Emerging Artists Series
Mentored & Accompanied by Brent McMunn
Soprano Kaileigh Riess makes her Boston Court debut as part of our 3rd Annual Emerging Artists Series. This Series pairs talented young musicians with acclaimed mentors who develop a special program showcasing the young artist’s unique skills and musical viewpoint. Be among the first to experience these rising stars in the intimacy of our Branson Performance Space.
Massachusetts native Kaileigh Riess has been seen most recently as La Contessa in USC Thornton’s production of Le nozze di Figaro. She has spent two summers as a studio artist with Central City Opera where she was called “the standout…an engaging singer and actor [who] plays enthusiastically off the others” for her performance as Lola in Douglas Moore’s Gallantry (Daily Camera, 2017).
Other operatic roles include Morgana (Alcina), Laurie Moss (The Tender Land), Blanche de la Force (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Silver Dollar (The Ballad of Baby Doe), Trio Soprano (Trouble in Tahiti) and Elaine O’Neill in the Chicago Premiere performance of John Musto’s Later the Same Evening. At Northwestern University, where Kaileigh received a BM in Voice Performance and a BA in English, Kaileigh sang Francis Poulenc’s La voix humaine in a fully staged recital and performed in master classes with soprano Susanna Phillips and composer Jake Heggie.
At Central City, Kaileigh won the Young Artist Award for Excellence in 2016 and the Dorsey Family Award in 2017. She spent last summer in Israel covering the role of Adina in L’elisir d’amore. After completing her Master of Music at USC, Kaileigh will pursue a performance certificate at the prestigious Boston University Opera Institute.
PROGRAM
W. A. MOZART (1756-1791)
Oiseaux, si tout les ans
Dans un bois
Abendempfindung an Laura
FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)
O Quand je dors
Enfant, si j’étais roi
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Mädchenblumen
Kornblumen
Mohnblumen
Epheu
Wasserrose
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Nuvoletta
Lee Hoiby (1926-2011)
Nuits
Insomnia
Timothy Peterson (b. 1994)
Harp My Bones
Girl With Tongue Cut Out
Two Sisters
Becoming a Nightingale
