Alicia DePaolo

Voice

Boston, MA

Alicia DePaolo

Voice

About

Alicia DePaolo, soprano, has been praised by Harmonia Early Music for her “perfect combination of clarity and warmth.” She graduated with a master’s degree in Vocal Performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and received her bachelor’s degree from Smith College. Alicia has worked with such distinguished directors as Nigel North, William Jon Gray, Ivars Taurins, Stanley Ritchie, Drew Minter, and Jeffrey Thomas, appearing as a soloist in the United States, Canada, and Italy in a variety of works including Biber’s Missa Salisburgensis, Charpentier’s Missa Assumpta est Maria, J.S. Bach’s Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Faure’s Requiem, and Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri. Her most recent opera roles include “Fatime” in Rameau’s Les Indes Galantes, “Castitas” in Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum, “La Nymphe des Tuileries” in Lully’s Alceste, and “Mercury” in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. A former student of Jane Bryden and Dominique Labelle, Alicia currently studies with Pamela Dellal and serves as the soprano soloist and section leader for the choir of St. Mary’s Church in Holliston, Massachusetts.

Music

J.S. Bach
Blute nur (St. Matthew Passion BWV 244)
Gedenk an uns mit deiner liebe (BWV 29)
Gerechter Gott, ach, rechnest du? (BWV 89)
Herr, der du stark und mächtig bist (BWV 10)
Ich bin herrlich, ich bin schön (BWV 49)
Ich nehme mein Leiden mit Freuden auf mich (BWV 75)
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (BWV 51)
Komm in mein Herzenshaus (BWV 80)

François Couperin
Air serieux, doux lien de mon Coeur
Premiere leçon de Ténèbre

G.F. Handel
Mi palpita il cor (HWV 132)
Neun Deutsche Arien (HWV 202-210)
Orrida, oscura (from Agrippina condotta a morire, HWV 110)
Sanera la piaga un di (from Almira)
So shall the lute and harp rejoice (from Judas Maccabeus, HWV 63)
‘Tis Liberty (from Judas Maccabeus, HWV 63)
V’adoro, pupille (from Giulio Cesare)

Claudio Monteverdi
Ardo, e scoprir, ahi lasso
Confitebor tibi Domine
Eri già tutta mia
Ohime, ch’io cado

W.A. Mozart
Ach, ich fűhls (From Die Zauberflöte)
Se il padre perdei (From Idomeneo)

Henry Purcell
Hark, the ech’ing air (from The Fairy Queen)
The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation
Strike the viol
From rosy bowers
The Plaint: O, let me weep (from The Fairy Queen)

Robert Schumann
Liederkreis op. 24

Heinrich Schutz
O Jesu, nomen dulce
Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten

Ralph Vaughan Williams
10 Blake Songs

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  • The Last Night of 5776

    Saturday, Oct 1, 2016 7:15 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Mid-Cambridge, Cambridge
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 8 years ago