Long Distance Master Class with Orna Arania
Joint Project between University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northern Illinois University
May 9, 2008
Westbrook Recital Hall
Richard Fountain, piano
Deh vieni, non tardar from Le Nozze di Figaro W. A. Mozart
(1756 – 1791)
The moment finally arrives
When I'll enjoy without haste
In the arms of my beloved...
Fearful anxieties, get out of my heart!
Do not come to disturb my delight.
Oh, how it seems that to amorous fires
The comfort of the place,
Earth and heaven respond,
As the night responds to my ruses.
Oh, come, don't be late, my beautiful joy
Come where love calls you to enjoyment
Until night's torches no longer shine in the sky
As long as the air is still dark
And the world quiet.
Here the river murmurs and the light plays
That restores the heart with sweet ripples
Here, little flowers laugh and the grass is fresh
Here, everything entices one to love's pleasures
Come, my dear, among these hidden plants.
Come, come!
I want to crown you with roses.
Steal me sweet thief from The Old Maid and the Thief Gian Carlo Menotti
Sarah Smith, soprano (1911 – 2007)
Ah per sempre…Bel sogno beato from I Puritani Vincenzo Bellini
Steven Soebbing, baritone (1801 – 1835)
Oh! Forever I have lost you,
flower of Love, oh hope of mine;
what's left of my Life
will be filled with pain!
When I wandered year after year
under the power of blind luck,
I challenged calamities and cares
in the hope of your Love,
Lovely blessed dream,
of peace and contentment,
either change my fate
or change my heart.
Oh! What torment
in that day of sorrow,
the sweet memory
of a tender Love.
Ms. Arania holds the MM degree in voice and opera performance from Northwestern University where she is completing doctoral studies. At NU she has studied with Mignon Dunn, Sherrill Milnes, and Karen Brunssen. Her bachelor's degree in voice (including a minor in conducting) is from the Rubin Academy of Music, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Ms. Arania is considered a leading singer and choral conductor in her native country, Israel. She has performed extensively as a soloist in concert series and festivals with Israel’s leading orchestras, such as the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel’s Kibbutz Orchestra, and many more. She has performed under the direction of Joseph Flummerfelt, Salvador Mas Conde, Thomas Vashari, Avner Itai, and Doron Solomon, to name a few, and toured as a soloist with various Israeli ensembles in Italy, Germany, Austria, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Canada, and the United States.
Since arriving in the United States, she has performed in opera productions, recitals, and oratorio concerts, with orchestras such as Elgin Symphony, Lima Symphony, Chamber Bach Ensemble, NU Chamber Orchestra, ONU Symphony orchestra, and more. Her performances included the leading roles in Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, and many oratorio parts, such as in Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise, and Psalm 42, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Mass in C, Mozart’s Mass in C Minor and Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, and Rutter’s Requiem. She also performed the American premier of Richard Blackford’s Mirror of Perfection, the world premier of Yeheskel Braun’s Qumodo Sedet Sola and the Illinois Premiere of Richard Danielpoor’s American Requiem. She currently is a singer and assistant conductor of The Lakeside Singers.
Ms. Arania has been a participant in the International Vocal Arts Institute’s Opera programs, taking place in Italy and Israel, and has won prizes in singing competitions such as NATS, and the Bel Canto Foundation. Since 1993 she has been the recipient of numerous scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, both in voice and in choral conducting. Before joining the NIU faculty, she has held part time lecturer positions at Northwestern University and North Park University.
