <p>Shrader’s involvement with the Metropolitan Opera began in 2007, when he was selected as one of six finalists out of 1,500 participants in the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions. He made his U.S. main stage debut in 2008 with the San Francisco Opera’s production of <cite>L’Eliser d’Amor</cite>, where his performance was described as “natural and effortless.” (<cite>San Francisco Classical Voice</cite>) His European debut occurred with the 2009–10 season performance of <cite>Die Zauberflöte</cite> with the Grande Theatre de Bordeaux. He has since performed in numerous productions with companies that include the Opera Theater of St. Louis, Sante Fe Opera, and Bavarian State Opera, as well as concert appearances with the Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, and St. Louis Symphony.</p> <p>During his time at 91ֱ��, Schrader was a student of Professor of Voice Salvatore Champagne. Following Shrader’s win in the Met Council Auditions in 2007, Champagne said, “I knew it wouldn’t be long before Alek returned to the Met as a full-fledged leading artist.”</p> <p>He adds, “Alek’s expert vocalism and superb musicianship will serve the Met well and represent what the Conservatory’s vocal studies division has to offer.”</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Fact sheet</strong></p> <p>Friday, March 1, 2013, 7:00 p.m.</p> <p>Alek Shrader ’07, tenor<br> Keun-A Lee, piano<br> Warner Concert Hall<br> 77 W. College St., 91ֱ��, Oh 44074</p> <p>Free and no tickets are required.</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Program:</span></p> <p>Rossini: <cite>La danza</cite> (Pepoli) <br> Bellini: <cite>La ricordanza</cite> (Pepoli) <br> Mercadante: <cite>La serenata del marinaro</cite> (Pepoli) <br> Fauré: <cite>Lydia</cite> (de Lisle)<br> <cite>Apres un reve</cite> (Bussine) <br> <cite>Spleen</cite> (Verlaine)<br> Strauss: <cite>Vier Lieder</cite>, Op. 27<br> Ruhe, meine Seele! (Henckell)<br> Cäcilie (Hart)<br> Heimliche Aufforderung (Mackay)<br> Morgen! (Mackay)<br> Turina: <cite>Poema en forma de canciones</cite>, Op. 19 (Campoamor)<br> Dedicatoria<br> Nunca olvida<br> Cantares<br> Los dos miedos<br> Las locas por amor<br> Händel: <cite>Un momento di contento<br> </cite>from <em>Alcina</em><br> Vicente Martin y Soler: Oh ciel! <cite>Che duro passo… Seguir degg’io chi fugge?<br> </cite>from <em>Una cosa rara</em> (da Ponte)<br> Iain Bell: <cite>The Undying Splendour</cite> (Streets)<br> *world premiere<br> Virgil Thomson: <cite>Was this fair face the cause</cite> (Shakespeare<br> Love Song (Koch)<br> English Usage (Moore)<br> Ethelbert Nevin: <cite>Buona Notte</cite><br> <cite>‘Twas April</cite> (Pailleron) <br> <cite>Stars of the Summer Night</cite> (Longfellow)<br> <cite>Nocturne</cite> (Aldrich)</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>About Alek Shrader</strong><br> Brilliant lyric tenor Alek Shrader continues to impress audiences worldwide with the “luxury of his phrasing, the clarity of his diction, and the sensitivity and expressiveness of his characterizations.” In addition to his Metropolitan Opera debut last fall, Shrader has performed in top opera houses across the globe including those in Chicago, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, San Francisco, Salzburg, Munich, and Bordeaux, among others.</p> <p>Called “vocally flawless” (<cite>Munich Merkur</cite>, Germany) and praised for possessing “a youthful vibrant tenor and … superb vocalism” (<cite>Classical Review</cite>), Shrader’s 2012–13 season highlights include two engagements at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He made his house debut as Ferdinand in Thomas Adès’ modern masterpiece, the<cite> Tempest</cite>, conducted by the composer himself, and returned to sing Almaviva in the English version of the<em> </em><cite>Barber of Seville</cite><em>.</em> Abroad, he sang Don Ramiro in <cite>La Cenerentola</cite> at the Hamburgische Staatsoper before returning to the U.S. for a North American recital tour. Shrader closes the season with the tenor solo in Britten’s <cite>War Requiem</cite><em> </em>at the Cincinnati May Festival with James Conlon conducting, followed by his role debut as Ernesto in Donizetti’s <cite>Don Pasquale</cite><em> </em>at the Glyndebourne Festival.</p> <p>The “strapping star” (<cite>Vogue</cite> magazine) is also highly acclaimed by the San Francisco press as a recitalist who is “natural and effortless, so different from just about everybody else.” He has made guest appearances at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara and at Santa Monica College for the Performing Arts (Broad Stage), both sponsored by the Marilyn Horne Foundation. Concert appearances have included Handel’s<em> </em><cite>Messiah</cite><em> </em>with the Cleveland Orchestra and Mozart’s Requiem with the Pittsburgh and St. Louis symphonies.</p> <p>Shrader is the recipient of a Sarah Tucker grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation and a winner of the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. 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