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2 The Financial Times (London) acclaimed that Korliss Uecker, a bright and pretty American soprano, was charming, crystalline of voice and sparkling as an actress. Uecker has sung over 150 performances at the Metropolitan Opera including Susanna in the Marriage of Figaro (international broadcast), Marzelline in Fidelio, Oscar in A Masked Ball, and Valencienne in The Merry Widow. She appeared in the The Elixir of Love with Lucianno Pavarotti and in Carmen with Placido Domingo. Other credits include Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire in Strasbourg, France; Sybil in the Picture of Dorian Gray with Opera de Monte Carlo; the Wexford Festival, Santa Fe Opera, Hawaii Opera Theater, Opera Caracas, Glimmerglass Opera, Washington National Opera Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh Opera, the Spoleto Festival, the Ravinia Festival, the Tanglewood Festival, the United States Naval Academy and the Library of Congress. Korliss has appeared as a soloist with many symphony orchestras including the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and the American Symphony Orchestra, including conductors James Levine, Donald Runnicles, Sir Andrew Davis, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Vladimir Jurowski, Edo de Waart, Julius Rudel and Gerard Schwarz. An advocate of contemporary music Ms. Uecker has premiered works of Lowell Lieberman, Dominick Argento, Seymour Barab, Juliana Hall, John Corigliano, Judith Wier and Andre Previn. Ms. Uecker appeared in Dallas Opera s Valentino by Dominick Argento. She has worked with Gian Carlo Menotti singing Amelia in Amelia Goes to the Ball. In chamber music Uecker has appeared at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, the Academy of Music Festival and the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York among others. She is a member of Feminine Musique, a Duo dedicated to the performance of music by women composers as well as traditional duet literature. Her cabaret performances include appearances at the Cafe Carlyle and Poisson Rouge. Ms Uecker has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, London Decca, Arabesque Records, and recorded Victor Herbert s Babes in Toyland at Abbey Road Studios in London. Her most recent recording with New World Records features the songs of Victor Herbert. She recorded unpublished songs of Clara Schumann to much acclaim on Arabesque Records. She has recently recorded the soundtrack to the movie, Influence, directed by Michael Bergman. She has appeared on CBS Sunday Morning and Live from Lincoln Center with Thomas Hampson. Korliss earned a Bachelor s and Master s degrees from the Juilliard School. In addition she studied at the Steans Institute and apprenticed at the Santa Fe Opera and Tanglewood Festival. She received a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science from the University of North Dakota and was a Registered Nurse before she began her singing career. Her husband, Jerry Grossman, is principal cellist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

3 Concert Repertoire Bach MASS IN B MINOR ST. JOHN PASSION ST. MATTHEW PASSION Mahler SYMPHONY NO. 2 SYMPHONY NO. 4 SYMPHONY NO. 8 Barber KNOXVILLE: SUMMER OF 1915 PRAYERS OF KIERKEGAARD Beethoven EGMONT: INCIDENTAL MUSIC MISSA SOLEMNIS SYMPHONY NO. 9 Brahms REQUIEM Canteloube CHANTS D AUVERGNE Copland SONGS OF EMILY DICKINSON Mozart EXSULTATE, JUBILATE MASS IN C MINOR REQUIEM Poulenc GLORIA Vaughan Williams A SEA SYMPHONY SERENADE TO MUSIC SEVEN DEADLY SINS Vivaldi GLORIA Debussy LA DAMOISELLE ÉLUE LE MARTYRE DE ST. SÉBASTIAN Fauré Grieg REQUIEM PEER GYNT Handel MESSIAH ODE FOR ST. CECILIA S DAY SAMSON Haydn THE CREATION DIE JAHRESZEITEN

4 Opera Repertoire Moore THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE (Baby Doe) Bellini Bizet Britten I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI (Giulietta) LA SONNAMBULA (Amina) CARMEN (Micaëla) LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES (Leïla) ALBERT HERRING (Lady Billows) A MIDSUMMER NIGHT S DREAM (Tytania) THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (Female Chorus) THE TURN OF THE SCREW (Governess) Debussy PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE (Mélisande) Donizetti DON PASQUALE (Norina) L ELISIR D AMORE (Adina) Floyd Gluck SUSANNAH (Susannah) ORFEO ED EURIDICE (Euridice) Gounod FAUST (Marguerite) Humperdinck HÄNSEL UND GRETEL (Gretel) Lehar THE MERRY WIDOW (Hanna Glawari, Valencienne) Lieberman THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Sybil) Massenet MANON (Manon) WERTHER (Sophie) Mozart COSÌ FAN TUTTE (Despina) DON GIOVANNI (Donna Elvira) IDOMENEO (Ilia) LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Countess, Susanna) DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Pamina) Poulenc DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES (Blanche, Constance) Previn A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Stella) Puccini LA BOHÈME (Mimi, Musetta) TURANDOT (Liù) Strauss, J. DIE FLEDERMAUS (Adele) Strauss, R. DIE ÄGYPTISCHE HELENA (Aithra) ARABELLA (Zdenka) ARIADNE AUF NAXOS (Echo) DAPHNE (Daphne) DER ROSENKAVALIER (Marschallin) Stravinsky THE RAKE S PROGRESS (Anne Trulove) Verdi Weber Weill UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (Oscar) FALSTAFF (Nannetta) DER FREISCHÜTZ (Ännchen) AUFSTIEG UND FALL DER STADT MAHAGONNY (Jenny) STREET SCENE (Rose)

6 The Financial Times (London) acclaimed that "Korliss Uecker, a bright and pretty American soprano, was charming, crystalline of voice and sparkling as an actress." Uecker has sung over 150 performances at the Metropolitan Opera including Susanna in the Marriage of Figaro (international broadcast), Marzelline in Fidelio, Oscar in A Masked Ball, and Valencienne in The Merry Widow. She sang Giannetta in The Elixir of Love with Lucianno Pavarotti and Frasquita in Carmen with Placido Domingo. Other credits include Strasbourg Opera (France), Opera de Monte Carlo, Wexford Festival (Ireland), Santa Fe Opera, Hawaii Opera Theater, Washington Opera Kennedy Center, the Spoleto Festival, Tanglewood Festival and Ravinia Festival, United States Naval Academy and the Library of Congress. She has recorded for Deutsche Grammophone, London Decca, Arabesque Records New World Records and has appeared on CBS Sunday Morning and Live from Lincoln Center. Korliss has Bachelor s and Master s degrees from Juilliard and a Bachelor of Science from the University of North Dakota.

STEPHEN STEFFENS, TENOR

STEPHEN STEFFENS, TENOR Tenor Stephen Steffens is an emerging lyric tenor who has been praised for having a sweet yet heroic sound. His 2018 credits include: Belmonte in The abduction from the Seraglio; Leandro in La Cifra; Captain