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Degree Recital: Vincent Festa, tenor

Sunday, April 27, 2014 | | Bitó Conservatory Building

with Szilvia Mikó, piano

Tenor Vincent Festa is a second year student in the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard Conservatory. He received his B.M. from The Juilliard School where he was seen as Flute in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream and as a tenor soloist in a pastiche of early works by Monteverdi and Purcell. Vincent spent two summers at The Chautauqua Institute where he performed the roles of Basilio in Le Nozze di Figaro and Giles Corey in The Crucible. A native New Yorker, Vincent currently studies with Lorraine Nubar.     

Contact: Conservatory Concert Office
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]

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Degree Recital: Sara LeMesh, mezzo-soprano

Sunday, April 27, 2014 | | Bitó Conservatory Building

Bálint Zsoldos, piano

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, mezzo-soprano Sara LeMesh holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance from Rice University where she studied with opera singer Susanne Mentzer. She is currently enrolled in the Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College under the direction of soprano Dawn Upshaw. A frequent concert soloist praised for her "plush mezzo-soprano" (The New York Times), recent performances include Stravinsky’s Pulcinella at the Music Academy of the West under the baton of Matthias Pintscher, Bach’s St. John Passion conducted by Leon Botstein at Bard College’s Fisher Center, and Mozart’s Requiem performed at Rice University. This spring, LeMesh will premiere the role of Anna in Shawn Jaeger’s opera, Payne Hollow, at the Bard College Conservatory of Music. The Californian mezzo recently covered Second Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Music Academy of the West and performed Third Spirit in the same opera at the Aspen Music Festival. Contact: Conservatory Concert Office
Phone: 845-758-7196
E-mail: [email protected]