W A N D A B R I S T E R
R e p e r t o i r e
Operatic Roles:
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Abduction of Figaro (PDQ Bach) - Susanna Susannadanna / Mama Geno (Jefferson Performing Arts Society)
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Albert Herring - Mum (AVA Opera Theater)
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Amahl and the Night Visitors - Mother (Pima Opera, Performing Arts Society of Acadiana, USM Opera Theater)
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Ariadne auf Naxos - Dryade / Composer* (Opera Company of Philadelphia)
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Carmen - Mercedes (Lyric Opera of Waco)
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Le Comte Ory - Ragonde (FSU Opera - Faculty Artist)
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The Consul - Mother (AVA Opera Theater)
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Così fan tutte - Dorabella (USL Opera Theater - Graduate - returning artist)
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La damnation de Faust - Marguerite* (Opera Company of Philadelphia)
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Dialogues of the Carmelites - Madame DeCroissy (USL Opera Theater - returning artist)
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Dido and Aeneas - Sorceress (Loyola University Chorale)
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L'enfant et les sortilèges - L'enfant (New World Symphony)
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Eugene Onegin - Olga (Opera Theater of Saint Louis)
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Fedora - Dimitri / Savoyard (Opera Orchestra of New York)
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The Juniper Tree (Glass/Moran) - Stepmother* (American Music Theater Festival)
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Lakmé - Mistress Benson (Opera Orchestra of New York, New Orleans Opera Association)
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Little Red Riding Hood - Mother / Grandma (AVA Opera Theater)
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Madama Butterfly - Suzuki (Pittsburgh Opera Theater, Performing Arts Society of Acadiana,
Shreveport Opera, AVA Opera Theater)
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The Medium - Baba* (Opera Company of Philadelphia) - Mrs. Nolan (New York Chamber Opera Ensemble Tour)
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New Moon - Julie (New England Lyric Operetta )
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Le nozze di Figaro - Marcellina (Connecticut Grand Opera, USL Opera Theater)
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Orfeo and Euridice - Orfeo (Annapolis Opera)
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Pelléas et Mélisande - Geneviève (AVA Opera Theater)
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Rigoletto - Giovanna (New Orleans Opera Association) - Maddalena (Loyola University)
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Sound of Music - Mother Abbess (Performing Arts Society of Acadiana)
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Suor Angelica - Badessa (Opera Company of Philadelphia) - Principessa (Cover Opera Company of Philadelphia, performed with Louisiana Opera Theater) -Mistress of the Novices (AVA Opera Theater)
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La Traviata - Annina (New Orleans Opera Association)
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I Vespri Siciliani - Ninetta (Opera Orchestra of New York)
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The Visitors (Swann) - Anna (world premiere, Bala Cynwyd, PA)
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Die Zauberflöte - Zweiter Dame (Baltimore Opera)
* Cover for Nadine Denize (Berlioz) for Regine Crespin (Medium), Diane Curry (Suor Angelica)
Oratorio/Symphonic Works:
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Bach, J.C.: Die Kindheit Jesu, Philadelphia
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Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio . Magnificat . St John Passion . St Matthew Passion .
Cantatas: 4, 6, 10, 22, 35, 48, 78, 119, 149, 164, 182 New York, Philadelphia, Tucson
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Beethoven: 9th Symphony, Lafayette, LA
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Britten: Canticle II . Ceremony of Carols, Seattle, WA, New Orleans, LA, Philadelphia
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Bruckner: Te deum, Tallahassee, FL
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Copland: In the Beginning, Tucson, AZ, Parkersburg and Bridgeport, WV, Budapest and Pécs, Hungary
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Debussy: La damoiselle elue, New Orleans, LA, Tempe, AZ
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Duruflé: Requiem, Greenwich, CT, Rye, NY, Stamford, CT
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Dvorák: Stabat Mater . Mass in D, New York, NY
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Eberlin: Mass in C, Greenwich, CT
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Fauré: Ave verum, Stamford, CT
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Fauré: Requiem, Ethchingham, England
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Handel: Messiah . Israel in Egypt . Judas Maccabaeus, Tucson, AZ, New
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Orleans, LA
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Harbison: December 1, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra
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Haydn: Paukenmesse . Theresienmesse . Lord Nelson Mass . St Nicholas Mass
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Honegger: King David, Tallahassee, FL
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Kodaly; Budavardi Te deum, Philadelphia
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Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Carnegie Hall, FSU Symphony .
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Mahler: Rückertlieder University of Arizona Orchestra
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Tucson, AZ
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Monteverdi : Mass for Five Voices, Schwetzingen Festival, Germany
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Mozart: Grand Mass in C Minor . Coronation Mass . Litanae Laurentenae .
Missa Brevis in G . Missa Brevis in D . Requiem . Messiah Realization .
Vesperae Solemnes de Confessore . Regina Coeli
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Penderecki: Credo, Tallahassee, FL (with Penderecki)
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Rossini: Stabat Mater, New York, Tucson
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Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio, New York, Tucson
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Schütz: St Matthew Passion . St John Passion, Philadelphia
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Vaughan-Williams: Magnificat . Hodie New Orleans, Charleston, WV
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Verdi: Requiem
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Vivaldi: Gloria
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Weber: Mass in G, Greenwich, CT
Substantive Recital Repertoire by:
Early Italian Masters . Bacon . Barber . Baldwin . Beethoven . Bernstein . Bizet . Brahms . Britten . Caplet . Chausson . Clark . Copland . Cras . Debussy . Dowland . Dring . Duparc . Dvorak . Ewazen . Falla . Fauré . Foster . Gibbs . Grieg . Hahn . Handel . Hensel . Herbert . Ibert . Knosp . Laitman . Liszt . Mahler . McLarry . Mendelssohn . Mozart . Mudarra . Ockeghem . Pfitzner . Pilkington . Poulenc . Purcell . Rachmaninov. Ravel . Rorem . Rossini . Saint-Saëns . Satie . Schafer . Schubert . Schumann . Shostakovich . Sowash . Spohr . Stenhammar . Strauss . Szulc . Tchaikovsky . Vaughan-Williams . Webern . Weill . Wolf
Additional Repertoire:
Chamber Music
Music for Voice and instruments
Aylward: At the Still Point, for voice, saxophone, percussion, and piano, Tucson, AZ (with the composer)
Beethoven: Scottish Songs for Soprano and piano trio, Schloss Prösels, Italy
Brahms: Zwei Gesänge, Opus 91 for mezzo, viola, and piano, Vipiteno, Italy, Tallahassee, FL
Caplet: pieces for mezzo-soprano and flute, Tucson, AZ, Valdosta, GA, Atlanta, GA, Tallahassee, FL, Vipiteno, Italy
Clarke: Three Irish Country Songs for voice and violin, Vipiteno, Italy
Ewazen: ... to cast a shadow again for voice with trumpet and piano, Tucson, AZ (with the composer)
Ibert: Deux steles orientées for voice and flute, Tucson, AZ
Mozart: arias from La clemenza di Tito with clarinet obbligato, Green Valley, AZ, Lafayette, LA, Völs am Schlern, Italy
Ockeghem: Trois chansons, soprano with viola and bassoon, Castelrotto, Italy
Saint-Saëns: Une flute invisible for voice, flute, and piano, Tucson, AZ, Las Vegas, NV, Tallahassee, FL
Atlanta, GA, Valdosta, GA, Vipiteno, Italy
Schafer: Minnelieder for Mezzo-soprano and wind quintet, Tucson, AZ
Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen for soprano, clarinet, and piano, Völs am Schlern, Italy, Rye, NY
Shostakovich: Romances on Words of Alexander Blok, Soprano with piano trio, Tucson, AZ, Las Vegas, NV, Völs am
Schlern, Italy
Sowash: Along the River, cycle for mezzo, clarinet, and piano, Völs am Schlern, Italy
Spohr: Six Songs for Voice, Clarinet, and Piano, Houma, LA, Völs am Schlern, Italy
Vivaldi: "Ch'alla colpa fa' traggitto" for mezzo, two bassoons, and double bass, Norman, OK
Wanamaker: "Mid-winter waking," for soprano and clarinet (Recorded)
Music for Mezzo-soprano and Bassoon (Recorded)
Baldwin: Of Thorns and Roses, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Völs am Schlern, Italy, Arlington, TX
Chabrier: L'invitation au voyage, Arlington, TX, Vipiteno, Italy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Laitman: I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Birmingham, England (IDRS), Völs am Schlern, Italy, Arlington, TX, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
McLarry: Edgar Allan Poe Songs, Ithaca, NY (IDRS), Vipiteno, Italy, Rio de Janeiro, Atlanta, Tallahassee, Valdosta
Music for Vocal Quartet
Brahms: Quartets Opuses 31, 64, and 92,
Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer (worldwide), Neuesliebeslieder Walzer
Cui: Vocal Quartets
Haydn: Vocal Quartets, worldwide
Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder, Op.138, Tallahassee
Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, worldwide
Strauss: Waltzes, worldwide
Traveled to: Canada, Germany, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Russia,
Ukraine
Vocal Duets:
Brahms: Duets for Mezzo and Baritone, Opus 28, Tucson, AZ
Hensel: Duets for Mezzo and Tenor, Fanny Hensel Festival - Tallahassee, FL
Laitman: Duet for Soprano and Mezzo-soprano, Knoxville, TN
Schumann: Duets for Mezzo and Baritone, Opus 78, Mozart on the Square - Philadelphia, PA
Tchaikovsky: Duets for Soprano and Mezzo, Opus 46, Tallahassee, FL, New York, NY (Kosciuszko Foundation - WQXR)
WORLD PREMIERES:
John Aylward: At the Still Point (U of Arizona, Tucson) (with composer)
John Harbison: December 1 (world premiere of orchestrated version) (Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, FL)
Susan Knosp: Three Emily Dickinson Songs (U of Arizona, Tucson) (with composer)
Donald Swann: The Visitors (Anna), Bala Cynwyd, PA (with the composer, musical director)


