Program
Frauenliebe und Leben
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
1. Seit ich ihn gesehen
2. Er, der herrlichste von allen
3. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben
4. Du Ring an meinem Finger
5. Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
6. Süßer Freund
7. An meinem Herzen
8. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
Intermission
George Frideric Handel (1686-1759)
From Semele
Hence Iris, hence away
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Three songs, Op.45
A Green Lowland of Pianos
Now I Have Fed and Eaten Up the Rose
O Boundless, Boundless Evening
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Mignonne
Ronde D’amour
L’eté
Performer biography
Huizhong Jiang, mezzo-soprano, was born in Shanghai, China. She earned her bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Professor Xuan Huang. She later received her master’s degree in vocal performance from the Manhattan School of Music under the guidance of Professor Ashley Putnam, where she performed the role of Dorabella in Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Dorothée in Massenet’s Cendrillon, both produced by the MSM Opera Theater. Currently, she is pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree in vocal performance at Michigan State University, studying with Professor Jane Bunnell. Huizhong is a winner of the Tuscany International Vocal Arts Festival in Italy. In the spring of this year, she performed as Tisbe in the MSU Opera Theater’s production of Rossini’s La Cenerentola.
