Salute!
Free Concert on the Bartholomew County Courthouse Lawn
In honor of those who have served and who serve in the United States Armed Forces
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic
May 27, 2022
Columbus, IN
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic
David Bowden, conductor/artistic director
Rick Vale, vocal soloist
Major General Mark Pillar USAF (Ret.), Military Ceremonies
Readers of Letters from those who didn't make it home: John Johnson, Sylvia McNair
Sylvia McNair
Concert
"Opera Star & Good Samaritan: Sylvia McNair"
by Carmen Siering, photography by Lisa Walker
Sylvia McNair: A Life in Three Acts
From Indiana University student to internationally acclaimed opera star to renowned IU faculty member, Sylvia McNair's life has come full circle. Now retire, she has taken on a new role- that of hard-working volunteer for local charities.
Bloom Magazine
April/May 2022
https://www.magbloom.com/
Magazine article
Magazine cover
Spring Festival Concert 2022
Everything's Coming Up Roses (Stephen Sondheim/Jule Styne)
Be the Light (Kevin Cole)
Sing for Joy! and the Bloomington Peace Choir
May 18, 2022
Bloomington Switchyard Pavilion
Sylvia McNair, guest artist
Kevin Cole, guest artist
Sandra Freund, director
Phyllis Wickliff, director
Kaden Larson, pianist
Mark Wiedenmayer, bass ukulele
Concert
Jacobs Holiday Celebration
Jacobs School of Music
December 11, 2021
Musical Arts Center
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Bloomington, Indiana
Sylvia McNair, host and vocals
Holiday Celebration Big Band
Brent Wallarab, director
String Academy Virtuosi
Mimi Zweig, director
Brenda Brenner, co-director
Guitar Ensemble
Daniel Duarte, director
IU Children's Choir
Brent Gualt and Julia Shaw, directors
Harp Ensemble
Elźbieta Szmyt, director
Dancers of the Ballet Department
Christian Claessens, Jack Grohmann, Sarah Wroth, choreography
Jeremy Allen, bass
David Gulyas, guitar
Pat Harbison, trumpet
Brian Mueller, marimba
Kieran Brown, voice
Maggie Kinabrew, voice
Petar Jankovic, bass
Robbie Darling, drums
Holiday concert
Celebrate the Season
"'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
(arr. Bill Holcombe)
Sylvia McNair, narrator
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra
November 26, 2021
Buskirk-Chumley Theater
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra
Alejandro Gómez Guillén, artistic director and conductor
Sylvia McNair, vocalist
Lucia Walker, vocalist
Kit Boulding, violin
MotionArts Dance Academy
Concert
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Overture and Incidental Music to Goethe's Egmont, Op. 84
Telarc Digital, CD
1993
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur, conductor
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Will Quadflieg, narrator
An All-Beethoven Concert
October 22, 23, 24, 27, 1992
Avery Fisher Hall
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York, NY
Recording
Compact disc
Wolfgang Rihm (b. 1952)
Jakob Lenz
Opera in Thirteen Scenes
Libretto freely adapted by Michael Fröhling from Georg Büchner's novella "Lenz"
English translation by Thomas Baldner
The Indiana University Opera Theater
Indiana University School of Music
July 11, 18, 1982
Musical Arts Center
Indiana University
Jakob- Michael Smartt
Oberlin- Robert Bork
Kaufmann- Joseph Levitt
Six "Voices"- Sylvia McNair, Ellen Rabiner, Michelle O'Brien, Gail Chamberlain, Mark Johnson, Tom Witakowski
Children- Benjamin David, Scott Ewing, Ann Nagosky, Jacob Smith
Thomas Baldner, conductor
Ross Allen, director
Max Röthlisberger, designer
Betty Shine, stage manager
William Ashby, Mark Phelps, coaches
Opera
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Rigoletto
"Opera in four acts by Giuseppi Verdi, with libretto in Italian by Francesco Maria Piave, after Victor Hugo's play Le Roi's Amuse."
English Translation by Andrew Porter
The Indiana University Opera Theater
Indiana University School of Music
September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 1980
Musical Arts Center
Indiana University
The Duke of Mantua- Colenton Freeman, Gran Wilson
Borsa- Michael Peterson, Brian Scott
Countess Ceprano- Rita Thomas, Mary Witten
Rigoletto- Tim Noble, Michael Smartt
Marullo- William Ryberg, Jeffrey Snider
Count Ceprano- Stephen Biggers, Richard Gamble
Count Monterone- Mark Johnson, Mark Lundberg
Sparafucile- Ted Adkins, Kevin Maynor
Gilda- Clarissa Behr, Sylvia McNair
Giovanna- Frances Neufeld, Marion Pratnicki
A court page- Connie Heidenreich, Ann Moreci
A guard escorting Monterone- Charles Corso
Maddalena- Celia Bernens, Diane Elias
Courtiers- John Bellamy, Daniel Brewer, Maxwilliam Brown, Terry Bucher, Joseph Cercy, Thomas Hicks, Colin Hills, Ronald House, Frank Levar, Joseph Levitt, Michael MacLachlan, Peter Pellinen, Charles Sliger, Stephen Taylor, Brian Trego, Peter Volpe, Thomas Witakowski
Ladies of the Court and Pages- Andrea Adkins, Victoria Atwater, Katharyne Baker, Laura Beyer, Julie Cheek, Marcelle Dronkers, Jeanne Enlow, Katherine Gilbert, Sandrea Gulley, Mary Hatcher, Janice Holsapple, Marilyn Holt, Jennifer Mickel, Ann Moreci, Tracey Moore, Betty Shine, Jennifer Zarchy
Conductor- Bryan Balkwill
Stage director- Ross Allen
Designer- Max Röthlisberger
Chorus master- Michael Dixon
Coaches- Beth Gutowski, Philip Kuttner
Stage manager- Barbara Baugh
General manager- Dean Charles H. Webb
Opera
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
The Abduction from the Seraglio
A Singspiel in Three Acts
Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie the younger
(adapted from C. F. Breitzner's "Belmonte un Konstanze")
New English translation by Andrew Porter
The Indiana University Opera Theater
Indiana University School of Music
January 30 and February 13, 1982
Belmonte- Mark Hester
Osmin- James Ramlet
Pedrillo- Peter Gillis
The Pasha Selim- Kenneth Derby
Constanza- Sylvia McNair
Blonda- Katherine Rogers
Conductor- Thomas Baldner
Stage director- Andrew Porter
Designer- Max Röthlisberger
Lighting Designer- Allen R. White
Chorus Master- Thomas Witakowski
Coaches- Douglas Martin, Mark Phelps
Stage manager- Betty Shine
General manager- Dean Charles H. Webb
Opera
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Manon
an Opera in Five Acts
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille
After the Novel by the Abbé Prévost
English Translation by Richard Strawn
The Indiana University Opera Theater
Indiana University School of Music
April 5, 12, 19, 26, 1980
Musical Arts Center
Indiana University
Guillot de Morfontaine- Don Bernardini
De Brétigny- Richard Cowan
Pousette- Mara Dumski
Innkeeper- Moses Braxton
Two Guardsmen- Steven Fredericks, Rudolph Neufeld
Lescaut- Matthew Lau
Manon- Sylvia McNair
Chevalier des Grieux- David Doyle
Maid- Laura Beyer
Count des Grieux- Ted Adkins
Porter of the Seminary- David Castronuovo
Conductor- Bryan Balkwill
Stage Director- Ross Allen
Designer- David Higgins
Choreographer- Nicolas Beriozoff
Chorus Master- Michael Dixon
Coaches- Hugh Keelan, Ted Taylor
Opera