Mala Weissberg | Concours de Genève

Mala Weissberg

Voice Candidate 2024, Mezzo-Soprano

Biography

Place of Birth
Tel Aviv (IL)

Place of Residence
Uccle (BE)

Studies

  • McGill University (CA), Prof. Matthew Trevino
  • Westminster Choir College (US), Prof. Laura Brooks Rice

Prizes

  • Wirth Vocal Prize 2024 (CA), Finalist
  • Career Bridges Grant Awards 2022 (US)
  • Westminster Voice Competition 2019, 2020 (US), 1st Prize

Opera Roles

  • Angelina (La Cenerentola, G. Rossini)
  • Miles (The Turn of The Screw, B. Britten)
  • Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel, E. Humperdinck)

COMPETITION PROGRAMME
 

Online Recital

  • C. Gounod: Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle? (Roméo et Juliette)
  • C. Debussy: La Chevelure (Trois Chansons de Bilitis, P. Louÿs)
  • J. S. Bach: Bereite dich, Zion, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio)
  • D. Argento: Parents (From the Diary of Virginia Wolf)
  • G. F. Handel: Dopo notte, atra e funesta, HWV 33 (Ariodante)

Semi-Final Round – Opera Recital

  • G. Meyerbeer: Nobles Seigneurs, salut ! (Les Huguenots
  • J. Adams : Am I in your light? (Doctor Atomic
  • W. A. Mozart: Ah qual gelido orror... Il padre adorato (Idomeneo)
  • M. Ravel: Oh! la pitoyable aventure! (L'Heure Espagnole)
  • G. F. Handel: Dopo notte, atra e funesta HV 33 (Ariodante)

Semi-Final Round – Lieder/Song Recital

  • F. Schubert: Totengräbers Heimwehe, D. 842
  • F. Schubert: Lied der Anne Lyle, D. 830, Op. 85 No. 1
  • C. Saint-Saëns: La Brise, Op. 26 (Mélodies Persanes)
  • C. Saint-Saëns: La solitaire (Mélodies Persanes)
  • W. Bolcom: The Crazy Woman (I Will Breathe a Mountain)
  • W. Bolcom: How to Swing Those Obbligatos Around (I Will Breathe a Mountain)
  • M. Canal: Les Trois Princesses (La Flûte de Jade)
  • P. Viardot: Havanaise (Six Mélodies et Une Havanaise)

Final Round 

  • G. F. Handel: Vani sono i lamenti...Svegliatevi nel core (Giulio Ceasere)
  • C. Gounod: Que fais tu, blanche tourterelle ? (Roméo et Juliette)
  • G. Rossini: Nacqui all'affanno... Non più mesta (La Cenerentola)

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