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Oh Had I Jubal's Lyre
One of my favorite arias is 'Oh Had I Jubal's Lyre', from Joshua, by Handel. In this particular aria, I find that the tempo has to be...
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May 15, 20221 min read
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Al dolce guidami - Revisited
Sometimes, with time, come new perspectives on an aria or role, a tempo or phrase. Such it is with Al dolce guidami, from Anna Bolena,...
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May 4, 20221 min read
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Fiery Coloratura!
Watch Zoe Vandermeer's rendition of rapid triplets and more in Thomas Arne's famous aria 'The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms', from the...
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Feb 14, 20221 min read
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2022: 2x Bronze Medal Winner!
I am thrilled to announce that on January 27, 2022 I received the notification from Global Music Awards that I won two Bronze Medals in...
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Jan 30, 20221 min read
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Rossini's 'Bel raggio lusinghier'
In Rossini's opera Semiramide, we find the gorgeous aria 'Bel raggio lusinghier' - complete with a beautiful array of twists, turns, and...
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Jan 2, 20221 min read
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Vandermeer Semi-Finalist Premiere Opera International Competition
I was invited to sing December 10, 2021 as a Semi-Finalist in the Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition. The Live...
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Dec 11, 20212 min read
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Vandermeer Bronze Award Winner
Zoe Vandermeer was the Bronze Medal Award Winner as a dramatic coloratura soprano by the Global Music Awards in August, 2021.
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Dec 11, 20211 min read
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IMMER
by Lowell Liebermann, from Six Songs on Poems of Nelly Sachs, op. 14, Zoe Vandermeer, Soprano, Allan Conway, Piano.
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Jun 11, 20211 min read
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Queen Elizabeth I and Robert D.
Betrayed love vividly portrayed by Donizetti in his opera Roberto Devereux, specifically in Elisabetta's powerful aria 'Vivi ingrato'...
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Jan 3, 20211 min read
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Ornaments
Voice, Welsh triple harp, slow, and amply ornamented in the Da Capo with vocal ornaments of Isabella Girardeau's 1711 London performance...
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Nov 18, 20201 min read
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World Opera Day!
One of my favorite operas is the delightful and brilliant Cendrillon, by Massenet. His palette of sound is astonishing and brings the...
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Oct 25, 20201 min read
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Last Rose of Summer
The famed 19th century opera singer Jenny Lind, who was known as the "Swedish Nightingale", was brought to America by Connecticut's own...
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Sep 13, 20201 min read
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Artist Inspirations
What inspires me? The silence that surrounds the audacious summer flowers found today at the park. Flowers like these beauties: and...
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Sep 6, 20201 min read
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