SONGS FOR MY MOTHER – REBECCA JO LOEB
SONGS FOR MY MOTHER Rebecca Jo Loeb, mezzo-soprano Kunal Lahiry, pianist Saturday, April 3, 2021 Enjoy the 54-minute recital from these two beautiful artists. Here is the 27-minute interview. You must input the password, which is provided next to the link. https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/1qmzHpfESo4LMpGcRszrkCtq8CUnYvLLK3HWMGZAUO2nFbgcPyx8IXAmA22HC3mO.jxFp0UIeoJAMjCdQ Passcode: uaTk+t4i Rebecca began her 2019/20 season at the Teatro Municipal Sao Paolo reprising her role as Lumee in the Pulitzer Prize winning Opera prism and then singing various roles in a concert version of Weill’s Der Silversee and Blitzstein’s No for an Answer. She then debuted with the Oldenburgische Staatsballet singing as the soloist in VANITAS by Sciarrino. The engagements that were cancelled included prism at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Bach St. John’s Passion with the Florida Orchestra, Garderobiere/ Gymnasiast in Lulu with the Cleveland Orchestra and The Metropolitan Opera, and The Dutchess in Weill’s The Firebrand of Florence at Tanglewood. Future seasons include debuts at the Spoleto Festival and Opera Philadelphia in world premieres and directing Die Fledermaus in Berlin. Last season, Rebecca debuted with Los Angeles Opera and Beth Morrison Projects as Lumee in Reid’s prism. She also returned to the Deutsche Oper Berlin for Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with Donald Runnicles conducting, Mercedes in Carmen, Zweite Dame in die Zauberflöte and New York Festival of Song to reprise Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles on tour. Ms. Loeb spent five seasons in the ensembles of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Hamburgische Staatsoper, in which her performances included Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Rosina in