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The GSO’s Beethoven 9 Vocal Competition concludes in an afternoon of performances by the finalists with piano accompaniment. In this final round, vocalists compete to become a winner in one of four voice categories, and for the opportunity to perform as a featured soloist in the GSO’s May performances of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9.
Each finalist will perform the excerpts for their voice type from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, along with a musical selection of their choosing. The winners will be announced at the conclusion of the performances.
Finalists
(in alphabetical order by section)
Soprano
Sarah Heilman
“An die Nacht” Richard Strauss
Emma Robertson
“Comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre” from Les pêcheurs de perles, Georges Bizet
Yun Xie (Melody)
“Ernani, Involami!” from Ernani, Giuseppe Verdi
Alto
Maria McDaniel
“Weiche, Wotan, Weiche!” from Das Rheingold, Richard Wagner
MunTzung Wong
“Acerba voluttà” from Adriana Lecouvreur, Francesco Cilea
Tetyana Vakhnovska
“Vien, Leonora” from La Favorita, Gaetano Donizetti
Tenor
Levi Adkins
“E lucevan le stelle” from Tosca, Giacomo Puccini
William Green
“Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond” from Die Walküre, Richard Wagner
Matthew Perez
“Vainement, ma bien-aimée” from Le Roi d’Ys, Edouard Lalo
Bass/Baritone
Alexander Adams-Leytes
“Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder”from An Die Ferne Geliebte, Ludwig van Beethoven
Wil Kellerman
“Voici des roses” from La damnation de Faust, Hector Berlioz
Jacob Lay
“Fourth of July Speech” from Frederick Douglass, Dorothy Rudd Moore
Judges
Oral Moses
Irena Sylya
Timothy Verville
Venue Information
St. James Episcopal Church
161 Church Street
Marietta, GA 30060
