Francesca Lionetta, Soprano
PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS

SUNDAY
May 22,
2022
7:00 PM
Guest Artist: Kirby Burgess's Graduate Degree Recital
An afternoon of vocal music honoring divine femininity. Performing Brahms "Klosterfräulein" and a trio from Schubert's Das Dreimäderlhaus
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
30 Campus Rd, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504

THURSDAY
May 19,
2022
6:00 PM
A Concert of Handel and Mozart Arias
Performing "Deh vieni, non tardar" from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
30 Campus Rd, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504

WEDNESDAY
May 18,
2022
7:00 PM
Continuing Evolution: Yiddish Folksong Today
An evening of new music compositions inspired by folk tradition. Performing the live premiere of Marti Epstein's "Vocalise on Mayn Yingele"
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 W. 16th Street #6301, NYC

THURSDAY
May 12,
2022
7:00 PM
VAP First Year Students in Recital
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.
Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
30 Campus Rd, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504

WEDNESDAY
April 27,
2022
6:00 PM
Beauty Intolerable
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" and "Mindful of You"
FDR Library's Henry Wallace Center
4079 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538

SUNDAY
April 24,
2022
4:00 PM
BARD CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: Celebration of Vocal Music
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.
The Stissing Center
2950 Church Street, Pine Plains, NY 12567

SATURDAY
April 16,
2022
2:00 PM
Guest Artist
Isabela Cruz-Vespa's Degree Recital
An afternoon of solo flute and chamber music. Performing "Bete, aber auch dabei" from BWV #115 Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
30 Campus Rd, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504

SUNDAY
April 10,
2022
2:00 PM
Bard Musicians in Support of Ukraine
Performing Ukranian classical ensembles with members of the VAP and a duet with Montana Smith, soprano
Olin Hall, Bard College
35 Henderson Cir Dr, Red Hook, NY 12571

WEDNESDAY
March 23-
April 27,
2022
7:30 pm
Unexpected Journeys
What is Opera, Anyway?
Teaching class #3: Fairytales and Childhood
Classes take place on zoom

SUNDAY
March 6,
2022
3:00 PM
The Cunning Little Vixen
Performing Grasshopper, Pašek the Innkeeper, and in the Chorus
The Fisher Center at Bard
Manor Ave, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504

FRIDAY
March 4,
2022
8:00 PM
The Cunning Little Vixen
Performing Grasshopper, Pašek the Innkeeper, and in the Chorus
The Fisher Center at Bard
Manor Ave, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504