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Merry Christmas with music in 2011!Please think of ordering or downloading “Glory, Glory, Alleluia” for Christmas from cdbaby ! This CD includes sacred selections from Baroque Oratorios as well as songs that everyone loves to hear like “Amazing Grace”. I recorded this CD in the Rheingauer Dom, a cathedral in Germany built in the 12th century and which possesses the largest double manual historic Stumm organ (1842). I was thrilled to have made this recording and I believe you will enjoy it! Also to be ordered from cdbaby is my CD of German Romantic Lieder, songs of Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss and Franz Schreker. This is the same program which I sang at my Carnegie Hall Recital on February 25, 2011. My accompanist, Christian Schmitt, is a wonderful pianist! For those who love contemporary music, you can also enjoy my recording of Medea from the opera Medea of Friedhelm Doehl, which was just released in 2011. I am very honored to have been chosen to sing the tragic, heroic figure of Medea in this complex, dramatic, exciting opera! The conductor is Klauspeter Seibel. You can buy this incredible opera as an MP3 download from Amazon or as a CD from Classic Direct, Dreyer Gaido Records. Have a Merry Christmas with music! • Author and date: Brenda Roberts (2011-12-14)
Short notes to Medea recordingThe role of Medea was not a simple task. Its complexities demanded highest musical and interpretive skills and fullest concentration. The vocal range extended over 2 octaves, sometimes in direct jumps, with “Sprechgesang” (spoken styles of singing) as well as piano singing and expansive forte outbursts. At the same time, the character of Medea had to be portrayed with utmost sensitivity. She could not be portrayed as a cold killer, but her psychological inner world had to be visible to the public. The conflicts in her heart and her vulnerability had to be mirrored in her acting. And that all in the most modern of modern music! Avant-garde music and lots of percussion contribute to the extremely dramatic character of this great and exciting work! • Author and date: Brenda Roberts (2011-10-31)
Medea - Act III MonologueHere’s a recording of me singing Medea’s third act Monologue in Friedhelm Döhl’s opera, Medea, recorded live in Kiel, in 1990, just recently released as a CD. You can buy this incredible opera as an MP3 download from Amazon or as a CD from Classic Direct. • Author and date: Brenda Roberts (2011-10-25)
Opera to Opry programOn YouTube I have uploaded my video “I will always love you” that I sang at the country music portion (Opry) of the benefit concert. It is not a professional recording, but I wanted my fans to know that there is a lot of great music genres out there and one of them is country music. Now I have the Fidelio aria from Antwerp, Belgium, “I will always love you”, and portions of the Mozart Requiem (soprano part) from the United Methodist Church in Charlottesville, VA with Andrew Sheldon on the organ on YouTube. Please take some time and listen. I am also uploading the “Suicidio” aria from the concert and “In Jesus Name”, a wonderful song by Paul Lewis which we sang together at a country music jam. All great music and FUN !
• Author and date: Brenda Roberts (2011-10-24)
From Opera to Opry continued
Our Opera to Opry event was very successful! I want to thank everyone for supporting the church in this cause and who gave freely to help others. There are many needy organizations helping people in these difficult times. I do hope that this program of various musical genres can be repeated! It was an exciting program!
I have received this comment recently and want to thank the sender for his kind words. Gayla O. wrote: “I have to get across my passion for your generosity supporting those people who actually need help… your special dedication has in most cases enabled guys just like me to get to their objectives. Thank you so much” Mr. Gayla O. !
• Author and date: Brenda Roberts (2011-10-21)
From Opera to Opry - Brenda Roberts and Friends
I am singing a benefit at the Lowell Indiana Methodist Church on July 31, 2011 at 3 p.m. This event is planned and hosted by friends of mine, Jim Kirk and Peggy Hendricks, and will include opera arias sung by me, then sacred songs and, after the intermission, a country music session. Indeed we are all performing at least 2 hours of music from opera through sacred to country music. Please look at the beautiful poster that my son, Mark Roberts, created. The title is From Opera to Opry. I will sing “Vissi d’arte” from Tosca, “La mamma morta” from Andrea Chenier, “Suicidio” from La Gioconda, and “Dich theure Halle” from Tannhaeuser. Among other selections that I will sing are “How Great Thou Art”, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, Dolly Parton’s song “I will always love you” and “One Way Wind”. I am really having a great time with my friends, who are all fantastic musicians, putting together this event and this is all as a benefit for the church. If anyone is in the area, please come and have a great time with us! • Author and date: Brenda Roberts (2011-07-23)
Dramatic Songs from the German High-Romantic
Carnegie Hall is an experience that I will never forget. The excitement of performing on this renowned stage as so many other great artists have done is a remarkable dream come true. I was well-taken care of by the people at Carnegie Hall and would like to thank them all for their help and support. Everything was extremely well-organized and everyone was pleasant, thoughtful and courteous. New York is an exhilarating city and excitement was already filling the air as I moved into my hotel right across the street from Carnegie Hall. I spent a few days there rehearsing and enjoying the city. The performance - although almost 2 hours long - went by much too quickly. I think I will have to plan another recital in the future. That will have to wait best until the construction is entirely finished. This was a bit of a hindrance - especially in viewing the posters hanging between the wooden supports. Oh, well, not even that could detract from the exuberance of my debut on the Carnegie Hall stage! Who says that dreams don’t come true? I believe they all do come true when you put forth a bit of an effort in turning them into reality.
• Author and date: Brenda Roberts (2011-01-10)
CARNEGIE HALL TICKETS GO ON SALE TOMORROW!A blessed Merry Christmas to all! I wish you all the very best! Carnegie Hall tickets go on sale tomorrow, December 26, 2011 for my recital in Weill Hall on February 25, 2011. I hope you all will order tickets and come to hear me sing! It will be a very interesting program! Start off the New Year with my recital in New York City! I will also be delighted to meet you afterwards in the Jacobs Room in Weill Hall! • Author and date: Brenda Roberts (2010-12-25)
Carnegie Hall DebutI am very pleased to announce that I will be making my debut at Carnegie Hall in Weill Hall on Friday, February 25, 2011. As a hoch-dramatic soprano, I will be singing a program entitled High Dramatic Songs from the German Late Romantic: Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Wagner Wesendonck Lieder, Strauss Ophelia and Goethe Lieder, Op. 67; and Schreker Fuenf Lieder, Op. 4. I feel very fortunate that the Carnegie Hall Debut continues a long line of great engagements! I am thrilled about my coming debut at Carnegie Hall, not only just as a singer, but as an American Singer! Tickets will go on sale December 26, 2010. Please ask for Carnegie Hall tickets for Christmas and come to my recital! Here is a link to the Carnegie Hall calendar and my page: • Author and date: Brenda Roberts (2010-12-14)
Honored by the Gottlob-Frick-Gesellschaft
I was recently honored (October 16 and 17, 2010) for my achievements in opera by the Gottlob-Frick-Gesellschaft in Germany. Gottlob Firck was a very famous bass who sang for years in Bayreuth, Vienna, etc. This organization is dedicated to his honor and all opera singers who have contributed outstanding achievements. I received a medallion and certificate for my achievements and put my hand in a clay tablet, which imprint will be hung in the city hall together with other singers who have received this award. It was great fun to see and talk with singers, with whom I’ve sung over the years - especially, Bayreuth singers with whom I sang when I was just a very young singer beginning my career. Among others, there were Hans Sotin, Bernd Weikl, Franz Mazura, Inge Borkh, Günter Wewel (well-known TV moderator and singer), Eva Wagner-Pasquier (daugther of Wolfgang Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festival), and Gerhart Asche (well-known music critic, etc. This was an amazing event and I was delighted that I was invited and honored this year!
• Author and date: Brenda Roberts (2010-11-03)
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