


SOPRANO
LAUREL SPRIGG

PERFORMANCES
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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.
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RECENT PERFORMANCE
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Verdi Requiem
August 19, 2022
San Francisco Choral Society
Bryan Baker Conducting
Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco
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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
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Soprano Laurel Sprigg has delighted audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years 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.
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Laurel studied vocal performance and music theory at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Dance at Bennington College. An advocate of community engagement, Laurel has given recitals to benefit many community groups. She has recently moved to Washington, and has joined the Bremerton Symphony Chorale, Kitsap Opera outreach program, and the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle.
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



