Accompanied by Thomas Bagwell on the piano, Austrian coloratura soprano Lydia Rathkolb will perform children’s songs composed by a variety of outstanding classical and contemporary composers such as Mozart and Eröd.
Rathkolb’s international career as a singer in operas and recitals has included engagements as a soloist at the Vienna State Opera and the Bulgarian State Opera. Thomas Bagwell, who is well-known as a pianist in song recitals and chamber music, has had a long association with the Austrian Cultural Forum both in New York and Washington, DC, performing over twenty-five lieder recitals with up-and-coming singers from the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, and others.
The concert will include pieces by W.A. Mozart, R. Schumann, G. Mahler, I. Eröd, C. Saint-Saëns, with texts by J.W. Goethe, R. Bletschacher, G. di Gamerra, L. da Ponte, and others, and will conclude with “Edelweiss” and “The Lonely Goatherd” from The Sound of Music.
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