Song of the Day Series
“Romeo and Juliet” by Frank Dicksee, 1884
Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt!
(Wolf/Anon., trans. by Geibel)
Graham Johnson
For SongFest 2020 participants Grace Francis & Jacquelyn Matava.
Duration: 35 minutes
About:
Hosted by Graham Johnson, The Song of the Day series is a daily meditation on the many layers and complexities contained in a single song. Each song is dedicated to one or more performers who would have taken part in SongFest this summer. Dedicatees were chosen in collaboration between our artistic Director Rosemary Ritter and the students.
Resources:
Oxford Lieder’s Translation of Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt! by Richard Stokes
About Our Participants
Grace Francis
New Zealander Grace Francis is a student of Dr Lydia Brown at The Juilliard School, where she commenced a Master of Music in Collaborative Piano (Vocal) last fall. She is a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship, and studies with the support of a Fulbright General Graduate Award.
Grace received her Bachelor of Music (First Class Honors) in 2014 under Rae de Lisle at the University of Auckland, making professional concerto debuts as both pianist and harpsichordist during her studies. She has also performed in Canada and across Europe.
Before arriving in the US, Grace worked as répétiteur for New Zealand Opera, university opera productions, National Aria contest, and as Assistant Director of GALS (Gay and Lesbian Singers). For nine years she was a mentor and educator with youth organizations including Opera Factory and the Auckland Youth Choir, touring to Carnegie Hall in 2016 and the Australian International Music Festival in 2019.
Jacquelyn Matava
Praised for her “warm sound” and “soothing legato line,” mezzo-soprano Jacquelyn Matava won 3rd prize in the 2020 National Opera Association Vocal Competition and was recently named a national semifinalist in the 2020 Lyndon Woodside Oratorio Competition.
An accomplished concert artist, Matava has been heard as a soloist in performances of Bach’s Mass in B minor, Duruflé’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, and Stravinsky’s Les Noces. She has sung with the Tanglewood Music Center, Lucerne Festival Academy, Opera San Antonio, Alamo City Opera, Opera Saratoga, and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.
A native of Farmington, CT, Matava received her D.M. and M.M. from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and B.A. from Vassar College. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music at Trinity University and staff singer at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio, TX.