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Mariya Kaganskaya

Russian-American mezzo-soprano; opera roles include Charlotte (Werther) at Florida Grand Opera, Tisbe (La Cenerentola) at Arizona Opera, and Teacher (The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs) at the Santa Fe Opera (2019 GRAMMY winner for Best Opera Recording)

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Mariya Kaganskaya
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Opera, art song, oratorio
Mezzo-soprano voice

New York City, USA

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Carmen

Arias from Bizet’s Carmen — the classic Habanera and Seguidilla, the lesser-known Card aria, and an excerpt from the castanet scene — with castanets! 💃🏻

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Italian Opera Classics

Italian arias spanning the Baroque, Classical, and Bel Canto styles: Ombra mai fu (Handel), Voi che sapete (Mozart) and All’afflitto è dolce il pianto (Donizetti)

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Russian Opera Classics

Three arias by Tchaikovsky: Polina’s aria from Pikovaya Dama, Olga’s aria from Eugene Onegin, and Joan’s aria from The Maid of Orleans

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French Opera Classics

Three arias by French Romantic composers: Habanera (Bizet’s Carmen), Va! laisse couler mes larmes (Massenet’s Werther), and O ma lyre immortelle (Gounod’s Sapho)

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American song sampler

Two art songs by female composers: Sweet Dancer (Elinor Armer) & Night (Florence Price), Two American classics: Someone to Watch Over Me (Gershwin) & Over the Rainbow (Arlen)

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Background

Mariya has performed with companies including the Santa Fe Opera, Arizona Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Opera Parallèle, Baltimore Concert Opera, New Opera NYC, and the iSing International Festival in China. She holds MM and PGD degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory, and has won numerous competitions across the United States, including the San Francisco District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

Repertoire

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Opera/operetta
  • Bernstein - What a movie! (Trouble in Tahiti)
  • Bizet - Habanera (Carmen)
  • Bizet - Seguidilla (Carmen)
  • Bizet - Castanet aria (Carmen)
  • Bizet - Card aria (Carmen)
  • Daniel Catán - Alvaro! (Florencia en el Amazonas)
  • Donizetti - All’afflitto è dolce il pianto (Roberto Devereux)
  • Gounod - O ma lyre immortelle (Sapho)
  • Handel - Lascia ch’io pianga (Rinaldo)
  • Handel - Ombra mai fu (Serse)
  • Handel - Crude furie degli orridi abissi (Serse)
  • Massenet - Air des lettres (Werther)
  • Massenet - Va! laisse couler mes larmes (Werther)
  • Monteverdi - A dio, Roma (L’incoronazione di Poppea)
  • Mozart - Smanie implacabili (Così fan tutte)
  • Mozart - Voi che sapete (Le nozze di Figaro)
  • Strauss, J. - Chacun à son goût (Die Fledermaus)
  • Tchaikovsky - Olga’s aria (Eugene Onegin)
  • Tchaikovsky - Polina’s aria (Pikovaya Dama)
  • Tchaikovsky - Joan’s aria (The Maid of Orleans)
Art song
  • Elinor Armer - Sweet Dancer
  • Dargomizhsky - Mne grustno
  • Donizetti - Me voglio fà ‘na casa
  • Dvořák - Když mne stará matka
  • Florence Price - Night
  • Rachmaninoff - Ne poy, krasavitsa
  • Rachmaninoff -Siren’
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Ne veter veya s visoti
  • Rimsky-Korsakov - Zvonche zhavoronka pen’ye
  • Schubert - Die junge nonne
  • Tchaikovsky - Net, tolko tot
  • Tchaikovsky - Sred’ shumnovo bala
  • Verdi - Brindisi (“Meschetemi il vino!”)
  • Verdi - Stornello
  • Wagner - Schmerzen
Etc.
  • Arlen - Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz
  • Berlin - Blue Skies
  • Gershwin - Someone to Watch Over Me

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