Vocal Master Class with Georgine Resick

Georgine Resick, a native of Pennsylvania, is an internationally recognized soprano in both the operatic and concert fields.  She made her operatic debut as Sophie in Massenet’s “Werther” with the Washington Opera with Nicolai Gedda in the title role.  A protegée of the late George London, she received two National Opera Institute Young Artist Awards before being invited to join the Cologne Opera as principal lyric soprano. Remaining there for six years, she then moved on to the same position at the Deutsche Oper am Rhine in Düsseldorf.  She has sung a wide variety of leading roles with the Vienna State Opera, the Chicago Lyric Opera, the Paris Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, and with opera companies in Rome, Nice, and Berlin, among others.  Renowned for her Mozart and Strauss interpretations, Ms. Resick has appeared at the festivals of Salzburg, Edinburgh, Lucerne, and Schwetzingen, where she made a film of Cimarosa’s “Il Matrimonio Segreto.”  A favorite at the Drottningholm Court Theater in Stockholm, her L’Oiseau Lyre recording with them of Despina in Mozart’s “Cosi fan Tutte” won the Grand Prix du Disque. Ms. Resick appears frequently as soloist with orchestra and has been Soprano in Residence at the Marlboro Music Festival, the Fontana Festival, and at the Strings in the Mountains Festival. Recent appearances include Zerlina with Daniel Barenboim in gala performances of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” for the Israel Philharmonic’s 50th Anniversary Season and performances of “The Four Last Songs” of Richard Strauss with the San Diego Symphony.

Ms. Resick holds the post of Professor of Voice at the University of Notre Dame, where she founded con tempo, a contemporary chamber music ensemble.  She holds a Bachelor of Music (magna cum laude) from American University in Washington, D.C., and the Artist’s Diploma from Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.  Awards she has received include: Howard Foundation Fellowship, Lilly Foundation Fellowship, the Outstanding Development Prize of the State of North Rhine/Westphalia, and the Martha Baird Rockefeller Young Artist Fellowship.  Ms. Resick speaks German, French, Italian and Russian, and also sings in Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Portuguese, and Czech.

An adventurous recitalist, Ms. Resick has in recent years championed unknown and neglected song literature.  She has nineteen recordings to her credit, including solo compact discs of the songs of Alexander Grechaninov, the songs of Charles Koechlin, and a program of women’s poetry set to music by men. Recently released on Bridge Records are Visions Intérieures, a double disc recording the history of the European song cycle, and The Color of the Word, a sampling of songs by the masters of the art of setting text to music.