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Repertory List

ORATORIO/ ORCHESTRAL/ CONCERT ARIA/CHAMBER ENSEMBLE  

  Alon: Spring and Fall, for Voice, Cello, & Piano
  J.S. Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245
  J.S. Bach: The Passion According to St Mathew, BWV 244
  J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
  J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D Major
  J.S. Bach: Cantata 68, "Mein Gläubiges Herze, frohlocke"
  J.S. Bach/C. Gounod: Avé Maria
  C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat in D Minor
  Beethoven: Mass in C, Opus 86
  Beethoven: Missa Solemnis, Opus 123
  Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Opus 125 "Choral"
  Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
  Canteloube: Chants D'Auvergne, Series One
                                     I. La pastoura als Camp
                                     II. Bailero
                                     III. Trois Bourrees
  Chausson: Chanson Perpetuelle, Opus 37
  Faure': Requiem
  Franck: Panis Angelicus
  Handel: The Messiah
  Handel: Concert Aria, from Samson, Let the Bright Seraphim
  Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation)
  Johnson: Two Concert Arias from the unfinished opera, "Love, Ted"
  Johnson: from the Analects: Song Cycle for Soprano, Flute, & Piano 
  Mahler: Symphony No. 4
  Malotte: The Lord's Prayer, in E-flat
  Mendelssohn: Elijah 
  Moore: Sonnet from Assisi, Song Cycle for Soprano & Marimba
  Moore: Cradle Songs for Soprano, Violin, & Piano
  Mozart: Coronation Mass, K. 317
  Mozart: Requiem KV626
  Mozart: Motet K.165, Exsultate, jubilate
  Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, KV 339)
  Mozart: Concert Aria, "Chi sa, Chi sa, qual sia", K 582
  Mozart: Concert Aria, "Nehmt meinen Dank", K 383
  Orff (Carl): Carmina Burana
  Poulenc: Gloria, FP 177
  Poulenc: Stabat Mater, FP 148
  Saalbach: Catarina to Camoens, song cycle for Soprano & Piano
  Scarlatti: Christmas Cantata 
  Schubert: Ave Maria
  Schumann: Liederkreiss, Opus 39
  Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras, No 5, I. Aria (Cantilena), II. Dansa (Martelo)
  Vivaldi: Gloria
  Yon: Gésu Bambino

 
OPERA
  Menotti:   The Mother, sung    Amahl & the Night Visitors
  Mozart:   Papagena, sung    Die Zauberfliöte
  Puccini:   Cio-cio san, sung    Madama Butterfly
  Puccini:

  Mimi 

  La Bohéme (full role studied; Act1 Finale sung in concert) 

  Puccini:

  The Shepherd, sung 

  Tosca 

   Various partial roles, see resumé

OPERETTA

Gilbert & Sullivan:     Yum-Yum, sung                   The Mikado
Herbert:                    Kathy, partial role, sung       The Student Prince

MUSICAL THEATER

  Lloyd Webber:   Christine, sung    The Phantom of the Opera (in concert)
  Rogers:   Lady Thiang, sung    The King & I
  Loewe:   Nimue, sung    Camelot
  MacDonald/Voss/Gerlach/Linderman:   Lettie, sung    Something's Afoot

***Ms. Adair also has an extended repertoire in excerpted opera arias and in song recital, including New Music (20th-21st C), German Lied, French Chanson, Italian Aria, Spanish Canzone, English Song, American Song, Broadway/Musical Theater/Show Tunes, and Modern Crossover Song (including torch song, cabaret, and contemporary Italian/American songs such as those presented in concert by Josh Groban, Charlotte Church and Sarah Brightman)

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New CD coming in 2008! Karen is currently in production for her first Christmas CD. Projected release date Thanksgiving 2008. Buy Karen's current CD by filling out the form on the "Contact Karen" page or at www.apolloproject.net/APIstore.html

November 30, 2008. SAT. 3:00PM. Handel's The Messiah. Karen is the soprano soloist for this concert presented by The Messiah Choral Society of Orlando Florida, at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. 401 W. Livingston Street, Orlando FL. Doors open @2:15PM. Admission is FREE, a gift of the society "to the greater metropolitan Orlando community". www.messiahchoralsociety.org

July 28, 2008. MON 7:30PM. Haydn Mass No 3 in D minor, Lord Nelson Mass.  Karen joins the Jacksonville Masterworks Chorale as soprano soloist for this presentation. Mark stallings, JMC Music Director. Guest conductor Paul Neal, Assoc Conductor Valdosta Symphony. Deermeadows Baptist Church. 9780 Baymeadows Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32256. for more info: (904) 264-2749.

July 26, 2008. Sat 7PM. Webster University Anniversary Celebration Concert. Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center. Jacksonville, FL. Karen joins the cast of "Geronimo Pops" for this event, which benefits Wolfson Children's Hospital. For information call 904-386-0605.

June 7, 2008. SAT 10AM. SavoyNet Gilbert & Sullivan SING. Karen sings Yum-yum for this annual wall to wall G&S shows concert readings. Rollins College Department of Music. Orlando, FL.

May 24, 2008.  Sat 7PM. Michael J. Fox Foundation Benefit Concert. Coquina Crossing Ballroom, St. Augustine, FL. For information call 904-386-0605.

May 17, 2008. Sat 7:30PM. "Addio" First Coast Opera's farewell concert to founder Barbara Norris. Karen sings Sat night only. St Johns County Center for the Arts at St Augustine High. 904-417-5555.

April 25, 2008.  Fri 8:00PM. Jax Irish Fest. Jacksonville Fairgrounds. Karen sings with Seven Nations and the Gainesville Chamber Orchestra. www.JaxIrishFest.com

February 21, 2008. Thur 7PM. Clay County Public Library Concert Series. Clay County Headquarters Library, 1895 Town Center Blvd., Orange Park, FL.

Please return to this website regularly for updates on Karen's upcoming appearances.

 

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