The Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series has announced the third concert of its 2024-25 season, featuring mezzo-soprano Tivoli Treloar, and pianist Lucy Tucker Yates, 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11 at St. Mark’s in the Valley Church, 2901 Nojoqui Ave., Los Olivos.
“I am delighted to introduce the talented mezzo-soprano Tivoli Treloar to the Santa Ynez Valley,” said Robert Cassidy, artistic director. “When I first heard her when she was a fellow at the Music Academy of the West, I was immediately captivated by her artistry and stage presence.
“She will be collaborating with the celebrated director and pianist Lucy Tucker Yates, who is on the faculty at UCLA.”
“As for the recital program, I plan to include works in Spanish, German, French and English by composers including Korngold, Obradors, Poulenc, and Kurt Weill,” Treloar writes. “The theme will center around pieces composed between the two world wars and will be entitled ‘In Between.'”
Treloar is pursuing her Master of Music in vocal arts at The Juilliard School where she is a recipient of the Kovner Fellowship. This season with Juilliard Opera, Treloar sings “Dorabella in Cosi” fan tutte and covers Blanche de la Force in “Dialogues des Carmélites.”
Treloar is from Southern California where she graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Music from UCLA.
Yates directed two premieres, Carolina Uccelli’s “Anna di Resburgo” for Teatro Nuovo, and Alyssa Weinberg’s “ISOLA” for Long Beach Opera. Her third opera by a woman composer in 2024 was Pauline Viardot’s “Le Dernier Sorcier” with Sing for Hope at the Bard Music Festival.
She has performed as maestro al cembalo for Rossini’s “Maometto II, Teatro Nuovo,” Lincoln Center; and “O+E (Orfeo ed Euridice)” Seattle Opera, in her own poetic English version.
For LA’s The Industry she played keyboards on Star Choir, Sweet Land, and the workshop of The Comet/Poppea.
Having begun her career as an internationally acclaimed soprano, Yates sang roles including Violetta, Gilda, Rosina, Beatrice di Tenda, Nedda, and Fiordiligi, with directors such as Gian Carlo Menotti and Franco Zeffirelli.
She is director of Language Studies at Teatro Nuovo; lecturer in opera at UCLA; and a pianist-mentor for the Prima Voce Emerging Artist recital series in Los Angeles.
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