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Classical Californians: Anna Schubert

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Photo of Anna Schubert by JD Renes 

This week’s Classical Californian, Anna Schubert, is a soprano vocalist based in L.A., who is comfortable with repertoire both new and old – having performed widely as a soloist in traditional concert repertoire, as well as creating the role of Bibi in the world premiere of Ellen Reid’s opera p r i s m, which won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in music. She’s also sung with the innovative L.A. based company The Industry, as well as being a member of the LA Master Chorale. Her selections show that range: a medieval choral work by Guillaume de Machaut, and an aria by Handel, but also a solo piano work by Debussy that her father played. There’s a Samuel Barber song that reminds her of a dear cat; a work by Arvo Pärt that takes her back to a performance with the Master Chorale, as well as an evocative moment from Duruflé’s Requiem, and a scene from p r i s m.

The singer begins with the lone piece that’s not a work for voice – Debussy’s Reverie… Click the play button to hear her introduction!

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Next it’s some early music, also inspired by her father’s musical interests – a motet by Guillaume de Machaut called “De souspirant cuer”…

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Then, in keeping with ancient musicians, a song called “The Monk and his Cat” by Samuel Barber – which inspired the name of a furry friend of Anna Schubert.

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Here’s a scene from the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera by Ellen Reid (and librettist Roxie Perkins)  called p r i s m… featuring Anna and Rebecca Jo Loeb.

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She learned this Handel aria “Tu del ciel ministro eletto” (sung here by Sabine Devieilhe) for a recent Long Beach Opera production called “The Feast” directed by James Darrah…

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Arvo Pärt’s Beatitudes reminds her of her first concert with the LA Master Chorale,  with chorus and an organ that can shake the biggest of concert halls…

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Another work for organ and choir, the satisfyingly unresolved “In Paradisum” from Duruflé’s Requiem.

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A web extra… a brief song from Franz Schubert’s Winterreise, Die Krähe, (The Crow) with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore…

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And a final closing thought…

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Classical CaliforniansVocalPlaylist
Written by:
The Classical Team
The Classical Team
Published on 12.20.2023
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