Soprano Christine Brewer has a voice that can only be described as a gift. Sultry and enveloping one moment, and delicate and golden the next, her uniquely versatile timbre allows her to make intelligent, even cunning musical choices, each invested with her vibrant personality and emotional honesty. Wondrous on the operatic stage, Christine Brewer is even more perfect for the intimate environs of the recital hall. She has been praised as a diva, but that is only half the story of this complete artist.

“… she brings a soaring opulence to this music, the tone sumptuous and rounded, the top notes gleaming and full, unequalled by any other soprano in this music today.”
—The Sunday Times (UK)

Program:

C.W. Glück
"Divinités du Styx" from Alceste

Wagner
Wesendonck-Lieder (Five Poems for Female Voice)
Der Engel
Stehe Still
Im Treibhaus
Schmerzen
Träume

Richard Strauss
"Ich liebe dich," from Sechs Lieder, Opus 37, no. 2
"Breit’ über mein Haupt dein schwarzes Haar,"
from Sechs Lieder, Opus 19, no. 2
"Befreit," from Fünf Lieder, Opus 39, no. 4

Britten
Cabaret Songs

John Carter
Cantata

ECHOES OF NIGHTINGALES:

Sidney Homer
Sing to Me, Sing

Edwin MacArthur
Night

Paul Sargent
Hickory Hill

Frank Bridge
Love went a’riding

Idabelle Firestone
If I Could Tell You

Frank LaForge
Hills

Encore:
"Mira" from Carnival