Kathryn Lewek is the Metropolitan Opera’s reigning Queen of the Night, holding the record for singing the role the most times in the company’s history. The thrilling coloratura soprano returns to Chicago to perform her signature role in Ravinia Festival’s The Magic Flute with Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Marin Alsop. She joins Oliver Camacho to share her album of cantatas by Handel and to discuss the musicianship and technique required to sing some of the most demanding music in opera.
Watch Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night below and learn more about her recital The Food of Love with tenor Zach Borichevsky and pianist Craig Ketter HERE.
Playlist
All selections feature soprano Kathryn Lewek.
George Frideric Handel: Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122
Aria, “Ardi, adori, e preghi in vano”
Il Pomo d’Oro
Francesco Corti, harpsichord and direction Handel: Apollo e Dafne & Armida abbandonata
Pentatone PTC-5186965
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Great” Mass in C Minor, K. 427
“Christe eleison” from Kyrie
“Domine Deus” from Gloria
Susanna Phillips, soprano II
Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra
Dame Jane Glover, conductor
2017 concert performance used with permission of Music of the Baroque
Handel: Armida abbandonata, HWV 105
Il Pomo d’Oro
Francesco Corti, harpsichord and direction Handel: Apollo e Dafne & Armida abbandonata
Pentatone PTC-5186965
Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Duet, “Parigi, o cara”
Zach Borichevsky, tenor
Craig Ketter, piano The Food of Love: A Benefit Concert for the United Nations World Food Program
Used with permission of artists
Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Aria, “Regnava nel silenzio” Operalia 2013 — Live
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