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PREVIOUS YOUNG ARTIST
N F M C
P R E S E N T
S
W I N N E R S
1983 COLUMBUS, OHIO
PIANO: David Allen Wehr, CA
VIOLIN: Ming-Feng Hsin, PA
MAN’S VOICE: Richard Lalli, CT
1985 WICHITA, KANSAS
PIANO: Jody (Gelbogis) DeSalvo, CT
WOMAN’S VOICE: Donna Zapola, PA
MAN’S VOICE: William Doyle Riley, NJ
1987 MIAMI, FLORIDA
PIANO: Thomas Otten, CA
VIOLIN: Michael Ludwig,PA
WOMAN’S VOICE: Kitt Foss, WI
MAN’S VOICE: John M. Koch, OH
1989 FORT WORTH, TEXAS
PIANO: Andrew Cooperstock, AR
VIOLIN: Alexander Kerr, VA
WOMAN’S VOICE: Linda Keith, OH
1991 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
PIANO: Richard Glazier, IN
CELLO: Zuill Bailey, VA
MAN’S VOICE: Steven R ushing, LA
ELLIS PIANO DUO: Thomas Hecht and Sandra
Shapiro, OH
1993 BUFFALO, NEW YORK
PIANO: Andrew Armstrong, CT
VIOLIN: Emil Israel Chudnovsky, NY
WOMAN’S VOICE: Lorie Gratis, PA
MAN’S VOICE: Anthony Turner, OH
1995 WICHITA, KANSAS
PIANO: Mia Kim, NY
WOMAN’S VOICE: Jane Ohmes, MO
MAN’S VOICE: Allen Henderson, TN
1997 MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
PIANO: Marina Lomazov, NY
VIOLIN: Linda Wang, NY
WOMAN’S VOICE: Mary Kania, PA
MAN’S VOICE: Kenneth Robertson, IL
ELLIS PIANO DUO: Beatrice and Christina Long,
Taiwan
1999 ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
PIANO: Inna Faliks, MD
CELLIST: Clancy Newman, NY
WOMAN’S VOICE: Mary Wilson
MAN’S VOICE: Daniel Weeks, KY
ELLIS DUO PIANO: Amy and Sara Hamann, MN
2001 ATLANTA, GEORGIA
PIANO: David Shimoni, NY
VIOLIN: Carrie Kennedy, CA
2003 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
PIANO: Zarina Melik -Stepanova, NY
VIOLIN: Christina Castelli, NY
WOMAN’S VOICE: Amy Grable MO
MAN’S VOICE: Woodrow Bynum, AR
ELLIS DUO PIANO: Roo Duo: Janet Fetterman and
Nathan Smith, MO
2005 AUSTIN, TEXAS
PIANO: Dr. Christopher Atzinger, MI
WOMAN’S VOICE: Mela Dailey, TX
ELLIS DUO PIANO: Pas De Duo: Naomi Sanchez Stephen Varney, CA
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YOUNG ARTIST
CHRISTIE CONOVER
– Voice –
2007 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
PIANO: Nathan Knutson, MN
VIOLIN: Joo Young Oh, NY
WOMAN’S VOICE: Rayanne Gonzales, VA
MAN’S VOICE: Jesse Blumberg, OH
2009 ORLANDO, FLORIDA
PIANO: James Cockman III, KS
CELLO: Angela Park, PA
WOMAN’S VOICE: Kay Welch, IL
MAN’S VOICE: Daniel Seigel, AL
ELLIS DUO PIANO: 88 Squared: Drs Jeffrey and
Karen Savage, WA
2011 MCLEAN, VIRGINIA
PIANO: Kwan Yi, MD
CELLO: Matthew Allen, OH
WOMAN’S VOICE: Maria McDaniel, GA
MAN’S VOICE: Nicholas Pallesen, VA
April O’Hare Photography
1981 BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
VIOLIN: Ralph Evans, NY
WOMAN’S VOICE: Brenda Rucker-Smith, OH
MAN’S VOICE: Gary Lakes, WA
2013 GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
PIANO: Olga Krayterman, NY
CELLO: Tavi Ungerleider, MA
WOMAN’s VOICE: Courtney Miller, WI
MEN’S VOICE: Mark Gardner, MI
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2015
YOUNG ARTIST
CHRISTIE CONOVER
– Voice –
Described as a “jewel” with a “lovely timbre, perfect trill, and soaring top”, soprano
CHRISTIE CONOVER is a rapidly rising star. Her voice, rich and warm, is partnered by a personal
grace both on and off the stage. Her sensitive portrayal of characters such as Liù (Turandot), Juliette
(Romeo et Juliette) and Micaëla (Carmen) have garnered her critical acclaim, as well as her fiery
portrayal of Musetta (La bohème) and effervescent, comedic rendition of Clorinda (La Cenerentola).
Most recently, however, Ms. Conover was “the standout, expressing her character’s reticence and
yearning with radiant vocalism” singing Caroline Abbott in Opera San Jose’s world premier, Where
Angels Fear to Tread.
The 2015-2016 season marks her professional international debut with the Komische Oper Berlin
as Pamina in their tour of China. Ms. Conover first appeared in this groundbreaking production
of Die Zauberflöte with the Minnesota Opera and “stole the show”. It incorporates film with live
humans interacting with animated creatures. Of her was said, “Christie Hageman Conover,
substituting for an ailing Layla Claire as the heroine, Pamina, stole the show with her strong and
expressive lyric soprano. She performed a heartfelt ‘Ach, ich fühls’.” She also returns in fall 2015
to remount the innovative production with the Minnesota Opera. Other engagements this season
include appearances with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Colorado Music Festival in
Boulder, soprano soloist for Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Billings Symphony, two chamber
opera appearances with the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, and numerous concerts with the
National Federation of Music Clubs as their Young Artist Voice winner.
Ms. Conover won the heart of Minnesota Opera’s Artistic Director Dale Johnson in 2012 and
secured a coveted place as a member of the nationally renowned Resident Artist program. She
made an impressive company debut as Anna in Nabucco and was reviewed as “one to watch” in the
coming years. Following her debut, Ms. Conover appeared again with Minnesota Opera as Liù in
Turandot and returned in 2013 as Musetta in La bohème.
A gifted performer of new works, Ms. Conover’s credits include: Sister James (cover) in the world
premiere of Doubt by Douglas Cuomo and Jocelyn Jordan in The Manchurian Candidate (workshop)
by Kevin Puts, both with Minnesota Opera; Josefina in The Autumn Orchard with CU New Opera
Works and Emily in Ned Rorem’s Our Town with the University of Colorado.
Ms. Conover earned a Masters of Music degree from the University of Colorado Boulder and a
Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from San Jose State University (CA) where she studied with
famed soprano, Erie Mills. Ms. Conover was proud to represent her home state of Montana as a
contestant in the 2007 Miss America Pageant and traveled extensively speaking to students on a
platform close to her heart: “Music Makes the Difference.”
www.ChristieConover.com
CHRISTIE CONOVER
R E P E R TO I R E
THEMED PROGRAMS
each approx. an hour with
commentary
“Women of the West”
Ballad of Baby Doe by Douglas Moore
Willow Song
Dearest Mama
Silver Aria
Songs from Letters by Libby Larsen
Face on the Barroom floor by Henry
Mollicone
He came to the west
Three Cowboy Songs by Libby Larsen
Oklahoma by Rogers and Hammerstein
Oh, what a beautiful morning
Annie Get your Gun by Irving Berlin
I got the sun in the morning
I want to be a Cowboy Sweetheart by Patsy
Montana (Classic Country Yodeling hit)
“Daughter Dilemmas”
Roméo et Juliette by Gounod
Ah! Je veux vivre
Amour, ranime mon courage
Gianni Schicchi by Puccini
O mio babbino caro
Snegúrochka–Vesennyaya Skazka by
Rimsky-­Korsakov
(The Snow Maiden – A Spring Fairy Tale)
Snegurochka’s Aria
La fille du regiment by Donizetti
Chacun le sait
Rigoletto by Verdi
Caro Nome
Tutte le feste
Rusalka by Dvorak
Song to the moon
Our Town by Rorem
Take me back
Songs from Letters by Libby Larsen
I. So Like Your Father’s (1880)
II. He Never Misses (1880)
III. A Man Can Love Two Women
(1880)
IV. A Working Woman (1882-­1893)
V. All I Have (1902)
O P E R AT I C R O L E S
Bizet
Carmen -­Micaëla
Donizetti
Don Pasquale -­Norina
L’elisir d’amore -­Adina
Händel
Guilio Cesare -­Cleopatra
Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel -­Gretel [Ger. & Eng.]
Gounod
Roméo et Juliette -­Juliette
Janáček
The Cunning Little Vixen -­Vixen [Eng] Menotti
Amahl and the Night Visitors - The
Mother
Mollicone
Face on the Barroom Floor -­Isabel/
Madeline
Moore
Ballad of Baby Doe - Baby Doe Tabor
Mozart
Don Giovanni -­Zerlina Le Nozze di Figaro - Susanna; Contessa
Die Zauberflöte -­Pamina; First Lady Nicolai
Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor -­Frau
Fluth
Puccini
Gianni Schicchi -­Lauretta
La bohème - Musetta; Mimi Turandot -­Liù Rorem Our Town -­Emily
Rossini
La Cenerentola -­Clorinda
Strauss
Arabella -­Zdenka
Verdi
Rigoletto -­Gilda
La Traviata -­Violetta
Ward The Crucible -­Abigail Williams
CONCERT/
CHAMBER WORKS
Bach, C.P.E., Magnificat in D Major
Bach, J.S., Johannes Passion
Chausson, Ernest, Chanson Perpétuelle,
Op.37
de Falla, Manuel, Siete canciones
populares españolas
Finzi, Gerald, In Terra Pax
Golijov, Osvaldo, How Slow the Wind;
Lúa Descolorida
Händel, G.F., Messiah
Mahler, Symphony #2
Mozart, W.A., Exsultate, jubilate K.165;
Missa Brevis in F Major, K. 192, Laudate
Dominum (from Vesperae solennes
K.339)
Strauss, Richard, (Orchestrated Lieder)
Morgen, Allerseelen, Zueignung
Villa-­Lobos, Heitor, Bachianas Brasileiras
No. 5
ART SONG
Ernest Chausson
Chanson Perpétuelle
Le Temps des Lilas
Les Papillons
Sérénade Italienne
Copland, Aaron
Old American Songs
From the poems of Emily Dickinson:
Nature, the gentlest mother
When they come back
Heart, we will forget him
Dvorak, Antonin
Zigeunermelodien:
1. Mein Lied ertönt
2. Ei! Ei, wie mein Triangel
wunderherrlicë läutet!
3. Rings ist der Wald so stumm und
still
4. Als die alte Mutter mich noch lehrte
5. Reingestimmt die Saiten! Bursche
tanz’
6. In dem weiten, breiten, luft’gen
7. Darf des Falken schwinge Tatrahoh’n
Mein Lied
Gordon, Ricky Ian
Joy
The Red Dress
Horse with Wings
Hundley, Richard
Sweet Suffolk Owl
Will There Really be a Morning
Bartholomew Green
Come Ready and See Me
W.A. Mozart
Abendempfindung An Chloe An die Freude
Das Veilchen
Dans un bois solitaire
Oiseaux, si tous les ans
Ridente la calma
Poulenc, Francis
Les Chemins de l’amour
Deux Poèmes de Louis Aragon
Strauss, Richard
Allerseelen, Cäcilie, Die, Nacht,
Schlechtes, Wetter, Morgen, Stänchen,
Wiegenlied and Zueignung
Wolf, Hugo
From the Mörike Lieder:
Verborgenheit Schlafendes Jesuskind
Der Gärtner
Gesang Weyla’s
Er Ist’s
M U S I C A L T H E AT E R /
OT H E R
Gershwin: Someone to watch over me,
The man I love, Embraceable you
Gugliemi, Louis: La vie en rose
Kern/Hammerstein: Can’t Help Lovin’ dat
man, (Showboat), All the things you are
(Very Warm for May)
Kosma, Joseph: Les feuilles mortes
(Autumn Leaves)
Lerner/Loewe: I could have danced all
night (My Fair Lady)
Loesser: If I were a bell, I’ve never been in
Love (Guys and Dolls)
Porter, Cole: So in Love (Kiss me Kate)
Rodgers/Hammerstein: Some Enchanted
Evening (South Pacific), If I Loved You
(Carousel), Ten Minutes Ago (Cinderella),
It might as well be spring (State Fair)
Rodgers/Hart: Bewitched (Pal Joey), My
Funny Valentine (Babes in Arms)
Simon/Norman: How could I ever know
(The Secret Garden)
Weill, Kurt: Youkali (Tango Habanera)
Willson: Goodnight my someone, Till
there was you (The Music Man)