Sandrine Piau
Susan Manoff

Performers

• Sandrine Piau, Soprano
• Susan Manoff, Piano

Program

• MENDELSSOHN "Nachtlied," Op. 71, No. 6
• MENDELSSOHN "Neue Liebe," Op. 19a, No. 4
• MENDELSSOHN "Schlafloser Augen Leuchte"
• MENDELSSOHN "Hexenlied," Op. 8, No. 8
• FAURÉ "En sourdine," Op. 58, No. 2
• FAURÉ "Prison," Op. 83, No. 1
• FAURÉ "Les berceaux," Op. 23, No. 1
• FAURÉ "Après un rêve," Op. 7, No. 1
• CHAUSSON "Amour d’antan," Op. 8, No. 2
• CHAUSSON "Dans la forêt du charme et de l’enchantement," Op. 36, No. 2
• CHAUSSON "Les heures," Op. 27, No. 1
• R. STRAUSS "Morgen," Op. 27, No. 4
• R. STRAUSS "Das Geheimnis," Op. 17, No. 3
• R. STRAUSS "Die Nacht," Op. 10, No. 3
• R. STRAUSS "Ständchen," Op. 17, No. 2
• VINCENT BOUCHOT Galgenlieder
  ·· "Mondendinge"
  ·· "Der Hecht"
  ·· "Die Mitternachtsmaus"
  ·· "Das Wasser"
  ·· "Galgenkindes Wiegenlied"
• POULENC "Montparnasse"
• POULENC "Hyde Park"
• POULENC Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon
  ·· C
  ·· Fêtes galantes
• BRITTEN "The Salley Gardens," Vol. 1, No. 1
• BRITTEN "There's None to Soothe"
• BRITTEN "I Wonder as I Wander"

Encores:
• POULENC "Voyage à Paris" from Banalités, No. 4
• FAURÉ "Clair de lune," Op. 46, No. 2
• R. STRAUSS "Efeu" from Mädchenblumen, Op. 22

Bios

• Sandrine Piau

  
  A renowned figure in the world of Baroque music, French soprano Sandrine Piau performs regularly with such celebrated conductors as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe Rousset, Gustav Leonhardt, Ivor Bolton, Ton Koopman, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
  
  Ms. Piau embraces both the lyric and Baroque repertoire, and performs roles such as Pamina from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Titania from Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Servilia from Gluck's La clemenza di Tito.
  
  Previous engagements have taken her to the Grand Théâtre de Genève to perform the role of Ismène in Mozart's Mitridate, re di Ponto and to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées to sing Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare, Servilia in La clemenza di Tito, and Aennchen in Weber's Der Freischütz. Other recent opera projects have included performances as Sandrina in Mozart's La finta giardiniera and the title lady in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at La Monnaie in Brussels.
  
  Ms. Piau appears regularly in concert. In recent years, she has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Covent Garden Festival, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Teatro Comunale di Firenze, as well as with the Munich Philharmonic, Berliner Philharmoniker, and Orchestre de Paris.
  
  Ms. Piau takes great pleasure in the art of recital. As a singer of both French and German repertoire, she has performed with many renowned recital accompanists, such as Jos Van Immerseel, Roger Vignoles, and Corine Durous, and she regularly gives recitals in Paris, Amsterdam, London, and New York.
  
  Ms. Piau's album Après un rêve was released in April 2011 to critical acclaim. Her new album Le triomphe de l'amour was released earlier this year.
  
  Last season, Ms. Piau sang her first Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the title role of  L'incoronazione di Poppea in Cologne. She also gave concerts at Wigmore Hall, Vienna's Musikverein, and the Salle Pleyel in Paris.
  
  Ms. Piau's 2011-2012 engagements include Pamina at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, concerts at Versailles's L'Opéra Royal and at the Salzburg Festival, and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as well as recitals across the United States, at Wigmore Hall, and on her debut Japanese tour.

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• Susan Manoff

  
  Pianist Susan Manoff was born in New York of Latvian and German descent. She studied at Manhattan School of Music and at the University of Oregon. Intensive studies with Gwendolyn Koldofsky in the art-song repertoire led her to become one of the most sought-after pianists of her generation.
  
  In addition to her interest in vocal repertoire, Ms. Manoff is a passionate advocate of chamber music. She appears regularly at international festivals and is invited to perform at major concert halls around the world, including the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Théâtre du Châtelet, Salle Gaveau, Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, and Vienna's Konzerthaus and Musikverein. Ms. Manoff is also a regular guest of France Musique.
  
  Musical curiosity and love for theater have inspired Ms. Manoff's involvement in the creation of numerous programs that blend music and text. Her partners have been Jean Rochefort, Fabrice Luchini, and Marie-Christine Barrault, and she has been directed by Hans Jürgen Syberberg and Joël Jouanneau.
  
  Ms. Manoff has recorded for the Naïve, Decca, Virgin (with cherished collaborator Patricia Petibon), Arion, Valois, and Aparte labels. In 2007, she recorded her first CD with Sandrine Piau, entitled Évocation, and a second recording, Après un rêve, was released in 2011. Ms. Manoff's most recent recording with long-term musical partner Nemanja Radulovic is dedicated to the violin and piano sonatas of Beethoven (2010).
  
  Ms. Manoff was assistant chorus director at the Opéra Bastille and is currently a professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.

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