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Concert
September 27, 2005

Celebrating Twins!
Toronto : Milan

Solisti della Scala Trio
Fabrizio Meloni, clarinet
Francesco Di Rosa, oboe
Nazzareno Carusi, clarinet

twinned with Canadians

Soloists
Karine Levasseur, soprano
Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano

Quartetto Gelato Duo
Peter de Sotto, violin, tenor
Cynthia Steljes, oboe

Concert & Reception
Weston Recital Hall

Program included:

Stravinsky
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Klose'/Bellini
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Carulli/Donizetti
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Blundo/Rossini
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Squarzina/Verdi

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Careers in Focus

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"Encounter" with Regina Resnik

Canadian Opera Company
227 Front Street East, Toronto
Saturday/Sunday October 18/19, 2003
*10-5 each day
$ 200

opportunity for 8 singers to obtain feedback, assessment & direction

Invaluable for;
pianists, coaches, conductors & teachers

Regina Resnik
Biography

Regina Resnik was catapulted into operatic stardom in 1942 when, on 24 hours' notice, she went on as Lady Macbeth with the New Opera Company of New York under the baton of Fritz Busch. She repeated the same feat in her Met Opera debut in 1944, when she appeared as Leonora in Il Trovatore, also on 24 hours' notice. After 13 years as leading dramatic soprano, she began an even greater second career as a mezzo-soprano in 1955. In a career spanning more than 50 years and more then 80 roles, Ms. Resnik was a regular guest at the Met, San Francisco, Vienna, Covent Garden, Berlin, Buenos Aires and Paris. He collaborations with conducting giants such as Bernstein, Solti, Klemperer, Kleiber, Reiner and Rostropovich are legendary. She became the only singer in operatic history to sing all the mezzo soprano leads in half her repertory, and became synonymous with four roles which were her signature parts and have become the standards of comparison ever since: Carmen, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, Klytemnestra in Elektra and the Countess in The Queen of Spades.

From 1971 to 1981 Ms. Resnik and her late husband, the painter and sculptor Arbit Blatas, directed and designed 10 international opera productions, from the Hamburg State Opera to the Australian Opera to the Vancouver Opera. In 1987, Ms. Resnik made her musical theatre debut as Frau Schneider in Cabaret with Joel Grey, for which she won a Tony Nomination. Her performance as Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music at the New York City Opera in 1990, broadcast on PBS' "Great Performances," earned her a Drama Desk Nomination. In 1992, the 50th anniversary of her operatic debut was celebrated in New York, Vienna and Venice.

Ms. Resnik made her film directing debut in 1983 with her acclaimed documentary, Geto: The Historic Ghetto of Venice, which was shown on PBS Channel 13. This past January, Ms. Resnik's current documentary, "Blatas: A Painter's Homage to The Threepenny Opera," was shown as part of "Regina Resnik Presents Kust Weill Centenary" at Hunter College, in conjunction with the concert "The Classic Kurt Weill." The third in a series of unique artistic events hosted by Mrs. Resnik since 1997, the concert was sold out and filmed by CBS.

In the last decade, Ms. Resnik has dedicated her time to young singers, teaching yearly at the Met's Young Artist Program, and as a guest at L'Opera de la Bastille, the
San Francisco Opera, the Curtis School of Music, and the Juilliard, Manhattan and Mannes Schools, among others. She is also Director of Vocal and Interpretive Art for the Euro Bottega, a workshop for singers in the European Union. Most recently, she was named Master Teacher-in-Residence at the Mannes School.