Vocal Arts Society

Chronology

1 — 1991-1992
Christopher Trakas, baritone and Glenn Parker, pianist
Renée Fleming, soprano and Helen Yorke, pianist
Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano and Brian Zeger, pianist

2 — 1992-1993
Janis Taylor, mezzo-soprano and Levering Rothfuss, pianist
Olaf Baer, baritone and Craig Rutenberg, pianist
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano and Craig Rutenberg, pianist

3 — 1993-1994
Lorraine Hunt, mezzo-soprano and Steven Blier, pianist
William Sharp, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist
Christopher Trakas, baritone, Korliss Uecker, soprano and Glenn Parker, pianist
Christopheren Nomura, baritone and Kayo Iwama, pianist
Gerard Souzay, baritone: three master classes

4 — 1994-1995
Stanford Olsen, tenor and Kenneth Griffiths, pianist
Janet Williams, soprano and David Gross, pianist
Kurt Ollmann, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist
Siggal Zeira, mezzo-soprano and Gila Goldstein, pianist
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano and Alla Brosterman, pianist
Rockwell Blake, tenor and Denise Masse, pianist

5 —1995
Benita Valente, soprano and Cynthia Raim, pianist
Bernard Levasseur, baritone, Bonnie Hoke, soprano and Dalton Baldwin, pianist
Sanford Sylvan, baritone and David Breitman, pianist

5 — 1996
Christopher Trakas, baritone, Lorraine Hunt, mezzo-soprano with Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, pianists
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano and Ken Noda, pianist
Thomas Allen, baritone, and Warren Jones, pianist
Renée Fleming, soprano and Helen Yorke, pianist

6 — 1996
Hans Peter Blochwitz, tenor and Donald Wages, pianist
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano and Kevin Murphy, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)

6 — 1997
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano and Steven Blier, pianist
Frances Lucey, soprano and Donald Sulzen, pianist
Rockwell Blake, tenor and Jeffrey Goldberg, pianist
Boje Skovhus, baritone and Warren Jones, pianist
Franz Hawlata, bass and Leonard Hokanson, pianist

7 — 1997
Helen Donath, soprano and Klaus Donath, pianist
Norah Amsellem, soprano and Dalton Baldwin, pianist
Christoph Pregardien, tenor and Michael Gees, pianist

7 — 1998
Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone and Russell Ryan, pianist
Olga Makarina, soprano and Elena Kurdina, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
David Daniels, countertenor and Martin Katz, pianist
James Morris, bass-baritone and Warren Jones, pianist

8 — 1998
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, soprano and Paul Wynne Griffiths, pianist
Ewa Podleś, contralto and Jerzy Marchwinski, pianist
William Sharp, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist
Marjana Lipovsek, mezzo-soprano and Anthony Spiri, pianist

8 — 1999
Renée Fleming, soprano and Steven Blier, pianist (with WPAS)
Christoph Pregardien, tenor and Michael Gees, pianist
Ian Bostridge, tenor and Julius Drake, pianist
Matthias Goerne, baritone and Eric Schneider, pianist
Rodney Gilfry, baritone and Grant Gershon, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Jon Vickers, tenor: narration and Richard Woitach, pianist

9 — 1999
Wendy Nielsen, soprano, Brett Polegato, baritone and Iain Burnside, pianist
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor and Warren Jones, pianist
Roberta Alexander, soprano and David Triestram, pianist
Nathan Gunn, baritone and Julie Gunn, pianist
Christine Schäfer, soprano and Ted Taylor, pianist
Gregory Turay, tenor and Cliff Jackson, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)

9 — 2000
Jennifer Aylmer, soprano, Nancy Herrera, mezzo-soprano, Jeffrey Picon, tenor, Edward Scott Hendricks, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist
Christine Goerke, soprano and Craig Rutenberg, pianist
Thomas Quasthoff, baritone and Justus Zeyen, pianist (in association with WPAS)

10 — 2000
David Daniels, countertenor, Martin Katz, pianist, Daniel Foster, violist
Rockwell Blake, tenor, Timothy Long, pianist
Ewa Podleś, contralto, Ania Marchwinska, pianist
Catherine Malfitano, soprano, Robert Tweten, pianist

10 — 2001
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano, Warren Jones, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Dominique Labelle, soprano, Yehudi Wyner, pianist
Stephan Loges, baritone, Alexander Schmalcz, pianist
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano, Craig Rutenberg, pianist
Lisa Saffer, soprano, Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano, Stephen Blier, pianist

11 — 2001
Katarina Karnéus, mezzo-soprano and Brian Zeger, pianist
Dae San No, baritone and Laura Ward, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Elizabeth Futral, soprano and Robert Tweten, pianist

11 — 2002
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano, Paul Groves, tenor and Steven Blier, pianist
Stephan Genz, baritone and Roger Vignoles, pianist
Sanford Sylvan, baritone and David Breitman, pianist
Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano, Harolyn Blackwell, soprano, and JJ Penna, pianist
Deborah Voigt, soprano and Brian Zeger, pianist
Renée Fleming, soprano and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist (in association with WPAS)
Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone and Justus Zeyen, pianist (in association with WPAS)

12 — 2002
Susan Platts mezzo-soprano, and Dennis Helmrich, pianist
José van Dam, bass-baritone and Maciej Pikulski, pianist
Edith Wiens, soprano and Erika Switzer, pianist
Gerald Finley, baritone and Julius Drake, pianist

12 — 2003
Randall Scarlata, baritone, Marcy Rosen, cello, and Cameron Stowe, pianist
Jennifer Aylmer, soprano and JJ Penna, pianist (presented in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Jennifer Dudley, mezzo-soprano, William Ferguson, tenor, John Hancock, baritone, and Steven Blier, pianist
Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone and Russell Ryan, pianist
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano and Malcolm Martineau, pianist

13 — 2003
Eric Cutler, tenor and Bradley Moore, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano and Brian Zeger, pianist
Lisa Saffer, soprano and Judith Gordon, pianist
Jennifer Aylmer, soprano, Hugh Russell, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist

13 — 2004
Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone and Malcolm Martineau, pianist
Ewa Podleś, contralto and Ania Marchwinska, pianist
Daniil Shtoda, tenor and Larissa Gergieva, pianist
Matthias Goerne, baritone and Eric Schneider, pianist
Dana Hanchard, soprano, Darius de Haas, tenor, James Martin, baritone, Michael Barrett, pianist and Steven Blier, pianist (in association with the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center)

14 — 2004
(Artist names link to Vocal Arts Society program pages.)
Jessica Jones, soprano and Michael Baitzer, pianist ( in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano and Roger Vignoles, pianist
Michael Schade, tenor, Russell Braun, baritone and Carolyn Maule, pianist
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano and J. J. Penna, pianist
Thomas Hampson, baritone (in association with the Library of Congress)

14 — 2005
Dina Kuznetsova, soprano, Nicolai Janitzky, baritone, Steven Blier, pianist and Kathleen Chalfant, reciter
Dana Hanchard, soprano, Darius de Haas, tenor, James Martin, baritone, Michael Barrett, pianist and Steven Blier, pianist (in association with the University of the District of Columbia)
Christopher Maltman, baritone and Roger Vignoles, pianist
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano and Warren Jones, pianist
Soile Isokoski, soprano and Marita Viitasalo, pianist

15 — 2005
(Artist names link to Vocal Arts Society program pages.)
Ian Bostridge, tenor and Julius Drake, pianist
Joan Rodgers, soprano, Stephan Genz. baritone and Roger Vignoles, pianist
Stephen Salters, baritone and David Zobel, pianist
Frederica von Stade, mezzo, Richard Stilwell, baritone and Laurana Mitchelmore, pianist

15 — 2006
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor and Howard Watkins, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Dame Felicity Lott, soprano and Graham Johnson, pianist
Marie Lenormand, mezzo, Hugh Russell, baritone and Steven Blier, pianist
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano, Ian Bostridge, tenor and Julius Drake, pianist

16 — 2006
(Artist names link to Vocal Arts Society program pages.)
Carolyn Betty, soprano, Sacha Cooke, mezzo, Jeremy Little, tenor and Steven Blier, pianist
Christine Brewer, soprano and Craig Rutenberg, pianist

16 — 2007
Christianne Stotijn, mezzo and Joseph Breinl, pianist
Susan Bickley, mezzo, Stephan Loges, baritone and Roger Vignoles, pianist
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo and Julius Drake, pianist
Vinson Cole, tenor and Jonathan Kelly, pianist
Quinn Kelsey, baritone and Craig Rutenberg, pianist (in association with the Marilyn Horne Foundation)
Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone, Hermine Haselböck, mezzo, Susanna Phillips, soprano and Russell Ryan, pianist with the Austrian Cultural Forum
Christopher Maltman, baritone and Julius Drake, pianist

17 — 2007
Christian Gerhaher, baritone & Gerold Huber, piano
Elaine Alvarez, soprano & Thomas Bagwell, piano
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano & Roger Vignoles, piano
Konrad Jarnot, baritone & Alexander Schmalcz, piano
Mariusz Kwiecień, baritone & Howard Watkins, piano

17 — 2008
Christine Schäfer, soprano & Eric Schneider, piano
Isabel Leonard, soprano & Brian Zeger, piano in association with The Marilyn Horne Foundation
New York Festival of Song, Dina Kuznetsova, soprano, Nicholas Phan, tenor, Anton Belov, baritone, Steven Blier, piano
Dame Felicity Lott, soprano & Graham Johnson, piano

18 — 2008
Jonathan Beyer, baritone & Mikael Eliasen, piano
New York Festival of Song, Kate Lindsey, mezzo, Joseph Kaiser, tenor & Steven Blier, piano
Susan Platts, mezzo, Brett Polegato, baritone & Rena Sharon, piano

18 — 2009
Sarah Coburn, soprano, Lawrence Brownlee, tenor & Martin Katz piano
Susanna Phillips, soprano & Craig Terry, piano in association with Marilyn Horne Foundation
Felicity Lott, soprano, Eugene Asti, piano
Anne Sofie Von Otter, mezzo, Daniel Hope, violin &
Bengt Forsberg, piano Theresienstadt program with Strathmore
Magdalena Kožená, mezzo & Karel Kosarek, piano
Teddy Tahu Rhodes, baritone & Craig Rutenberg, piano

19 — 2009

New York Festival of Song, Steven Blier
Jamie Barton, mezzo & Kathleen Kelly, piano in association with Marilyn Horne Foundation

19 — 2010
Anne Schwanewilms, soprano & Malcolm Martineau, piano
Gerald Finley, baritone & Julius Drake, piano
Patricia Racette, soprano & Craig Terry, piano
Christopher Maltman, baritone & Graham Johnson, piano
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor & Warren Jones, piano
Stephen Salters, baritone & David Zobel, piano