[Kishna
Davis]
Dominique-René
de Lerma sends this news on “Kishna Davis, supernova”:
I
was wrong when I told Kishna Davis that she was sitting on a
million-dollar voice. She had just auditioned as an entering
freshman at Morgan State, singing an aria sopranos might normally not
attempt until midcareer (and might not even know about as an
undergraduate). She thanked me for what she thought was a
compliment, but I told her it was not; this was her cross. My mistake
was an undervaluation of the gift. Some years later I heard from
instumentalists
(too rarely attentive to singers) who had heard her at Aspen. I knew
that hard work and dedicated resolve had lessened the burden. The
groundwork, based on the foundation Betty Ridgeway had laid at
Morgan, provided support for the advanced study undertaken at
Juilliard and the Manhattan School, and Kishna was now testing her
wings at Aspen and San Francisco. She proved herself soon after when
I was able to bring her to Lawrence University for the Beethoven
ninth, but full flowering was imminent. She had been coaching
privately with Leontyne Price, la diva
di tutte le dive, and was soaring in a
career that hit all the major stops in the U.S., with a rich sampling
of European high lights.
And
now she has been booked to come back to her Morgan roots -- ritorna
vicitor! -- where she will join a
former classmate -- Kevin Short -- also from the exceptionally
productive Ridgeway studio, to be Bess. The four performances will
be held at the end of March and start of April at the superb Gilliam
Concert Hall on Morgan's campus (box office: 443-885-4440).
Additional bookings may be arranged though the John Such Management,
780 Riverside Drive, Suite 7D, New York 10031 (212-926-4833).
The
following repertoire list will suggest the range of this brilliant
career:
Bach, Johann
Sebastian. Johannespassion.
Bach, Johann
Sebastian. Magnificat.
Bach, Johann
Sebastian. Mass, B minor.
Bach, Johann
Sebastian. Mattäuspassion.
Barber, Samuel.
Andromache's farewell.
Barber, Samuel.
Knoxville, summer of 1915.
Beethoven, Ludwig
van. Missa solemnis.
Beethoven, Ludwig
van. Symphony, no. 9.
Bernstein, Leonard.
Mass.
Bizet,
Georges. Carmen (Micaela).
Brahms, Johannes.
Deutsches Requiem.
Bruckner, Anton.
Mass in F.
Chaikovskiĭi,
Pytor. Eugene Onegin (Tatiana).
Chapentier,
Gustave. Louise (Louise).
Donizetti, Gaetano.
Don Pasquale (Norina).
Dunner, Leslie.
Songs of a motherless child.
Dvořák, Antonín.
Rusalka (Rusalka).
Floyd,
Carlisle. Suzanna (Susanna).
Gershwin,
George. Porgy and Bess (Bess).
Handel,
George Frideric. Messiah.
Handel,
George Frideric. Orlando (Medoro).
Heggie, Jake. Dead
man walking (Sister Rose).
Leoncavallo,
Ruggero. I pagliacci (Nedda).
Mahler, Gustav.
Symphony, no. 4.
Mahler, Gustav.
Symphony, no. 8.
Massenet,
Jules. Herodiade (Salomé).
Massenet,
Jules. Le Cid (Chimène).
Mozart,
Wolfgang Amadeus. Die Zauberflöte
(Pamina).
Mozart,
Wolfgang Amadeus. Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira).
Mozart,
Wolfgang Amadeus. Idomeneo (Elettra).
Mozart,
Wolfgang Amadeus. Le nozze di Figaro (Countess).
Mozart, Wolfgang
Amadeus. Requiem.
Murray, Diedre. The
running man.
Óffenbach,
Jacques. Les contes d'Hoffmann (Antonia).
Poulenc, Francis.
Gloria.
Previn, André.
Honey and rue.
Puccini, Giacomo.
La bohème (Mimì, and Musetta).
Puccini, Giacomo.
La rondine (Magda).
Puccini, Giacomo.
Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio San).
Puccini, Giacomo.
Suor Angelica (Suor Angelica).
Puccini, Giacomo.
Tosca (Tosca).
Puccini, Giacomo.
Turandot (Liù).
Rossini, Giacomo.
Stabat mater.
Strauß, Johann, Jr.
Die Fledermaus (Rosalinde).
Strauß, Richard.
Vier letzte Gesänge.
Vaughan Williams,
Ralph. Serenade to music.
Verdi, Giuseppe.
Aida (Aida).
Verdi, Giuseppe.
Ernani (Elvira).
Verdi, Giuseppe.
Falstaff (Alice Ford).
Verdi, Giuseppe. Il
trovatore (Leonora).
Verdi, Giuseppe. La
forza del destino (Leonora).
Verdi, Giuseppe.
Otello (Desdemona).
Verdi, Giuseppe.
Requiem.
Verdi, Giuseppe.
Simon Boccanegra. (Amerlia).
Verdi, Giuseppe. Un
ballo in maschera (Emilia).
Weill, Kurt. Street
scene.
Dominique-René
de Lerma
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