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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Overture and Incidental Music to Goethe's Egmont, Op. 84

Date1993
TypeRecording Compact disc
American Pianists Awards

DateCelebration Weekend June 25-27, 2021 Hilbert Circle Theatre Indianapolis, IN
TypeCompetition
Celebrate the Season

"'Twas the Night Before Christmas" (arr. Bill Holcombe) Sylvia McNair, narrator

DateNovember 26, 2021 Buskirk-Chumley Theater Bloomington, IN
TypeConcert
Jacobs Holiday Celebration

DateDecember 11, 2021 Musical Arts Center Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Bloomington, Indiana
TypeHoliday concert
Spring Festival Concert 2022

Everything's Coming Up Roses (Stephen Sondheim/Jule Styne) Be the Light (Kevin Cole)

DateMay 18, 2022 Bloomington Switchyard Pavilion
TypeConcert
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

DateMay 27, 2022
TypeConcert
"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.

DateApril/May 2022
TypeMagazine article Magazine cover
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

DateSeptember 27, October 4, 11, 18, 1980 Musical Arts Center Indiana University
TypeOpera
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

TypeOpera
DateJanuary 30 and February 13, 1982
SubjectStage productions
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

DateApril 5, 12, 19, 26, 1980 Musical Arts Center Indiana University
TypeOpera
"Climb Every Mountain"
Sylvia's TEDx Talk

"Perspective is Everything"

DateNovember 2015
TypeSpeech
McNair: "A Million Dreams" video

recorded with Paloma Friedhoff

DateJune 12, 2020
TypeVideo recording
Letter from Hans Georg Fuchs

Letter sent along with a Schubert score with a handmade cover

TypePersonal correspondence
Dressing room serenade

King's Singers perform "Love Her" by the Beatles, serenading Sylvia McNair in her dressing room at The Mormon Tabernacle.

Date2015
Skydiving over Monterey, CA

DateOctober 2019
TypeBucket List
Sylvia McNair Hosts Audra McDonald's Benefit Concert for Over The Rainbow (Chicago, IL)

DateBroadcast October 2020
TypeBenefit event
Indiana Bicentennial: Celebrating 200 Years of Hoosier History

Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay

DateSeptember 20, 2016 Monroe County Bloomington, IN
TypeEvent
Oregon Bach Festival

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Messiah Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) St. Matthew's Passion Cantata 51

DateJuly 1985
TypeConcert
Recording of "Lament" composed by Raymond Leppard and Princess Margaret

Photo from composing session in 1955 Letter from Raymond Leppard after recording session in 2018

DateRecording on July 1, 2018 DeHaan Recital Hall University of Indianapolis Photo from 1955
TypeRecording Personal photo Personal correspondence
Benefit for the Immigration Center of Indiana

DateDecember 2018 St. Luke's Methodist
TypeBenefit concert Personal photo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) The Impresario [Der Schauspieldirektor]

A Comic Opera in One Act

DateJuly 28, 1977 Pierce Memorial Chapel Wheaton, IL
TypeOpera
Note from Jake Heggie

Accompanied by the score: "Three Decembers" by Jake Heggie

TypePersonal correspondence
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Symphony No. 2 for soprano and contralto soloists, chorus and orchestra in C minor, "Resurrection"

DateMay 17-18, 1985 Circle Theater Indianapolis, IN
TypeOrchestra and choral concert
Berliner Philharmoniker

"Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphony No. 8 in Eb Major (Symphony of a Thousand) in two parts for large orchestra, eight soloists, two mixed choirs and boys' choir"

Date1995 Philharmonic Hall Berlin, Germany
TypeOrchestra and choral concert