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Georgia Duan: Colombina's Masks

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Soprano Georgia Duan is a rising talent in the San Francisco Bay Area with a keen interest in the Italian and Austrian operatic styles. She makes her debut this summer in Germany as the Königin der Nacht (Die Zauberflöte) with the Mittelsächsiches Theater Freiberg. This season, she sang Mabel (Pirates of Penzance) with Pacific Repertory Opera and Zerbinetta in the West Coast premiere of the original 1912 version of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos.

Georgia has performed roles in the traditional operatic vein, including Miss Silberklang, Gretel and Bastienne. Yet she also enjoys twentieth-century American opera and has sung in operas by John Duke and Paul Siskind.

Georgia is completing a Master's degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Jane Randolph. She holds a B.A. in Italian and Music from Stanford University.

Colombina's Masks: Arias and songs inspired by the commedia dell'arte tradition

I. Arias and duets from Leonardo Vinci's Neapolitan operas Lo cecato fauzo and Li zite ngalera

with

Michael Jankosky, tenor
Kevin Rogers and Aniela Eddy, violin
Jason Pyszkowski, viola
Michelle Kwon, cello
Amy Kao, harpsichord

II. Claude Debussy's Quatre chansons de jeunesse

with

Mai-Linh Pham, piano

III. Songs about Pierrot by Jerome Kern, Edith Harrhy, Victor Herbert and Noël Coward

IV. Songs in the Shadows of Pierrot by Charles Tomlinson Griffes

V. Großmächtige Prinzessin from Richard Strauss' original 1912 version of Ariadne auf Naxos

with

Amulet Strange and Clinton Thompson, flute
Jesse Barrett and Mandy Tsai, oboe
Kyle Beard and Brenden Guy, clarinet
James Onstott and Jeffrey Ward, bassoon
Jessica Alexander and Clement Swift, horn
Yeo-Jin Seol, piano
Kevin Rogers and Aniela Eddy, violin
Jason Diggs and Esteban Corona, viola
Severin Suter and Jerry Liu, cello
Daniel Silberman, contrabass
Andrew Whitfield, conductor

San Francisco Conservatory of Music | Sol H. Joseph Recital Hall
50 Oak Street | San Francisco, CA

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