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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)

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
FEB 8, 2011. "Opera on the River." Joint concert with mezzo-soprano, Janet Rabe-Meyer. Vero Beach, FL. Exclusive benefit concert. 

FEB 13, 2011. 2:30PM. News-Journal Center. Gillespie Theater.
Daytona Beach. Joint concert with mezzo-soprano, Janet Rabe-Meyer and Bobb Robinson, baritone.

MAR 13, 2011. First Unity of Citrus County, FL. Guest Appearance.


MAY 3, 2011. 7:30PM. Musica Vera
in concert. Guest soloist. University of Florida School of Music, Music Bldg Auditorium, Room 101. Gainesville, FL.  Admission is FREE!

DEC 2011. Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass & selections from Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts. Soprano soloist with Marion Civic Chorale. Matthew Bumbauch conducts. Donations admission!
DEC 4, 4:00PM. Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church. 2540 W. Norvell Bryant Hwy, LeCanto, FL.
DEC 10, 2:00PM. St George Anglican Cathedral.
5646 SE 28th Street, Ocala, FL

DEC 11, 3:00PM. Zion United Methodist Church. 510 N.W Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Ocala, FL

FEB 1, 2012. 7:30PM. evANGELical. UF School of Music, Music Bldg Performance Room 101. Gainesville, FL. Karen creates the leading role of "The Evangelist" in the world premiere of James Paul Sain's ElectroAcoustic micrOPERA, evANGELical. Admission FREE!

MAR 8, 2012. "Opera on the River" Joint concert with mezzo-soprano, Janet Rabe-Meyer. Vero Beach, FL. Exclusive Benefit concert.

KAREN ADAIR: When God Is a Child

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