Curtis on Tour: Eric Owens, bass-baritone at Spivey Hall
$25-$70 (discounts available for students)
- Eric Owens, bass-baritone
- Sarah Fleiss, soprano
- Lucy Baker, mezzo-soprano
- Joseph Tancredi, tenor
- Miloš Repický, piano
- Ting Ting Wong, piano
Franz Schubert — Licht und Liebe, D. 352
Johannes Brahms — Liebe und Frühling I, Op. 3 No. 2
Johannes Brahms — Liebe und Frühling II, Op. 3, No. 3
Johannes Brahms — Junge Lieder No. 1, Op. 63 No. 5
Johannes Brahms — Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43, No. 1
Johannes Brahms — Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65
Leonard Bernstein — "What a Movie!" from Trouble in Tahiti
Benjamin Britten — "Tell Me the Truth About Love" from Cabaret Songs
Richard Rodgers — "If I Loved You" from Carousel
Frederick Loewe — "If Ever I Would Leave You" from Camelot
Georges Bizet — “Au fond du temple saint” from Pearl Fishers
Richard Strauss — “Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren” from Der Rosenkavalier
Giuseppe Verdi — Rigoletto quartet (“Bella figlia dell’amore”)
Four emerging professional artists join celebrated bass-baritone Eric Owens to share the stage with their mentor, himself a 1995 Curtis Institute of Music alumnus and now their alma mater's director of vocal studies and Curtis Opera Theatre.
Program: the pensive and lilting Neues Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 65, for four voices and four-hand piano by Johannes Brahms, with additional lieder and songs plus operatic arias and ensemble pieces.
Equally at home in orchestral, recital, and operatic repertoire, Mr. Owens has deployed his commanding poise, expansive voice, and instinctive acting faculties to triumph in performances around the world. “Owens has an opera singer’s ability to conceive of each song as an expression from an individual person. Within the compass of his deep, rich tone lies a reserve of gentleness as well as power" (Opera News).
"Mr. Owens quickly established his ability to wrap his deep voice around a text and create a distinct sense of character" (The New York Times).