Pomfret has performed music from the 12th to the 21st centuries in seven languages in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Special interests include the music of the bel canto period and that of our own time. Appearances include the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Capitol Cities Opera, Indiana Opera Theatre, the Olympia Chamber Orchestra (Washington), Sinfonia da Camera, West Deutsche Rundfunk, and with numerous regional orchestras and choral societies in the United States. Recital venues include Atlanta, Berlin, Beijing, Bremen (Germany), Geneva, Freiburg, Los Angeles, San Diego, St. Petersburg (Russia), and Strasbourg.
Oratorio credits include Beethoven Choral Fantasy and Ninth Symphony, Berlioz and Bruckner settings of the Te Deum, Dvorak Stabat Mater, Handel Messiah, Haydn Lord Nelson Mass, Mendelssohn Elijah, Mozart Grand Mass in C, Orff Carmina Burana, Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and the Requiem masses of Mozart, Brahms, and Verdi.
In 2005 Pomfret released a critically-acclaimed solo compact disc, De toda la eternidad; Songs by American Women, including a song cycle composed for her by Libby Larsen, and songs by Margaret Bonds, Gabriela Frank, Louise Talma, and Augusta Reed Thomas,
QUOTES FROM REVIEWS
As Ortlinde in Wagner’s Die Walküre, Act III, with Atlanta Symphony, Donald Runnicles conducting, she “….stood out for strength of voice and graceful phrasing” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
Classical Voice NC described her in recital in Raleigh as having “true power, control, and acting ability.”
BONNIE’S CD
De Toda La Eternidad Songs of American Women
De Toda La Eternidad; Songs of American Women
Bonnie Pomfret, soprano and Laura Gordy, piano
TRACK LIST
Track Composer and Title
Libby Larsen- De Toda La Eternidad (Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz)
1. Un instante me escuchen Hear me one moment—
2. ¡Afuera, afuera, afuera! Fall back, fall back, fall back!
3. Tersa frente, oro el cabello Smooth brow and golden hair
4. Esta tarde, mi bien Speaking to you, beloved
5. Diuturna enfermedad de la Esperanza Oh, malady of Hope
Louise Talma
6. One need not be a chamber to be haunted (Emily Dickinson)
7. Rain Song (Jean Garrigue)
8. Glory be to God for Dappled Things (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
9. Spring and Fall; to a young child (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
10. Leap Before You Look (W. H. Auden)
Augusta Read Thomas – among dawn flowers (Basho)
11. I. Orchid-breathing
12. II. Lightning
Bonds: Three Dream Portraits (Texts from The Dreamkeeper by Langston Hughes)
13. Minstrel Man
14. Dream Variation
15. I, Too
Gabriela Lena Frank- Cuatro Canciones Andinas (José María Arguedas)
16. Despidida Leave-Taking
17. Yo Crío una Mosca I am Nursing a Fly
18. Carnaval de Tambobamba Tambobamba Carnival
19. Yunca Yunca
Libby Larsen – Songs from Letters: Calamity Jane to her daughter Janey,
1880-1902 (Martha “Calamity Jane” Canady)
20. So Like Your Father’s (1880)
21. He Never Misses (1880)
22. A Man Can Love Two Women (1880)
23. A Working Woman (1882-93)
24. All I Have (1902)
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BONNIE’S PERFORMANCE RESUME
Bonnie Pomfret, Soprano
SOLO EXPERIENCE
Opera
Die Walküre, Act III Ortlinde Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Donald Runnicles
Die Fledermaus Adele Indiana U. Opera Theatre Robert Porco
Talk Opera Gilda Capitol Cities Opera Eric Smithey
Beggar’s Opera Mollie University of the Arts, Berlin Gunther Roth
Concert
Beethoven, Symph No. 9 Illinois State Univ. Orch and Chorus Glenn Block
Brahms, Requiem Emory University Chorus & Orch Eric Nelson
Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass Academia Chorale Detroit Michael Mitchell
Mahler, Symphony No. 4 Emory-Atlanta Orchestra Steven Everett
Mozart, Requiem Collegium Vocale Atlanta Kevin Hibbard
Mozart, Mass in C Gwinnett (GA) Philharmonic Eric Nelson
Verdi , Requiem Illinois State Univ. Orch and Chorus Michael Schwartzkopf
Weber Der Freischütz arias Sinfonia da Camera (IL) Ian Hobson
Other
Recitals: China, Russia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, and many U.S.venues
Recording: De Toda La Eternidad, commissioned title cycle by Libby Larsen, songs of American women.
Education and Training
DM, Voice, Indiana University Bloomington Voice: Virginia Zeani
MM, Boston Conservatory Voice, David Blair McClosky
SMP, Voice and piano, Musikhochschule Freiburg, Germany
Coaches: Martin Katz, Michael Strauss, Mark Phelps
SPECIAL SKILLS
Perfect pitch
Fluent German, conversational Italian.
Ballet at Boston Repertory Ballet, Movement at Univ. of the Arts Berlin.
Avid gardener and knitter.
Quotes, Reviews – available upon request
Repertoire list – available upon request
REFERENCES
Mr. Michael Strauss, (617) 314-6187 michaelstrauss@yahoo.com , coach-accompanist, NEC.
Dr. Laura Gordy, (404) 373-6129, lg@rslg.net , Lecturer, pianist, Emory Univ.
RECITALS
In addition to standard programs, Bonnie has designed some programs of special interest in content, format, and presentation.
A Soap Opera of Arias….presented in the format of a television sitcom, complete with musical advertisements and public service announcements: Gounod, Mozart, Haydn, Verdi, Puccini, Floyd, J. Strauss, 2005.
Shorter College, Rome GA
An Evening of American Music: Crumb, Harbison, Beach, Barber, Bonds,1999-2000.
Grosse Kapelle, St. Petersburg, Russia
Dominikaner Has, Pecs, Hungary
Bradley University (IL)
Emory University (GA)
A Recital of Songs composed by Women, de la Guerre, Boulanger, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Lang, Larsen, (2000-2003)
Duke University
University of Nationaliies, Beijing, China
CMS Southern Conference, Memphis
Emory University (GA)
Songs of Hugo Wolf, 1869-1902, with supertitles, 2002.
Hartt School of Music (CT)
Emory University (GA)
Goethe-Institute Atlanta (GA)
Recital of Spanish and Latin-American Songs, Works of Orrego-Salas, Obradors, Wolf, Bizet, Pedillo, Granados, 2000-2001.
University of Bremen, Germany
San Diego State University
Emory University, GA
Duo-Recital with violist Karen Elaine Bakunin: Plum, Diamond, Alfonso el Sabio, (1999, 2000)
UC San Diego: Scripps Music Series
Solana Beach (CA) Chamber Series
Lyceum Theater, San Diego
Emory University, GA)
Songs of Franz Schubert 1797- 1997. 1997.
Illinois State University
1492-1992: Crumb Apparition and Copland Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, 1992
Illinois State University
Lecture Recitals
Lecture – Recital for Women’s History Month, Larsen De Toda la Eternidad, 2007
Northwest Louisiana State University
Lecture – Recital: Nin-Culmell, Six Popular Sephardic Songs, 2005.
CMS International Conference, Alcala, Spain
Lecture – Recital: Larsen, De Toda La Eternidad, 2005
CMS International Conference, Alcala, Spain
Emory University Women’s Center, GA)
Lecture – Recital: Three 19th-Century Women Composers, 2000,2001.
Cornell University
Emory University Women’s History Month
Chamber Music
Bach Cantata 51 Jauchzet Gott
Boulez Le Marteau sans maître, Improvisation sur Mallarme 3
Brahms Liebeslieder, Op. 52
Hindemith Die Serenaden, Des Todes Tod
Ravel Chansons madécasses
Scarlatti Cantata Sul le sponde del tebro
Schubert Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Auf dem Strom
Tavener To a Child Dancing in the Wind
Telemann Kanarienvogel Kantata
Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5