Francesca Lionetta, Soprano
Spring 2022
The Cunning Little Vixen
Friday March 4th, 2022, 8:00 pm
Sunday March 6th, 2022, 3:00 pm
The Fisher Center at Bard
Manor Ave, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504
Performing Grasshopper, Pašek the Innkeeper, and in the Chorus
Bard Musicians in Support of Ukraine
Sunday April 10th, 2022, 2:00 pm
Olin Hall, Bard College
35 Henderson Cir Dr, Red Hook, NY 12571
Performing Ukranian classical ensembles with members of the VAP and a duet with Montana Smith, soprano
Celebration of Vocal Music
Sunday April 24th, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Stissing Center
2950 Church Street, Pine Plains, NY 12567
A concert featuring selections from Sheila Silver's Beauty Intolerable, and Mozart and Handel arias. Performing "Mindful of You" from Sheila Silver's Beauty Intolerable and "Deh vieni, non tardar" from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro with Diana Borscheva
VAP First Year Students in Recital
Thursday May 12th, 2022, 7:00 pm
Bard College Conservatory Performance Space, 30 Campus Road, Annandale-on-Hudson NY 12504
Performing "Ständchen" by Strauss, "Les lilas qui avaient fleuri" by Lili Boulanger and in Britten's "Advance Democracy", Monteverdi's "Lamento della ninfa", “The Cove” by Taras Shevchenko and “Tuman Yarom”, a Ukrainan folk song.
Mozart and Handel Arias
Thursday May 19th, 2022, 6:00 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
30 Campus Rd, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504
Performing "Deh vieni, non tardar" from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro with Diana Borscheva
Unexpected Journeys
Wednesdays March 23- April 27,2022
7:30 pm
What is Opera, Anyway?
Teaching class #3: Fairytales and Childhood
Classes take place on zoom
Guest Artist, Isabela Cruz Vespa's Senior Recital
Saturday April 16th, 2022, 2:00 pm
Bard College Conservatory Performance Space, 30 Campus Road, Annandale-on-Hudson NY 12504
An afternoon of solo flute and chamber music. Performing "Bete, aber auch dabei" from BWV #115 Bitó Conservatory
Beauty Intolerable
Wednesday April 27th, 2022, 6:00 pm
FDR Library's Henry Wallace Center
4079 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538
Members of the VAP perform Sheila Silver's song cycle, Beauty Intolerable with text by Edna Saint Vincent Millay. Performing in "First Fig Round 1" with Alexis Seminario and Joanne Evans and "Mindful of You" with Diana Borscheva.
Continuing Evolution: Yiddish Folk Song Today
Wednesday May 18th, 2022, 7:00 pm
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 W. 16th Street #6301, NYC
An evening of new music compositions inspired by folk tradition. Performing the live premiere of Marti Epstein's "Vocalise on Mayn Yingele"
Guest Artist, Kirby Burgess's Graduation Recital Sunday May 22nd, 2022, 4:00 pm
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
30 Campus Rd, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504
An afternoon of vocal music honoring divine femininity. Performing Brahms "Klosterfräulein" and a trio from Schubert's Das Dreimäderlhaus