DAVIDSON, ILANA
Ilana Davidson, soprano
The soprano Ilana Davidson made
her debut at Lincoln Center with Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra
in Orff's Trionfo di Afrodite. She made her Carnegie Hall debut as soloist
with Leonard Slatkin and the St Louis Symphony in William Bolcom's Songs
of Innocence and of Experience. She is a graduate of the Curtis Institute
of Music and Carnegie Mellon University. Ilana Davidson has sung major roles
with opera companies including the Stuttgart Opera, Vlaamse Opera, Nationale
Reisopera, Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, and the Opera Company of
Philadelphia. She has also performed extensively in oratorio and in a wide-ranging
concert repertoire. She made her debut in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw singing
Mozart arias, and frequently performs contemporary works, giving first performances
of compositions by Bolcom, Ligeti, Rorem, Kurtag, Krenek, and Weill.
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