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zoevandermeer
May 16, 20221 min read
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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zoevandermeer
May 5, 20221 min read
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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zoevandermeer
Feb 15, 20221 min read
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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zoevandermeer
Jan 31, 20221 min read
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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zoevandermeer
Jan 3, 20221 min read
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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zoevandermeer
Dec 12, 20212 min read
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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zoevandermeer
Dec 12, 20211 min read
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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zoevandermeer
Jun 12, 20211 min read
IMMER
by Lowell Liebermann, from Six Songs on Poems of Nelly Sachs, op. 14, Zoe Vandermeer, Soprano, Allan Conway, Piano.
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zoevandermeer
Jan 3, 20211 min read
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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zoevandermeer
Nov 19, 20201 min read
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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zoevandermeer
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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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zoevandermeer
Sep 13, 20201 min read
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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zoevandermeer
Sep 6, 20201 min read
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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