Bernstein & Friends
Bernstein & Friends Performers
Possessed of a rare high-tenor voice and a winning stage persona that comfortably embraces both comedic and dramatic roles, Marc Molomot enjoys an international career in opera and on the concert stage. Originally known for appearances with the world’s leading early music ensembles, and conductors including William Christie, John Eliot Gardiner, Nicholas McGegan, and Andrew Parrott, Mr. Molomot is now praised as “an excellent actor-singer” in repertoire of all eras.
Recent and upcoming engagements of note include Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Chicago Opera Theater and a COT co-production with Long Beach Opera, his return to the Bard Music Festival for the role of “Truffaldino” in Busoni’s Turandot, Berg’s Wozzeck with Houston Symphony Orchestra in the role of Der Hauptmann, Bach’s Magnificat with Israel Camerata Jerusalem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Mobile Symphony Orchestra and Nashville Symphony, Britten’s Serenade with Omaha Symphony, and the Berkshire Choral Festival. He was also featured in The Mother of us All at Hudson Hall (a New York Times Best Classical Music Performance of 2017).
In addition to the Schubert and Monteverdi, Mr. Molomot’s recordings include the 2017 Grammy Award-winning release of Berg’s Wozzeck with the Houston Symphony; Grammy Award–nominated Lully’s Thésée with the Boston Early Music Festival; Grammy Award-nominated Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse with Boston Baroque; Charpentier’s Judicium Salomonis with Les Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie; Handel’s Acis and Galatea with Les Boréades conducted by Eric Milnes; and Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo with Apollo’s Fire led by Jeannette Sorrel.
Recent and upcoming engagements of note include Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Chicago Opera Theater and a COT co-production with Long Beach Opera, his return to the Bard Music Festival for the role of “Truffaldino” in Busoni’s Turandot, Berg’s Wozzeck with Houston Symphony Orchestra in the role of Der Hauptmann, Bach’s Magnificat with Israel Camerata Jerusalem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Mobile Symphony Orchestra and Nashville Symphony, Britten’s Serenade with Omaha Symphony, and the Berkshire Choral Festival. He was also featured in The Mother of us All at Hudson Hall (a New York Times Best Classical Music Performance of 2017).
In addition to the Schubert and Monteverdi, Mr. Molomot’s recordings include the 2017 Grammy Award-winning release of Berg’s Wozzeck with the Houston Symphony; Grammy Award–nominated Lully’s Thésée with the Boston Early Music Festival; Grammy Award-nominated Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse with Boston Baroque; Charpentier’s Judicium Salomonis with Les Arts Florissants, conducted by William Christie; Handel’s Acis and Galatea with Les Boréades conducted by Eric Milnes; and Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo with Apollo’s Fire led by Jeannette Sorrel.
Soprano Marie Mascari has delighted audiences around the globe with her “rich sound and sensitive phrasing” (New York Times). Highlights include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City Opera, Hudson Opera, Glimmerglass, Wolf Trap Opera, Indianapolis Philharmonic and Verbier Music Festival. She is often a featured soloist with the Philip Glass Ensemble and has performed Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, La Belle et La Bête, Shorts, and Anima Mundi, White Raven and Monsters of Grace. Upcoming engagements include Philip Glass' La Belle et La Bête in Tel Aviv and The Demon with Bard SummerScape Opera.
Bass-baritone Robert Osborne has been called by the New York Times “A Singer who goes all the way” and Opera News has lauded his “world-class singing.” Opera: over fifty roles in works by Bernstein to Mozart and Rameau to Weill with companies in Paris, Lyon, Berlin, New York, Houston, Santa Fe, Anchorage and Los Angeles. Musical Theatre: four City Center Encore! productions and the BAM Salutes Sondheim Gala. Orchestral engagements: Bernstein’s Songfest and Mendelssohn’s Elijah (Boston Symphony); Mozart’s Coronation Mass (Moscow Virtuosi); Stravinsky’s Les Noces (Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia); Shostakovich’s Fourteenth Symphony (SinfoNova); Shostakovich’s Six Romances on British Verse (RWCC Orchestra); Shostakovich’s Eight British and American Folksongs (Racine Symphony); Dvorak’s Requiem (Chamber Orchestra of New England); and Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon (New World Symphony). Festival appearances: Tanglewood, Aspen, Schleswig-Holstein, Redwoods, Cape May, Marlboro, Classico di Linari, Nakamichi Baroque, Lincoln Center, and Berlin’s USArts. Opera recordings: Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis, Partch’s The Wayward, Hindemith’s Hin und zurück, Meredith Monk’s Atlas, Richard Wilson’s Aethelred the Unready, and Stewart Wallace’s Kaballah. Solo recordings: Schubert's Winterreise; Who Wants Love? Cabaret and Film Songs of Franz Waxman; Songs of Leo Sowerby, Orchestral Songs of Shostakovich, Songs of John Alden Carpenter, and Songs of Henry Cowell (lauded by Michael Tilson Thomas in the New York Times). Television appearances: BBC Omnibus Series, Soviet Arts Television, and PBS Great Performances.
In addition to his pianistic activities, David Alpher is an internationally-recognized composer whose works have been performed by Garrison Keillor, Carol Wincenc, the Manhattan String Quartet, Robert Osborne, Christopheren Nomura and Drew Minter, among many others. His Las Meninas: Variations has been performed over 30 times worldwide.
Mr. Alpher’s works can be heard on the Ongaku, Center Stage, and Innova labels. His compositions have been printed by Friedrich Hofmeister Verlag, Brixton Publications, New Boston Editions, and Michigan State University Press.
David Alpher c0-founded and directed the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, now in its 36th season; the Chamber Arts Festival of Marbletown; and was Music Director of the Gloucester Stage Company.
On the CD American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster (Angel), Mr. Alpher collaborated as pianist and co-arranger with Thomas Hampson, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. This ensemble also performed at Tanglewood and at Great Performers at Lincoln Center.
Mr. Alpher enjoys a lively cabaret career with his wife, vocalist/lyricist Jennie Litt; they have performed at New York clubs such as The Metropolitan Room and Don’t Tell Mama, and have conducted cabaret workshops throughout the Northeast. They are on the faculty of Summerkeys in Lubec, Maine.
David Alpher graduated with High Distinction from the Indiana University School of Music, and was a resident composition fellow at The MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He works at Vassar College as a collaborative pianist and vocal coach.
Mr. Alpher’s works can be heard on the Ongaku, Center Stage, and Innova labels. His compositions have been printed by Friedrich Hofmeister Verlag, Brixton Publications, New Boston Editions, and Michigan State University Press.
David Alpher c0-founded and directed the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, now in its 36th season; the Chamber Arts Festival of Marbletown; and was Music Director of the Gloucester Stage Company.
On the CD American Dreamer: Songs of Stephen Foster (Angel), Mr. Alpher collaborated as pianist and co-arranger with Thomas Hampson, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. This ensemble also performed at Tanglewood and at Great Performers at Lincoln Center.
Mr. Alpher enjoys a lively cabaret career with his wife, vocalist/lyricist Jennie Litt; they have performed at New York clubs such as The Metropolitan Room and Don’t Tell Mama, and have conducted cabaret workshops throughout the Northeast. They are on the faculty of Summerkeys in Lubec, Maine.
David Alpher graduated with High Distinction from the Indiana University School of Music, and was a resident composition fellow at The MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. He works at Vassar College as a collaborative pianist and vocal coach.