Sara Hershkowitz
Sara Hershkowitz | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Operatic coloratura soprano |
Website | sarahershkowitz.com |
Sara Hershkowitz is an American
Career
Hershkowitz was born in
She performed the Queen of the Night at the
In contemporary opera, she appeared as the Governess in Britten's The Turn of the Screw in Bremen.[7] She performed Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre again for her debut at the Israeli Opera.[13] In 2017, she performed Ligeti's excerpts from the work, Mysteries of the Macabre, with the Noord Nederlands Orkest at the Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands for a crowd of 15,000. Requested to make it provocative, she parodied Donald Trump in three costumes – as a clown, in a baby outfit with a bottle, and in a Miss America swimsuit.[1][3] She commented in an interview: "Sometimes, particularly with a piece as radical as Le Grand Macabre, there is the space to stand up for what we believe in and to connect it to our times. ... And there is a long, glorious tradition of Jews using satire and theater to do so."[1] She performed Mysteries of the Macabre again in Groningen later that same year.[3]
In 2014, she participated in the first recording of Donizetti's scenic cantata Aristeia conducted by Franz Hauk . The same year, she recorded Simon Mayr's Il sogno di Partenope (Melodrama alegorico).[7]
Hershkowitz made her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in John Cage's Europeras in the 2018/19 season in a production by Yuval Sharon which was praised by The New Yorker as one of the top opera picks of 2018.[14] Hershkowitz created the role of Claire Clairmont in Michael Wertmüller 's avant-garde, serialist-fusion opera Diodati. Unendlich which premiered in 2019 at Theater Basel[15] in a critically acclaimed production by stage director Lydia Steier in 2019.
In concert, she appeared with the
References
- ^ a b c d Axelrod, Toby (16 October 2017). "This Jewish soprano takes on Trump in absurdist opera piece". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- Hong Kong Philharmonic. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d Schirrmeister, Benno (20 October 2017). ""Nacktheit ist eine Lösung für Faule" / In Groningen singt Sopranistin Sara Hershkowitz György Ligetis Mysteries of the Macabre in Fatsuit und mit Trump-Haartei". taz (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ NDR Sinfonieorchester(in German). 20 March 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Sara Hershkowitz". Theater Gießen (in German). Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Klebes, Udo (16 October 2013). "Bad Urach / Herbstliche Musiktage/Stadthalle Reutlingen: Zaide – konzertant". onlinemerker.com (in German). Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Naxos. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Beßling, Reinhold (28 September 2010). "Der Rosenkavalier im Kaufhaus: Tobias Kratzer beschäftigt sich in seiner Bremer Inszenierung mit der Ware Oper / So eine schöne Musi". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra. 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Zanaida – Bad Lauchstädt, Goethetheater (Bachfest Leipzig)". operapoint.com (in German). 18 June 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Sara Hershkowitz". Wuppertaler Bühnen (in German). Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Zimmermann, Christoph (19 September 2016). "Wuppertal: Hoffmanns Erzählungen. Premiere". onlinemerker.com (in German). Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Sara Hershkowitz". Israeli Opera. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Ross, Alex (6 December 2018). "Notable Performances and Recordings of 2018". The New Yorker. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Diodati. Unendlich, performance details, Theater Basel
- ^ "Richard Strauss / Sechs Lieder". Schott Music. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ Tenta, Philipp (9 July 2018). "NWD verabschiedet sich mit Konzert in die Sommerpause / Eine neue Klangerlebnis-Erfahrung". Neue Westfälische. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Und auf uns sinkt des Glückes stilles Schweigen". netzschafftkultur.de (in German). 7 July 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Sara Hershkowitz, soprano at Operabase
- Sara Hershkowitz / Soprano piperanselmi.com
- Performance on YouTube, Ligeti's Le Grand Macabre, Noord Nederlands Orkest
- Donald Gepopo / Mit Ligeti gegen Trump: die amerikanische Sopranistin Sara Hershkowitz über Freiheit, Humor und Protest auf der Bühne (interview) Der Theaterverlag (in German)
- https://www.noteworthymusic.org/2020-with-sara-shiloh-rae/
- https://bluegrasstoday.com/sara-hershkowitz-combines-her-love-for-bluegrass-with-a-career-in-opera/