| George Frideric Handel |
Come unto Him, from Messiah |
03/01/2009 |
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| George Frideric Handel |
Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion, from Messiah |
03/01/2009 |
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| Antonin Dvořák |
Lord, A New Song I would Fashion, from Biblical Songs |
03/01/2009 |
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| Antonin Dvořák |
God, the Lord, my Shepherd is, from Biblical Songs |
03/01/2009 |
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| Antonin Dvořák |
Give ear, O God, unto my Prayer, from Biblical Songs |
03/01/2009 |
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| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Tu virginum corona and Alleluja, from Exultate, Jubilate |
03/01/2009 |
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| Robert Allen |
There's no place like home for the Holidays |
03/01/2009 |
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| Traditional |
Mary Had a Baby (arr. Dawson) |
03/01/2009 |
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| Alessandro Scarlatti |
Mio tesoro, from 7 arie con tromba sola |
03/01/2009 |
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| Alessandro Scarlatti |
Rompe sprezza, from 7 arie con tromba sola |
03/01/2009 |
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| Alessandro Scarlatti |
Con voce festiva, from 7 arie con tromba sola |
03/01/2009 |
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| Richard Rogers |
You'll never walk alone, from Carousel |
03/01/2009 |
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Jonita Lattimore, Soprano
Biography
Chicago native Jonita Lattimore
is a current member of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists. She
made her Lyric Opera debut last season in Kurt Weill's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and can be seen this season as Micaela in Carmen. Formerly
a member of the Houston Opera Studio, she appeared in many productions
of the Houston Grand Opera including: Marguerite in Faust. First Lady in Die Zauberflote. St. Cecilia in Four Saints in Three Acts, and created roles in the world premieres of Harvey Milk and Jackie O (recorded on Decca). She made her Paris debut at the Bastille Opera as Serena in Porgy and Bess and
last year made her debut in Italy performing with the Orchestra della
Toscana under the direction of Bruno Bartoletti in concerts and radio
broadcasts. She has also performed in Edinburgh Scotland. Her oratorio
repertoire includes performances of The Creation and Messiah, the Requiems of Mozart, Verdi and Brahms. Poulenc's Gloria, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Choral Fantasy among
others, locally, she has been heard at the Ravinia Festival, Grant Park
Festival, Chicago Opera Theater and was the leading soprano in the
Goodman Theater's Cry, the Beloved Country, as well as many
recitals in the Chicago area. Ms. Lattimore was recently featured on
Artbeat Chicago, an arts television program on WTTW-Chicago's Public
Broadcast System on which an artist profile was done: Home Grown Diva!
She appears on WTTW's Opera Philes: a program of favorite opera arias
and ensembles. A frequent winner in competitions, she has been honored
by the Birgit Nilsson Competition, the Luciano Pavarotti International
Voice Competition, the MacAllister Awards, the Sullivan Foundation and
the George London Foundation. In Chicago she received the 1999 Rose M.
Grundman Scholarship, 199X Union League Scholarship and the 1998 Lynne
Harvey Scholarship for the Musicians Club of Women. Upcoming
appearances include a Millennium Concert with the Fort Worth Symphony,
several recitals in the Chicago area, and concerts with the Northern
Israel Symphony in Haifa, Israel.