Repertoire - Jean Stilwell, Mezzo Soprano

 
 



Balfe - THE BOHEMIAN GIRL - Queen

  1. Opera in Concert


Berg - THE BOHEMIAN GIRL - Marie

  1. Pacific Opera, Victoria


Bizet - CARMEN - Carmen

  1. New York City Opera

  2. Utah Opera

  3. Minnesota Opera

  4. Opera Hamilton

  5. Canadian Opera Company

  6. Welsh National Opera

  7. Buffalo Philharmonic

  8. Pittsburgh Opera

  9. Vancouver Opera —1986 and 2002

  10. Opera Lyra Ottawa

  11. Manitoba Opera

  12. L’Opéra de Québec


Britten - RAPE OF LUCRETIA - Lucretia

  1. Edmonton Opera


Davies -  TRANSIT OF VENUS - Margot

  1. Winnipeg Opera


DuPres and Idle - NOT THE MESSIAH - The Virgin Mandy

  1. Toronto Symphony - LUMINATO


Gilbert & Sullivan - GONDOLIERS - Inez

  1. Stratford Festival


Gilbert & Sullivan - PIRATES OF PENZANCE - Ruth

  1. Hawaii Opera


Gilbert & Sullivan - MIKADO - Katisha

  1. Stratford Festival


Gilbert & Sullivan - IOLANTHE - Fairy Queen

  1. Stratford Festival


Giordano - ANDREA CHENIER - Bersi

  1. Canadian Opera Company


Handel - XERXES - Xerxes

  1. English National Opera in San Paolo, Brazil


Handel - GIULIO CESARE - Sesto

  1. Opera Atelier, Toronto


Humperdinck - HANSEL & GRETEL - Witch

  1. Opera Columbus, Ohio


Mascagni - CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA - Santuzza

  1. Kingston with Manitoba Opera


Massenet - CENDRILLON - Prince Charming

  1. Opera in Concert, Toronto


Massenet - DON QUIXOTE - Dulcinee

  1. Opera in Concert


Massenet - WERTHER - Charlotte

  1. Opera Sud, Netherlands


Monteverdi - THE RETURN OF ULYSSES - Penelope

  1. Buxton Festival


Mozart - COSI FAN TUTTE - Dorabella

  1. Welsh Nat. Opera; Nat. Arts Centre, Ottawa


Mozart - LA CLEMENZA DI TITO - Annio

  1. Canadian Opera Company


Mozart - LE NOZZE DI FIGARO - Cherubino

  1. Calgary Opera; Opera Lyra, Ottawa


Mozart - THE MAGIC FLUTE - 3rd Lady

  1. Edmonton Opera; Vancouver Opera


Poulenc - DIALOGUES DES CARMELITES - Mere Marie

  1. Manitoba Opera; Calgary Opera


Puccini - MADAMA BUTTERFLY - Suzuki

  1. Vancouver Opera


Puccini - LA BOHEME - Musetta

  1. Calgary Opera; Opera Lyra, Ottawa


J. Strauss - DIE FLEDERMAUS - Orlovsky

  1. Opera Ontario

  2. Vancouver Opera

  3. Kentucky Opera


R. Strauss - ARIADNE AUF NAXOS - Dryade

  1. Vancouver Opera


R. Strauss - DER ROSENKAVALIER - Annina

  1. Canadian Opera Company


Tchaikovsky - EUGENE ONEGIN - Olga

  1. Vancouver Opera


Verdi - FALSTAFF - Meg Page

  1. Canadian Opera Company


Verdi - RIGOLETTO - Maddalena

  1. L’Opéra de Montréal

  2. Minnesota Opera

  3. Canadian Opera Company

  4. Vancouver Opera

  5. Tulsa Opera Company


Verdi - DON CARLOS - Eboli

  1. L’Opéra de Montréal

  2. Arizona Opera


Verdi - AIDA - Amneris

  1. Vancouver Opera


  3. *See the list of additional roles suitable for Ms Stilwell’s voice, at the bottom of this page.




Orchestral and Concert Repertoire


Bach

  1. B MINOR MASS

  2. CANTATA #170

  3. CHRISTMAS ORATORIO

  4. MAGNIFICAT

  5. ST. JOHN PASSION

  6. ST. MATTHEW PASSION


Balcom, Bill

  1. I WILL BREATHE A MOUNTAIN (song cycle from American women poets with piano)


Beethoven

  1. MISSA SOLEMNIE

  2. SYMPHONY NO. NINE

  3. MASS IN C


Berio, Luciano

  1. FOLK SONGS — Chamber and orchestral version


Bernstein, Leonard

  1. MISSA BREVIS


Brahms

  1. ALTO RHAPSODY


Britten

  1. CANTICLE #2

  2. PRAISE WE GREAT MEN

  3. REJOICE IN THE LAMB

  4. CHARM OF LULLABYES


Charpentier

  1. TE DEUM


Cimarosa

  1. REQUIEM


Copland

  1. IN THE BEGINNING


de Falla, Manuel

  1. SIETE CANCIONES POPULARES ESPANOLAS


Du Prez, John, and Eric Idle

        NOT THE MESSIAH


Forsyth, M.

  1. 3 METIS FOLKSONGS FROM SASKATCHEWAN—piano and mezzo


Handel

  1. DIXIT DOMINUS

  2. MESSIAH


Haydn

  1. LORD NELSON MASS

  2. ST. TERESA MASS


Holman, Derek

  1. JEZEBEL — Oratorio (Libretto by Robertson Davies)


Honneger

  1. KING DAVID


Janacek

  1. GLAGOLITIC MASS


Mahler

  1. DAS LIED VON DER ERDE

  2. KINDERTOTEN LIEDER

  3. LIEDER EINES FAHRENDEN GESELLEN

  4. RUCKERT LIEDER

  5. SYMPHONIES #2 AND #8


McCartney, Paul

  1. LIVERPOOL ORATORIO


Mendelssohn

  1. ELIJAH


Mercur, Pierre

  1. CANTATE POUR UNE JOIE


Morawetz, Oskar

  1. FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK—for mezzo and orchestra


Mozart

  1. SANCTA MARIA

  2. CHIO MI SCORDI DI TE


Pergolesi

  1. STABAT MATER


Prevost

  1. MISSA DE PROFUNDIS


Purcell

  1. TE DEUM


Raminsh, Imant

  1. MAGNIFICAT IN E


Saint-Saëns

  1. REQUIEM


Schafer, R. Murray

  1. ADIEU ROBERT SCHUMANN — mezzo soprano and orchestra

  2. APOCALYPSIS - large orchestral extravaganza

  3. FELIX’S GIRLS — vocal ensemble

  4. PRINCESS OF THE STARS — large theatrical ensemble

  5. MINNELIEDER — mezzo soprano and chamber ensemble


Shoenberg

  1. BRETTL LIEDER — piano and ensemble


Schostakovich

  1. SIEBEN ROMANZEN — mezzo soprano, violin, cello and piano


Schubert

  1. MASS IN A FLAT


Somers, Harry

  1. FIVE SONGS FOR DARK VOICE — mezzo soprano with orchestra LIMERICKS — choral


Spohr, Louis

  1. SECHS LIEDER — mezzo soprano, clarinet and piano


Stravinsky

  1. PRIBAOUTKI — mezzo soprano and chamber ensemble OEDIPUS REX


Tippet

  1. A CHILD OF OUR TIME

  2. THE MASKE OF TIME


Verdi

  1. REQUIEM


Vivaldi

  1. GLORIA


Walton

  1. FACADE


Wagner

  1. WESENDONCK LIEDER


Weill, Kurt

  1. AN EVENING OF WEILL — piano and ensemble



CHORAL/CHORUS experience


1972-1977     Choral: Festival Singers of Canada — Mendelssohn Choir

1974-1980     Ensemble: Tapestry Singers

1980-1981     Chorus: Canadian Opera Company

1982-1983     Stratford Festival





Suggested opera roles, Jean Stilwell M = major; m = minor


Adrianna Lecouvreur, Cilea         La Principessa di Bouillon, m

Aida, Verdi        Amneris, M

Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti Mother, M

Andrea Chenier, GiordanoBersi, m

                Madelon, m

Anna Bolena, Donizetti         Giovanna Seymour, M

Arabella, R. Strauss Adelaide (Mother),m

               The Fortune-teller, m

   

Un Ballo in Maschera, Verdi         Ulrica, M

Boris Godunov, Mussorgsky         Innkeeper, m

                Nurse, m

                Marina Mnishek, M


Capriccio, R. StraussClairon, M

Cavalleria Rusticana, MascagniMamma Lucia, m

                Santuzza, M

Cendrillon, MassenetStepmother, M

Les Contes d’Hoffman, Offenbach Giulietta, M


Dialogues des Carmelites, Poulenc         Old Prioress, M

Dido and Aeneas, Purcell Dido, M

                Sorceress, M


Elektra, R. Strauss         Klytemnastra, M


Falstaff, Verdi        Dame Quickly, M

Faust, Gounod                Martha Schwerlein, m

La Fille du Regiment,  Donizetti Marquise de Berkenfeld, m

                Duchesse de Crackentorp, m

Der Fliegende Hollander, WagnerMary, m

La Forza del Destino, Verdi Preziosilla, M

Die Frau Ohne Schatten, R. Strauss Nurse, M


Gianni Schicchi, Puccini         La Zita, M

La Gioconda, Ponchielli             La Cieca, M

                Laura, M

The Gondoliers, Gilbert and Sullivan Duchess of Plaza-Toro, M

Gotterdammerung, Wagner 1st Norn, M

                2nd Norn, M

                3rd Rheinmaiden, M


Hansel und Gretel, Humperdinck Witch, M

                Mother, m

H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert and Sullivan Little Buttercup, M

Hugh the Drover, Vaughan Williams Aunt Jane, M


Iolanthe, Gilbert and Sullivan         Queen of the Fairies, M


Jenufa, Janacek         The Kostelnicka, M


Kat’a Kabanova, Janacek Kabanicha, M

Khovanshchina, Mussorgsky         Marfa, M


Louise, Gustav Charpentier Mother, m

Luisa Miller, Verdi         Duchess Federica, M

Lulu, Berg         Countess Geschwitz, M

Die Lusitgen Weiber von Windsor, Nicolai     Frau Reich, M


The Maid of Orleans, Tchaikovsky Joan of Arc, M

Maria Stuarda, Donizetti         Queen Elisabetta, M

The Medium, Menotti         Madame Flora, M

Mefistofele, Boita         Marta, M

Die Meistersinger,Wagner Magdalena, M

The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan Katisha, M


Nabucco, Verdi         Fenena, m


Oedipus Rex, Stravinsky         Jocasta, M

The Old Maid and the Thief, Menotti Miss Todd, M


Parsifal, Wagner         Kundry, M

Patience, Gilbert and Sullivan         Lady Jane, M

Pelleas et Melisande, Debussy Genevieve, m

Peter Grimes, Britten         Auntie, m

                Mrs. Sedley, m

Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert & Sullivan Ruth, M

Princess Ida, Gilbert and Sullivan Lady Blanche, M


Queen of Spades, Tchaikovsky The Countess, M

                Paulina, m

Riders to the Sea, Vaughan Williams Maurya, M

Das Rheingold, Wagner           Fricka, m

                Erda, m

                3rd Rheinmaiden, M

Der Rosenkavalier, R. Strauss Octavian, M

                Annina, M

Ruddigore, Gilbert and Sullivan Dame Hannah, M

Rusalka, Dvorak         Jezhibaba, M


Salome, R. Strauss         Herodias, M

Samson et Dalila, Saints Saens Dalila, M

Siegfried, Wagner         Erda, M

Sir John in Love, Vaughan Williams Mrs. Ford, M

The Sorcerer, Gilbert and Sullivan Lady Sangazure, M

                Mrs. Partlett, M

Suor Angelica, Puccini         The Aunt, M


Il Tabarro, Puccini         La Frugola, m

Tristan und Isolde, Wagner Brangane, M

Il Trovatore, Verdi         Azucena, M


Die Walkure, Wagner         Fricka, M


Werther, Massenet         Charlotte, M

Wozzeck, Berg         Marie, M


Yeoman of the Guard, Gilbert & SullivanDame Carruthers, M


Der Zigeunerbaron, J. Strauss Czipra, M






 

Opera Roles Performed