Sarah Coburn
The University of Wyoming Department of Music presents guest artist Sarah Coburn, soprano, with Theresa Bogard, piano, Friday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall.
The recital is free and open to the public.
The program will feature music by Rossini, Bellini, Rachmaninoff, Marx, Strauss and Charles Gabriel, as well as traditional American spirituals, arranged by Moses Hogan.
Praised by Opera News as a coloratura singer with a “silvery, resonant soprano,” Coburn has performed on many of the world’s great stages, including the Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, the Wiener Staatsoper and Welsh National Opera. She has received awards from the George London Foundation, The Richard Tucker Foundation, the Jensen Foundation, the Liederkranz Foundation and Opera Index. She was a national grand finalist in the 2001 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Career highlights include the role of Amina in “La sonnambula” with the Wiener Staatsoper; Zerbinetta in “Ariadne auf Naxos” with Seattle Opera; Marie in “La fille du régiment” with Seattle Opera, Opera Carolina and Tulsa Opera; Juliette in “Roméo et Juliette” with Tulsa Opera; and Adina in “L’elisir d’amore” with Washington National Opera. Coburn has performed the role of Princess Yue-Yang in the world premiere production of Tan Dun’s “The First Emperor” at the Metropolitan Opera opposite Placido Domingo and created the role of Kitty in “Anna Karenina” for Florida Grand Opera, with further performances at Opera Theatre of St. Louis.
American pianist Bogard is a dynamic, versatile performer dedicated to expanding the canon of traditional piano repertoire. Her early career focused on performances of music by women composers, and she continues to include works by other lesser-known composers in her varied programs.
As a recipient of a coveted Fulbright grant, Bogard was able to explore her interest in historical performance practice and fortepiano studying at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague in the Netherlands. That same year, she was a top-prize winner in the International Mozart Fortepiano Competition in Bruges, Belgium. A world traveler with a passion for other cultures, Bogard has performed on five continents. Her extensive discography includes recordings ranging from solo piano to chamber music collaborations, from music of living composers to her specialty in fortepiano and historical performance practice.
