Student Recital
Hope Metts, soprano
Ellen Rissinger, piano
Matthew Reeder, flute
Program:
Georg Frederick Handel Piangerò la sorte mia from Giulio Cesare in Egitto
French Selections on Ophilia from Shakespeare's Hamlet
Camille Saint-Saëns La mort d'Ophélie
Gabriel DuPont Ophélia
Hector Berlioz La mort d'Ophélie
German Selections on Gretchen from Goethe's Faust
Richard Wagner Meine Ruh ist hin
Hugo Wolf Gretchen vor dem Andachtsbild der Mater Dolorosa
Franz Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade
Gaetano Donizetti Mad Scene from Lucia di lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti Il dolce suono
Gaetano Donizetti Spargi d'amaro pianto
Jodi Goble The Soprano's Revenge
Hope Metts is a soprano known for her flexible, silvery voice and her vivacious stage presence. Her most notable opera roles include Rose Maurrant in Weill’s Street Scene, Monica in Menotti’s The Medium, Mademoiselle Silberklang in Mozart's The Impresario, and Belinda in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Hope’s future performances include scenes as Lucia from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and Gilda from Verdi’s Rigoletto, as well as Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni. She has participated in masterclasses with Sherrill Milnes, Susan Quittmeyer, and Morris Robinson. Hope has also studied and appeared in concert with Simon Estes. She was selected to be a Study Grant Artist with the Savannah VOICE Festival in 2022 and 2023, and was a featured soloist for the program’s 2022 VOICES in the Cathedral concert in Tarpon Springs, FL. Hope has also appeared as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah at the Collegiate United Methodist Church in Ames, IA and Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Orchestra in Pittsburgh, PA. Hope is a graduate of Iowa State University and is currently pursuing her masters in vocal performance at Carnegie Mellon University with Maria Spacagna.
Cost: Free and open to the public; No tickets required.