Meet the artists whose voices will be heard on WFMT or who are performing in Chicago soon, including sopranos Louise Alder, Karina Gauvin, Lisette Oropesa, and Rowan Pierce, countertenor Hugh Cutting, tenor Anthony Léon, and the vocal ensemble Chroma.
Artists to Watch in 2026
Hugh Cutting (Photo: Olivia da Costa)
Playlist
Antonio Vivaldi: In furore iustissimae irae, RV626
IV. Alleluia
Rowan Pierce, soprano
Florilegium/Ashley Solomon
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Pt. 1 “For the First Day of Christmas”
No. 3, Recitative, “Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam”
No. 4, Aria, “Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben”
Hugh Cutting, countertenor
English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner
Anonymous arr. T. Roussel and M. Vialle: “The Last Rose of Summer”
Zachary Wilder, tenor
Mathilde Vialle, bass viol
Thibaut Roussel, archlute
Ronan Khalil, virginal
Johann Georg Conradi: “Ihr Furien! Auf, auf!” from Die schöne und getreue Ariadne
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra
Stephen Stubbs & Paul O’Dette, co-artistic directors
Spiritual: “Deep River”
Anthony León, tenor
La Sierra University UNITED/Sergio Leiva
Michael R. Oldham: As We Are
Megan Fletcher, soprano
Kathryn Duncan, mezzo-soprano
Dario Amador-Lage
Chroma/Madeleine Woodworth
Used with kind permission from Hearing in Color.
Douglas Moore: Willow Song from The Ballad of Baby Doe
Nadine Sierra, soprano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Robert Spano
Gaetano Donizetti: “Regnava nel silencio” from Lucia di Lammermoor
Lisette Oropesa, soprano
Irene Savignano, mezzo-soprano
Orchestra del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania/Fabrizio Maria Carminati
Richard Wagner: “Mein lieber Schwan” from Lohengrin
Michael Spyres, tenor
Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset
Richard Strauss: Vier Lieder, Op. 27
I. Ruhe, meine Seele!
II. Cäcilie
Louise Alder, soprano
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Collon
