written by

Charlotte Dobbs

Soprano
Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis

Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis

One of my dearest friends from my time at Juilliard is Sasha Cooke, a mezzo who should be very familiar to NYFOS audiences. Her vulnerability and honesty comes to life in this early performance of her, of Debussy's Chansons de Bilitis. The poet Louÿs composed Chansons...

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Hugo Wolf:  Ganymed

Hugo Wolf: Ganymed

I fell in love with this recording of Dawn Upshaw's Naumberg recital with Margo Garrett on the piano when I was a student at Juilliard. It was actually Steve Blier who divined that this song would turn out to be a life-changingly meaningful piece for me, and assigned...

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