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9-14: Chicago, Jazz Showcase Jan 26: Detroit, Orchestra Hall Feb 24: Princeton, N 4-7: Pittsburgh, Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Dec 31: Hannover, N H Dave Holland Tour Dates Dec 3, 2:12 PM EST Tour dates for the Dave Holland Quintet: Dec J : University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center Concerts by the Dave Holland Big Band: Jan , McCarter Theatre Feb : Dartmouth College March 10: New York, Zankel Hall 28: Amherst, Mass deborahvoigt " On May 25, Voigt breaks new ground â€â€? becoming the first American to sing Isolde in the premiere of a new production at the Vienna State Opera She's been in Vienna for 1 1/2 months, working with Kraemer, who directed her for the first time last summer at the Salzburg Festival in Strauss' "Die Liebe der Danae , is in the prime of her career at age 42 " She does not approach Isolde as a hochdramatische (high dramatic) role But workouts with a personal trainer and a diet have slimmed her markedly in the past year, and she moves well on stage, able to act her roles convincingly She's already looking ahead to the other mammoth Wagnerian soprano role: Bruennhilde in "Der Ring des Nibelungen," a part that stretches over three operas in five nights "It's not going to be Kirsten Flagstad at 20 performances," she said The role debut in Vienna has stood out on her calendar like a beacon to Wagner fans awaiting the next great Isolde wiener-staatsoper "I haven't accepted any other offers to do the role until this engagement is finished," she said Instead she eased into the part, recording excerpts with Placido Domingo for a 2000 release and singing the second act and Liebestod at concert performances with the New York Philharmonic in February 2002 She begins preparing for her roles by translating all her lines in the scores ("a painstaking process"), then listens to recordings "just to get a feel" and plays her parts on a piano "I might as well get three times the money as Sieglinde Voigt has numerous family and friends coming to Austria for the opening Christian Thielemann, who has become the conductor of choice at the Bayreuth festival, is on the podium in a production directed by Guenter Kraemer I knew the circumstances were such that they wouldn't come together again When she first looked at Isolde, at Solti's behest, she couldn't make it through to the end And Voigt has never even performed the entire role before She has such a strong concentration that everybody in the audience can feel it â€â€? she does not have to show it with stupid motions and stupid mimics "I don't really think it has to be approached as that steely edged character " "I don't know how singers do it that don't play," she said The Schopenhauer-influen ced opera completely clicks only with the very best, but when it does, it becomes a transcendental experience Finally, she must have suppleness and strength to sweep and soar during the Liebestod (Lovedeath) that concludes the night "I'm kind of a looking at Bruennhilde from a horrible perspective," she said, laughing I worry about what it will cost me vocally Voigt Becomes Vienna's American Isolde May 21, 1:31 PM EST Deborah Voigt thinks about Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" and sounds overwhelmed She's been hailed since her 1991 professional debut for performances in Strauss dramatic soprano roles such as Ariadne, Chrysothemis, the Empress and Helena 1 on the opening night of Vienna's 2003-04 season, starting a three-performance run ' " That is the goal, one seldom reached When she sang recitals last year, she included a solo piano work, the Berceuse from Faure's "Dolly Suite So I thought it was probably time to jump for it "It's a total, tense German personality, this kind of not-human atmosphere, that kind of hate But Isolde will be a much higher hurdle, a test of stamina as well as song that lasts four hours (not including intermissions) "In the first rehearsal with orchestra, she had an expression on herself that anybody who came near would be burned by her," Kraemer said Pacing is going to be very important Lillian Nordica, Helen Traubel and Astrid Varnay were never given such an honor "It was actually slightly premature," Voigt said in a telephone interview from New York before heading to Vienna "It's pretty chatty â€â€? I think it's worse than just about anything else that I do " She has struggled with her weight for years, especially after the diet drug Fen-Phen was withdrawn from the market six years ago A soprano must convey the anger and heartache of Isolde's Narrative and Curse in the first act, then melt with emotion during the 20-to-25-minute love duet with Tristan in the second act "I don't hold this thing that Wagner is about singing loud and screaming," said Jane Eaglen, who sang Isolde to great acclaim at Seattle in 1998 and New York's Metropolitan Opera the following year Sir Georg Solti selected Voigt in 1996 to sing Isolde opposite Ben Heppner in a recording, but the conductor died the following summer before the sessions took place " Voigt sings six performances through June 15, then reprises the role Sept "I'm really hoping maestro Thielemann and I will find the more lyric passages," she said Conductor Karl Boehm wrote that at his 1960s Bayreuth Festival performances, Nilsson and Wolfgang Windgassen "sang with such indescribable beauty that the entire orchestra and I were carried along with the stream of sound and I suddenly had the feeling, `If you do not watch out you will be swept away "I got about halfway through and closed the score and said, `No, not now, it's too long,'" she recalled "I probably would have put it off a couple of years " "Voigt is perfect â€â€? she sings perfect and is such a wonderful actress," Kraemer said last weekend at "It's a lot of words," she said She also has sung notably in the Wagner roles of Senta, Elisabeth, Elsa and particularly Sieglinde It's very middle voice Thomas Moser sings Tristan in a cast that also includes Robert Hall (King Marke), Petra Lang (Brangaene) and Peter Weber (Kurwenal) "These German girls chat, chat, chat, chat, chat," Voigt added, laughing about the parts that have won her renown Few sopranos have gained acclaim as Isolde since the premiere in 1865, with Flagstad and Birgit Nilsson frequently the consensus picks as the best interpreters of the 20th century "I'm worried about expectations more than anything else , and currently living in Vero Beach, Fla com http://www " â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: http://www "She's a very hard worker, a very tough worker " She'll be singing it in one of the capitals of music, in front of a mostly German-speaking audience that hears nearly all the top voices in the world She's turned down the part thus far on the advice of Met artistic director James Levine, who told her to wait " But when it comes to singing the part, Voigt thinks of legato, and Italian roles she has performed such Tosca, Aida, Lady Macbeth and Amelia in "Un Ballo in Maschera Voigt said she was asked by the Houston Grand Opera to sing the role in 1999, but rejected the offer But it was a new production, a conductor I know well, I love Thomas Moser " Voigt, born in Wheeling, Ill |
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