"Kathryn Garber's "Fricka" was one of vocal confidence and theatrical spirit."
SAN FRANCISCO HOKUBEI MAINICHI
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"Kathryn Garber's "Fricka" was one of vocal confidence and theatrical spirit." SAN FRANCISCO HOKUBEI MAINICHI |
Performances of Distinction:
Seattle Opera * Dallas Opera * Florentine Opera * Cleveland Opera * Dallas Symphony Orchestra * Denver Symphony Orchestra
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Kathryn Garber is attracting attention with the expansion of her repertoire into the leading ladies of Verdi, Strauss, and Wagnerian Opera. She debuted as Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos performances at Opera North in New Hampshire. Her celebrated coaches including Anthony Legge (English National Opera and Bayreuth) and Christopher Myddleton (Covent Garden and Royal Opera House), are encouraging and preparing Ms. Garber in roles including Senta, Sieglinde, Elsa, Gutrune, Freia. Her Wagnerian opera performances have been with the companies of Seattle, Dallas, Arizona, Florentine, and the Wagner Societies of Dallas and San Francisco, with Brangaene andVenus scenes for the latter and a return to Seattle for their 1995 Ring Cycle Festival. She performed major Wagner arias in recital in San Francisco and was featured in a concert of arias for the New York Wagner Society.
Noted for her singing in Russian, she has performed Marina in Boris Godunov with Des Moines Metro Opera and has sung scenes from Boris Godunov in the staged "Russian Opera Gala" for Cleveland Opera, featuring the renowned bass Jerome Hines. Ms. Garber sang Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky with a simultaneous presentation of the Eisenstein film for the Fort Worth Symphony and reprised the work with the Corpus Christi Symphony.
Among her five productions with Seattle Opera are Mercedes in Carmen and Annina in Der Rosenkavalier. Ms. Garber made her third appearance with Florentine Opera in Rigoletto, following earlier roles in Die Walküre and Elektra. Ms. Garber appeared in San Francisco with the Ebenezer Opera to sing staged presentations of the major scenes for Charlotte (Werther), Adalgisa (Norma), and Venus (Tannhäuser.) Other companies with whom she has performed include Opera San Jose, Central City Opera, Opera Colorado, Opera North (VT), and Marin Opera. Her repertoire also includes Charlotte, Santuzza, Desdemona, and Chrysothemis.
Ms. Garber is a recipient of prestigious awards including Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation, the Stewart Awards Auditions, the Metropolitan Opera Auditions, and the MacAllister Awards for Opera Singers. The striking blonde artist has also appeared on the symphony platforms of Denver, Shreveport, Colorado Springs, Fort Worth, Wyoming, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. In the 2002-03 season Ms. Garber sang the Vivaldi Gloria with Omaha Symphony, a Wagner concert for Ebenezer Opera in San Francisco, followed by a work with the Opera Project in Dallas in June, and artist-in-residence programs in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Texas. Last season began with a leading role at the Cherokee Tsa-la-gi outdoor amphitheater in Tahlequah, Oklahoma followed by a guest artist recital for "Gallery Night for the Arts" with the Dallas Women’s Chorus, then Merry Widow. This season Ms. Garber performed a "Broadway to Opera" concert, and covered the lead role and sang some rehearsals in Fort Worth Opera’s Salome .
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Boris Godunov - - Marina*
Cavalleria Rusticana - - Santuzza
Der fliegende Holländer - - Senta +
Elektra - - Chrysothemis +
Don Giovanni - - Donna Elvira
Götterdämmerung - - Gutrune +
Norma - - Adalgisa §
Das Rheingold - - Freia +
Tannhäuser - - Venus § ; Elisabeth
Vanessa - - Erika
Die Walküre - - Sieglinde +
* Performed
§ Performed all major scenes
+ Prepared
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Bach - - Mass In B Minor
Bach - - Magnificat
Bach - - St. Matthew Passion
Beethoven - - Ninth Symphony
Berger - - Seasons
Bernstein - - West Side Story (excerpts)
Brahms - - Alto Rhapsody
Brahms - - Viola Songs Op. 91
Dvorák - - Stabat Mater
Falla - - El amor brujo
Handel - - Messiah
Haydn - - Lord Nelson Mass
Haydn - - Creation
Mahler - - Rückert Lieder
Mahler - - Symphony No.2
McCartney - - Liverpool Oratorio
Mendelssohn - - Elijah
Mozart - - Requiem
Mozart - - Coronation Mass
Prokofiev - - Alexander Nevsky
Rodgers and Hammerstein - - Pops Concert
Rossini - - Stabat Mater
Stravinsky - - Les Noces
Vaughan Williams - - Serenade
Verdi - - Requiem
Vivaldi - - Gloria
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Seattle Opera
Wagner Society of San Francisco
Cleveland Opera
Central City Opera
Florentine Opera
Des Moines Metro Opera
Arizona Opera
Wagner Society of New York City
Marin Opera
Opera Colorado
Opera San Jose
Opera North
Dallas Wagner Society
The Dallas Opera
Ebenezer Opera, San Francisco
Dallas Symphony
Denver Symphony Orchestra
Fort Worth Symphony
Fort Worth Civic Orchestra
Bethany College Festival
Wyoming Symphony Orchestra
Corpus Christi Symphony
Rapid City (SD) Symphony
Univ. Wyoming Chamber Orchestra
Fort Worth Chamber Ensemble
McCall (Idaho)Summer Festival
Nevada Symphony Orchestra
North East Texas Symphony
Colorado Springs Symphony
Church..Incarnation / Meyerson Symph. Hall
Casper Symphony (WY)
Fort Worth Ballet & Fort Worth Symphony
Colorado Opera Festival
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Rigoletto, Maddalena, Florentine Opera, March, 1996
"The opera requires a core of strong singers in the principal roles.That necessary core of singers was firmly in place. ..Kathryn Garber sang a lovely Maddalena." - - Elaine Schmidt, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
Carmen (Mercedes): Seattle Opera, October/November, 1995
"Particularly effective were the strongly defined characters of the supporting cast...and Kathryn Garber (Mercedes) contributed convincing cameos to the production. - - F.B.St. Clair, OPERA NEWS
Das Rheingold (Fricke): Wagner Society of Northern California, June, 1994
"Kathryn Garber's Fricka was one of vocal confidence and theatrical spirit." - - William Aguiar, Jr., San Francisco Hokubei Mainichi
"The strongest of these were...and Fricka (Kathryn Garber)..." - - Paul Hertelendy, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
Eleni: A Greek Tragedy: (by Katherine Hoover) with Fort Worth Symphony
"... mezzo-soprano Kathryn Garber...performed the sorrowful, wordless vocal solo with an appealingly dark timbre." - - Wayne Lee Gay, FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM
Boris Godunov (Marina): with Des Moines Metro Opera
"Dworchak's colleagues, notably mezzo-soprano Kathryn Garber as a beautiful and vocally powerful Marina... complement the excellent work. - - Joan Bunke, DES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER
Alexander Nevsky: with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
"Last night's performance indicated ... that her's is a name to watch. ... it revealed a marvelously rich, naturally beautiful and auditorium-filling voice, and a compelling emotional presence." - - Wayne Lee Gay, FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
Madama Butterfly (Suzuki): with Seattle Opera
"Kathryn Garber's Suzuki was mellow in contrast, yet her second-act duet with Barbara Daniels was as moving and beautifully sung as anything else in the opera." - - SEATTLE P.I.
"The Suzuki for both casts is Kathryn Garber, who gives the role a touching empathy without cloying sentiment." - - THE SEATTLE TIMES
"The rest of the cast members were generally solid in their portrayals, ranging from Kathryn Garber's simply affecting Suzuki ..." - - JOURNAL-AMERICAN
"The supporting cast included ... Kathryn Garber as a sweet little Suzuki" - - LOS ANGELES TIMES
Manon Lescaut (Madrigal Singer): with Opera Colorado
"Indeed the vocal richness of the region is stunningly documented by the contributions of ... Kathryn Garber ... in supporting roles." - - CAMERA
"Kathryn Garber was a vivacious madrigal singer". - - ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
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