“...a soprano possessed of considerable beauty, assured technique, and consummate musicianship.”
Soprano Ariana Strahl is an international storyteller whose nuanced vocal abilities are equally comfortable in the realms of symphonic works, art song, and opera. A truly international artist, Ms. Strahl is equally at home in the United States and in Germany, having been an artist in residence at the Komische Oper Berlin, where she brought over twenty roles to the stage. Of their portrayal of Tennessee Williams’ Blanche DuBois, critics praised her as highly gifted and smart, attractive and empathetic - every move she made was motivated by the drama. They are an ardent new music advocate, having co-commissioned a song cycle for soprano and large ensemble by composer Eric Malmquist, called Let Me Sing - three poems of American activist women.
When she’s not singing, Ms. Strahl is an impassioned arts advocate and endeavors to develop and cultivate community around musical experiences. Their work with arts communities in both Chicago and San Francisco speaks toward the reciprocal joy that is possible in a community centered around creativity. Her Chicago Back Porch Concert Series brought together some of Chicago’s finest musicians and neighbors during the summer of 2020, with a simple goal - making music apart, together.
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Repertoire
opera
Bizet | Carmen - Micaela
Dvorak | Rusalka
Floyd | Susannah - Susannah
Gounod | Faust - Marguerite
Kálmán | Die Czardasfürstin
Korngold | Das Wunder der Heliane
Mozart | Don Giovanni - Donna Anna, Donna Elvira
Mozart | Die Zauberflöte - 1. Lady
Previn | Streetcar Named Desire - Blanche DuBois
Puccini | Suor Angelica
Puccini | La Rondine - Magda
Strauss, J. | Die Fledermaus - Rosalinde
Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin - Tatiana
Weber | Der Freischütz - Agathe
Zeller | Der Vogelhändler - Kurfürstin Marie
symphonic
Beethoven | Symphony No. 9
Brahms | German Requiem
Britten | War Requiem
Dvorak | Stabat Mater
Mahler | Symphony No. 2
Mendelssohn | Elijah
Mozart | Requiem
Rutter | Mass of the Children
Verdi | Requiem
art song
Barber | Hermit Songs
Berg | Seven Early Songs
Canteloube | Songs of the Auvergne
De Falla | Seven Popular Spanish Songs
Haydn | English Canzonettas
Alma Mahler | Opus 10
Gustav Mahler | Rückert Lieder
Fanny Mendelssohn | Opus 9
Felix Mendelssohn | 6 Duets, Opus 63
Schoenberg | Book of the Hanging Gardens
Clara Schumann | Opus 13
Robert Schumann | Frauenliebe und Leben
Shostakovich | Alexander Blok Romances
Shreker | Opus 4
Strauss | Four Last Songs
Strauss | Opus 27
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with Josh Quinn, piano