Please note: This is a list of solo arias only, to be sung individually in a concert, wedding or other special event;
this is not a list of audition arias or roles. Please see my resume page for casting ideas.

Soprano Arias
"Csardas" from Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss)
"Do not utter a word" from Vanessa (Barber)
"Donde lieta" from La Boheme (Puccini)
"Ebben, n'andro lontana" from La Wally (Catalani)
"Il est doux, il est bon" from Herodiade (Massenet)
"In quelle trine morbide" from Manon Lescaut (Puccini)
"Isabella's Jewel Song" from Christopher Columbus (Offenbach)
"Last night was one of those nights" from Christopher Columbus (Offenbach)
"Lisa's Scene and Arioso" from Pikovaya Dama (Tchaikovsky)
"Mi tradi, quell alma ingrata" from Don Giovanni (Mozart)
"My man's gone now" from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)
"O! mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
"Porgi, amor" from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
"Quando m'en vo soletta" from La Boheme (Puccini)
"Rusalka's Song to the Moon" from Rusalka (Dvorak)
"Si, mi chiamano Mimi" from La Boheme (Puccini)
"Sommi dei" from Radamisto (Handel)
"Steal me, sweet thief" from The Old Maid and The Thief (Menotti)
"Summertime" from Porgy and Bess (Gershwin)
"Und ob die Wolke" from Der Freischutz (Weber)
"Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" from Tosca (Puccini)
"Voi lo sapete, o mamma" from Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
"When I am laid in earth" from Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)

Mezzo-soprano Arias
"Chacun au son gout" from Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss)
"Che faro senza Euridice" from Orfeo (Willibald von Gluck)
"Must the Winter Come So Soon?" from Vanessa (Barber)
"Stride la vampa" from Il Trovatore (Verdi)
"Stella del marinar" from La Gioconda (Ponchielli)
"Una voce poco fa" from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)
"Voce di donna" from La Gioconda (Ponchielli)
"Voi, che sapete" from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)

Oratorio Arias
"Blute nur, du liebes Hertz" from St. Matthew's Passion (Bach)
"Come unto him" from Messiah (Handel)
"Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit" from Requiem (Brahms)
"Hear ye, Israel" from Elijah (Mendelssohn)
"O grant me in the dust to fall" from St. Ludmila (Dvorak)
"Rejoice greatly" from Messiah (Handel)

Art Songs
"American Lullaby" by Gladys Rich
"Beau Soir" by Claude Debussy
"Bist du bei mir" by Gottfried Stolzel (previously attributed to Bach)
"Bonjour, Suzon!" by Leo Delibes
"Cabin" by Paul Bowles
"Caro mio ben" by Giuseppe Giordani
"Con amores la mi madre" by Fernando Obradors
"Cradle song" by Alexander Gretchaninov
"Der Wegweiser" by Franz Schubert
"Fruhlingstraum" by Franz Schubert
"Half-ring moon" by Charles Griffiths
"Heiss mich nicht reden" by Franz Schubert
"Heavenly Grass" by Paul Bowles
"Ich liebe dich" by Edvard Grieg
"In midst of the ball" by Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky
"Los Pelegrinitos" (composer unknown)
"Los Cuatro Muleros" (composer unknown)
"Med en primulaveris" by Edvard Grieg
"Modinha" by Heitor Villa-Lobos
"Morgengruss" by Franz Schubert
"Nina" by Giovanni Pergolesi
"O wusst ich doch den Weg zuruck" by Johannes Brahms
"Sapphische Ode" by Johannes Brahms
"Silver Moonbeams" by Bela Bartok
"Sure, on this shining night" by Samuel Barber
"Widmung" by Robert Schumann
"Wie Melodien zieht es mir" by Johannes Brahms
"With a primrose" by Edvard Grieg
"Zorongo" (composer unknown)

Other music
Given adequate preparation time, I can learn just about anything.
I have also performed blues, folk, pop, jazz, and sacred music for special occasions.
Please contact me with questions or for more information.

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