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Wednesday,
May 7, 2008, 12:15pm
Ben Wager, Bass
Scott Gilmore, Piano
From “Songs of Travel”
The Vagabond
Let Beauty Awake
Whither Must I Wander
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958)
From “Schwanengesang”
Fischermädchen (The Fisher Girl)
Aufenthalt (My Abode)
Abschied (Farewell)
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Don Juan's Serenade
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
Before a Noble Spanish Maiden
Mikhail Zeiger
From “In a Persian Garden”
Myself when Young
As then the Tulip
Liza Lehmann (1862 – 1918)
Bass Ben Wager is currently in his third year at the
Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, where his roles this season have
included the title role in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Don Alfonso in
Così fan tutte and Padre Guardiano in La forza del destino. In
February, Mr. Wager sang Monterone in Rigoletto with Opera New Jersey.
In 2007, Mr. Wager bowed as Der Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte with
Opera New Jersey and Kaspar in Der Freischütz with AVA Opera Theatre.
The 2006 season found Mr. Wager performing at AVA Opera Theatre as Gremin
and Zaretsky in Eugene Onegin, Basilio in Il barbiere di Sivilgia, and
Sparafucile and Monterone in Rigoletto. Mr. Wager enjoys a strong relationship
with Opera Delaware, where he has sung Monterone in Rigoletto, Spinelloccio
and Il Notaro in Gianni Schicchi.
Mr. Wager will sing Masetto in Don Giovanni at Chicago Opera Theater under
the baton of Jane Glover and then will join the Merola Opera Program at
San Francisco Opera for the summer of 2008.
Ben Wager studies with renowned voice teacher Bill Schuman.
Scott Gilmore, pianist, serves as the Director of Musical
Studies for the Young Artist Program at Chicago Opera Theater. His credits
as coach, assistant conductor, and chorus master include the San Francisco
Opera, Salzburg Festival, Cologne Opera, Opera de Lyon, and Opera Australia.
He has worked with major conductors including Kurt Herbert Adler, Daniel
Barenboim, Carlo Felice Cillario, James Conlon, Charles Mackerras, Kent
Nagano, and Michelangelo Veltri.
Mr. Gilmore’s work in the training and development of singers has
taken him to positions with the Centre de formation lyrique of the Paris
Opera, London's Guildhall School of Music & Drama, and the young artist
programs of Cologne Opera, Opera Australia, and Florida Grand Opera.
As a recital accompanist, he has performed in New York's Carnegie Hall,
Dublin's National Concert Hall and in numerous recitals in London, Chicago,
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cologne, Sydney and Melbourne. He has recorded
on CD, radio, television and video for Unitel, the BBC, ABC, RTE and WFMT
Chicago. The San Francisco Chronicle dubbed him "a singer's colleague
and best artistic friend."
UPCOMING CONCERTS
May 14 Baroque Band
May 21 Inna Faliks, Piano
May 28 Johanna Franzon, Violin and Kuang-Hao Huang, Piano
Jun 4 Andriana Chuchman, Soprano from Chicago Opera Theater
Scott Gilmore, Piano