SOPRANO
LAUREL SPRIGG
PERFORMANCES
Laurel performs regularly in Art Song recitals, large choral works, and special community events. Laurel performed with pianist Daniel Lockert in the inaugural recital series for the Sausalito Song Society. This well-received performance featured works by Lee Hoiby, Ned Rorem, and Samuel Barber; Hector Berlioz; Richard Strauss; Joaquin Turina, Fernando Obradors, and Carlos Guastavino. Proceeds were donated to the Hurricane relief fund for Puerto Rico. Laurel was also seen at the San Francisco Public Library in their presentation of Poetry in Song, a recital featuring multiple performers and an eclectic array of art song by many well-known poets.
RECENT PERFORMANCE
Verdi Requiem
August 19, 2022
San Francisco Choral Society
Bryan Baker Conducting
Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco
V
LISTEN
Richard Strauss 1864-1949 | Fruhling
Francis Poulenc 1899-1963 | Gloria, Movement lll, Domine Deus.
Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901 | Verdi Requiem, Movement 7, Andante
Johannes Brahms 1822-1897 | Ein deutsches Requiem Movement V
from the opera Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) | Io son l’umile ancella
Carlos Guastavino 1912-2000 | La Rosa y el Sauce
Ben Moore b.1960 | The Lake Isle of Innisfree
ABOUT
Throughout the bay area, soprano Laurel Sprigg has delighted audiences with her warm, vibrant singing as a concert soloist, recitalist, and chamber music soloist. In public performances, private events and intimate gatherings, her artistry is communicated through her fresh, clear, and heartfelt singing.
Performance has always been a part of Laurel's life. Her mother was a professional violinist, and her daily practice and regular chamber music gatherings inspired Laurel's own love of music. She studied piano as a child and cello and voice as a college student while majoring in dance.
An advocate of community engagement, Laurel has given recitals to benefit the Society for Community Work at the Unitarian Church in San Francisco, a Sausalito Song Society recital to benefit Hurricane Relief for Puerto Rico, and has sung programs for local retirement homes. She also sings for weddings, memorial services, and other community events.
OPERA ARIAS
CATALANI - La Wally: Ebben, ne andro lontana
CILEA - Adrianna Lecouvrir: Io son l'umille ancella; Poveri fiori
MOZART - Le nozze di Figaro: Porgi amor; Dove sono
PUCCINI - La Bohéme: Quando m'en vo'; Mi chiamano Mimi
La Rondine: Ch'il bel sogno
Madama Butterfly: Un bel di vedremo
Suor Angelica: Senza mamma
Tosca: Vissi d'arte
VERDI - Aida: Qui Radames verrà
Il trovatore: Tacea la notte placida; D'amor sull'ali rosee
La forza del destino: Pace, pace mio Dio; La vergine degli angeli
Un ballo in maschera: Ecco l'orrido campo; Morrò, ma prima in grazia;
Don Carlos: Tu che le vanita
Otello: Ave Maria
REPERTOIRE
CONCERT REPERTOIRE
BERLIOZ - Les Nuits d'été
BRAHMS - Requiem
DVORÁK - Requiem, Stabat Mater
FAURÉ - Requiem
POULENC - Gloria, Stabat Mater
MAHLER - 2nd Symphony, 4th Symphony
MENDELSSOHN - Elijah
MOZART - Requiem
STRAUSS - Vier letzte Lieder
VERDI - Requiem
VIVALDI - Gloria
RECITAL REPERTOIRE
Individual pieces provided by request
BARBER - BERLIOZ - BRAHMS - CHAUSSON
DEBUSSY - DUPARC - De FALLA - FAURÉ
GINASTERA - GRANADOS - GUASTAVINO
HAHN - HOIBY - MARX - MOZART - OBRADORS
PUCCINI - QUILTER - ROREM - SCHUBERT
SCHUMANN - STRAUSS - TURINA
Paul Dab, piano, Arie Perry, tenor, Laurel Sprigg, soprano
Steven Hoffmann, Baritone, Christine Springer, voice teacher,
Laurel Sprigg, soprano Tomoko Okada, Piano
Johanne Daniel, soprano, Laurel Sprigg, soprano
