Maestro John Mauceri Photo by Brent LaFever
Gustav Mahler's
Symphony No. 2
THE RESURRECTION
performed by
The UNCSA Symphony Orchestra
Chancellor John Mauceri, Conductor
Celebrate spring with Mahler’s
glorious affirmation of life!
A symphonic masterpiece that
brings together a 100-piece
orchestra with 125 voices
featuring
The UNCSA Cantata Singers,
The Parkland Magnet High School Chorus, and
student vocalists from across the UNC System
including Winston-Salem State University
7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17
Stevens Center
405 West Fourth St., Winston-Salem
Tickets: $12 adults / $10 seniors and students
Call the UNCSA Box Office at 336-721-1945 to reserve seats, or click on "Box Office" at the left.
UNCSA Symphony Orchestra Photo by Steve Davis
Stacey Rishoi, Mezzo-Soprano
Mezzo-soprano Stacey Rishoi has garnered an international reputation for the beauty and power of her instrument. Following her debut as Adalgisa in Norma, the Washington Post stated, “It was Rishoi’s Adalgisa, however, who nearly stole the show with a performance that was convincing and unwavering from start to finish… . Rishoi commanded the stage with a lustrous voice graced with natural expression and a surprising clarion projection.”
Stacey Rishoi returns to the Virginia Symphony Orchestra in the 2009-10 season to sing Handel’s Messiah, JoAnn Falletta conducting; sings as soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with both the Fresno Philharmonic and Springfield Symphony orchestras; in Verdi’s Requiem with Bel Canto Chorus; in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Florida Orchestra; and in an evening of opera highlights with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. Her 2008-09 season included singing as soloist in Messiah with the Pacific and Jacksonville symphony orchestras; Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos with Calgary Opera; De Falla’s El Amor Brujo with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra; Mozart’s Requiem with the Jacksonville and Atlanta symphony orchestras; Verdi’s Requiem with the Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C.; Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Buffalo Philharmonic; Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 with West Virginia Symphony; and an appearance with the South Dakota Chamber Orchestra in a vocal showcase concert, which included Berlioz’ Les Nuits d’ete, through Sounds of South Dakota.
Highlights of Rishoi’s recent seasons include two successful role debuts – Dalila in Samson et Dalila with Nashville Opera and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Orlando Opera; her return to Washington National Opera as Waltraute in Die Walküre; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with North Carolina Symphony, conducted by Grant Llewellyn; Dvořák’s Stabat Mater and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C.; De Falla’s The Three Cornered Hat with Columbus Symphony; joining the roster of the Metropolitan Opera for the world premiere of Tan Dun’s The First Emperor; Mozart’s Requiem with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; and performances of Vaughan Williams’ Five Tudor Portraits and Serenade to Music at the Washington National Cathedral.
Rishoi’s opera highlights include Adalgisa with Virginia Opera; Waltraute in Die Walküre with both Seattle Opera and Canadian Opera Company; Amneris in Aida with Orlando Opera; and Magdalene in Die Meistersinger with the Cincinnati May Festival, conducted by James Conlon. Rishoi also added the role of Waltraute in Götterdämmerung to her repertoire at Seattle Opera, as well as Fricka in Die Walküre with the Canadian Opera Company. She has performed both Sesto in La clemenza di Tito and Arsamene in Xerxes with Wolf Trap Opera; Jo in Little Women with both Central City Opera and Opera Omaha; Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus with Utah Opera; Mercedes in Carmen with Kentucky Opera, Meg Page in Falstaff with Opera Festival of New Jersey; Flora in La traviata with New Orleans Opera; and Second Lady in Die Zauberflöte with both Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the 2003 Macau International Music Festival.
Rishoi has met with critical acclaim on concert stages across the United States and has garnered an extensive list of symphonic credits. Among her many successes are Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with Leonard Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra; Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 with the Pittsburgh, Virginia, and Syracuse symphony orchestras; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Virginia Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra and Santa Rosa Symphony; her engagement by Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic for the world premiere of Michael Torke’s Four Seasons and Aaron Kernis’ Garden of Light, which was followed by an immediate re-engagement for the world premiere of Ades’ America: A Prophesy; and Mozart’s Requiem with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, and Portugal’s Festival dos 100 Dias. She has performed Bach’s Magnificat with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; B Minor Mass with the Bach Festival Society of Florida; and St. Matthew Passion with the Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C.; Handel’s Messiah with both the Phoenix and San Diego symphony orchestras; and Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.
Rishoi can be heard on the world premiere recording of Liszt’s St. Stanislaus, conducted by James Conlon, on the Telarc label. The Liszt also marked her debut performance at the Cincinnati May Festival.
Committed to the performance of song literature, Rishoi was singled out for her participation in the “Christa Ludwig Song Workshop: Brahms and Mahler,” sponsored by Carnegie Hall. She also gave the world premiere of John Musto’s song cycle for vocal quartet and piano titled The Book of Uncommon Prayer at Miller Theater, Columbia University.
Rishoi is a winner of the 1999 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Norman Treigle Award from New York City Opera. She has served as artist-in-residence at Festival Dos 100 Dias in Portugal and at the Beaumaris Festival in Wales. She is married to bass Gustav Andreassen.
Jodi Burns, Soprano
 Jodi Burns began study in the fall of 2007 as a fellow at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Fletcher Opera Institute. She is a student of Dr. Marilyn Taylor.
Ms. Burns graduated with honors in 2007 from the Ohio State University. Her roles include Poppea in Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea and Diana/Giove in Cavalli's La Calisto. As Poppea, “Jodi Burns astonishes with her ability to insinuate sensuality into every note,” according to The Columbus Dispatch.
Since coming to the Fletcher Institute, she has appeared as the Chambermaid in Dvorak’s The Devil and Kate, Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Flamminia in Haydn’s Il mondo della luna, and Rose in Weill’s Street Scene. She also sang the role of Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro for Piedmont Opera.
Her professional debut with Piedmont Opera was the role of Ida in Die Fledermaus; she also sang the role of The Dew Fairy in the production of Hansel and Gretel.
Recently, she competed in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She was a winner of the North Carolina District Auditions in Charlotte, and she also claimed first place in the Southeast Regional Finals in Atlanta.
In the summer of 2006, Ms. Burns participated in the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) program in Graz, Austria, where she studied with Marjorie Bennet Stephens. While in Graz, she had the privilege of working in master class with the acclaimed baritone Bo Skovhus, and was a frequent soloist on AIMS Artists in Recital Concerts.
Throughout her tenure at Ohio State, Ms. Burns performed various solos with the OSU Symphonic Choir and Women's Glee Club. Other solo work includes 2007 performances of the soprano solos Buxtehude's Cantata, Jesu Meine Freude, and a featured spot in the Mark Moffett Memorial Scholarship Concert in 2006.
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