Master Class: John R. Stratton Visitor in Music - Karen Slack, soprano

This event was originally scheduled to start at 12pm, but will now start at 12:30pm.

University of Toronto Faculty of Music presents:

2025 John R. Stratton Visitor in Music: Karen Slack, soprano
Master Class: Song, Arias, and Musical Theatre

Featuring singers and collaborative pianists from the Faculty of Music.

PROGRAM

Welcome: Ryan McClelland, Interim Dean of Music

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell (b. 1943) arr. Sheng-Ching Hsu (unknown)

Ideale

Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916)

Marcel d’Entremont, tenor

Kyeongok Kim, piano

Oh! quand je dors, S. 282

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Signore ascolta (Turandot)

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Zyion Stephens, soprano

Johann Derecho, piano

Emily’s Aria (Our Town)

Ned Rorem (1923-2022)

Tu del ciel ministro eletto (Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno)

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Emma McNeill, soprano

Rebeca Lluveras Matos, piano

This Journey (Dead Man Walking)

Jake Heggie (b. 1961)

Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (Werther)

Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

Grace Ronan, mezzo-soprano

Helen Becqué, piano

Quel guardo il cavaliere (Don Pasquale)

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

A Lucky Child (At the Statue of Venus)

Jake Heggie (b. 1961)

Chihiro Yasufuku, soprano

Helen Becqué, piano

Adieu, notre petite table (Manon)

Jules Massenet (1842-1912)

Es hat dem Grafen nichts genützt... Grüss dich Gott (Wiener Blut)

Johann Strauss (1825-1899)

Nicole Katerburg, soprano

Narek Abrahamian, piano

Alternate:

Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante (Carmen)

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

Ach, ich fühl's (Die Zauberflöte)

W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Alannah Beauparlant, soprano

Rebeca Lluveras Matos, piano

Named for a great collector of vocal music and historical recorded sound, the John R. Stratton Visitor in Music brings distinguished specialists in the field of voice, opera, and collaborative piano to the Faculty of Music. We are grateful to Stephen Clarke, trustee of the Stratton Estate for his generous support of the Faculty of Music.

GRAMMY®-award winning soprano Karen Slack is celebrated as both an extraordinary performer and a change-maker in classical music.

Slack has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, Scottish Opera among others. In concert, her credits include the New York Philharmonic, Melbourne and Sydney symphonies, Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, and Philadelphia Orchestra, among many others. Her debut album Beyond the Years: Unpublished Songs of Florence Price on Azica Records was nominated for a 2025 GRAMMY® Award in the category, Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.

A native Philadelphian and graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Slack was awarded the 2022 Sphinx Medal of Excellence. She is a faculty member at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and Artist-in-Residence at both Lyric Opera of Chicago and Babson College. Learn more at www.karenslack.com.