A extremely achieved and internationally famend College of Music alumna is returning to Brandon College (BU) this month for a efficiency and a weeklong residency as a visitor lecturer.
Swedish soprano Elin Rombo’s distinctive voice and clever interpretations have received acclaim in Europe’s nice opera homes. A 1998 BU graduate, Rombo will probably be in Brandon from February 7 to 13, with a professional collection live performance and a collection of workshops for aspiring performers which are open to the general public.
Rombo has sung quite a few roles with the Royal Swedish Opera in addition to with the Paris Opera, the Berlin State Opera and the Netherlands Opera. She has additionally carried out with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and toured China, Japan and Singapore with the famend Swedish choir Orphei Drängar. Following her time at BU, she went on to graduate from the College Faculty of Opera in Stockholm. She obtained the distinguished Birgit Nilsson Scholarship in 2009 and has been honoured by the King of Sweden, by being named Court docket Singer in 2016 and by being awarded the medal Litteris et Artibus in 2016 for her contribution to Swedish tradition.
The professional collection live performance, on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m., within the Lorne Watson Recital Corridor, will reunite Rombo with pianist, singer and educator Sharon Rogers, renewing a musical friendship they started as BU college students 29 years in the past. Whereas learning at BU, they collaborated on a collection of live shows in Sweden over three summers. They reunited in 2019 for Brandon’s Augustfest live performance collection, and once more 2022 for a efficiency on the Villa San Michele in Capri, Italy.
“To have the ability to reunite with Elin for this live performance could be very fulfilling for me, particularly within the Lorne Watson Recital Corridor, the place we first carried out 29 years in the past!” mentioned Rogers, who studied piano and voice at BU, incomes bachelor and grasp’s levels, and is now a college member in voice. “We’re additionally very happy and excited that certainly one of our mentors, Professor Robert Richardson, Sr., will be part of us onstage on the piano this time. I feel it’s a beautiful illustration of the close-knit group that BU fosters, creating private {and professional} connections that final a lifetime.”
Sharon Rogers (Photograph by Capri Photograph)
Saturday’s live performance will function artwork songs by 4 feminine composers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, alongside operatic duets and arias in Italian by Mozart and Monteverdi. Works by Nordic composers Elfrida Andrée of Sweden and Agathe Backer Grøndahl of Norway will probably be adopted by picks in French and German by Lili Boulanger and Clara Schumann.
“The songs Elin and I’ve chosen discover a variety of human experiences and feelings, embracing euphoria, nostalgia, love, and loss,” Rogers mentioned. “All through, the theme of nature as a mirror for human emotion, or as a haven for peace and solace, options prominently.”
Rombo may even collaborate with BU Assistant Professor of Voice Sarah Corridor as lecturer-in-residence, sharing her views and experience. Rombo will give non-public classes to BU voice college students and supply insights of a dynamic performer with a busy operatic and live performance profession by way of a question-and-answer session, masterclasses, workshops and a lecture which are open to the general public.
“Elin is an unbelievable artist and an exquisite ambassador for the College of Music,” mentioned Greg Gatien, Dean of Music at BU.
“We’ve adopted her worldwide success with nice satisfaction, and we’re thrilled to welcome her again to share her beautiful voice and her insightful experiences with our college students and our group.”
The College of Music gratefully acknowledges the beneficiant help of the professional collection by the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Manitoba Arts Council.
Please word that seating within the Lorne Watson Recital Corridor is proscribed and that packages are topic to vary. For an up-to-date itemizing of professional collection and pupil performances, please go to Occasions.BrandonU.ca/Occasions/Class/Music.
Please contact the College of Music at Music@BrandonU.ca with any accessibility issues.
Schedule of Occasions:
February 7 4—5:15 p.m. Welcome Session and Q&A with Elin Rombo (Music Constructing, Room 2-02)
February 9 5:15—7 p.m. Masterclass: Performing the Aria (Lorne Watson Recital Corridor)
February 9 7:30—9 p.m. Opera Workshop: Working with Textual content and Motion (Music Constructing, Room 1-20)
February 11 7:30 p.m. Professional Sequence Recital with Sharon Rogers, piano (Lorne Watson Recital Corridor)
February 12 1:30—4 p.m. Masterclass/Workshop: Making an Artwork Music right into a Play (Lorne Watson Recital Corridor)
February 13 1:40—2:30 p.m. Lecture: Performing Beneath Stress (Music Constructing, Room 2-02)
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