“Music For the End Times: Ligeti\’s Mysteries of the Macabre & Laitman\’s In Sleep the World is Yours”
Date/Time: Saturday March 5th at 4pm
Location: AS 220 Black Box Theater at 95 Empire St, Providence (Feb 25)

Sopranos Rachel Hanauer and Caroline Spaeth will present their joint recital “Music For the End Times,” a program of contemporary classical works, at the Ryan Concert Hall at the Smith Center of the Arts at Providence College on February 20, 2022 at 4 PM. A reprise of the program will occur at Providence’s AS220 Black Box Theater at 95 Empire St on February 25, 2022 at 7:30 PM.

A livestream of the show will also occur on March 5

The first part of the program will feature Spaeth performing György Ligeti’s Mysteries of the Macabre with Caroline Ly on piano. Hanauer stage directs the piece. The second half will feature Hanauer singing Lori Laitman’s “In Sleep the World is Yours” with Crikkett Young on oboe and Nathaniel Baker on piano. The program will culminate with a contemporary musical theater duet offering.

“We first began working on this particular program before the pandemic,” Spaeth says. “However, given how much the world has changed in the past two years, we feel the themes of dealing with loss and trauma are more relevant than ever.”

Rachel Hanauer is a soprano, performer, stage director and music educator in RI. Her favorite roles have included Elle in the one-woman opera La voix humaine, Johanna in Sweeney Todd, and Jenny in Sondheim’s Company. She sings on the roster of Collegium Ancora, a professional chamber choir in Providence. As a director of opera and theater, she has directed The Diary of Anne Frank, Hans Krasa\’s Brundibar, Menotti\’s The Telephone, Barber\’s A Hand of Bridge, Vaughan-Williams Riders to the Sea, Alice in Wonderland & Gift of the Magi. On her Spring 2022 calendar, Rachel will premiere 3 songs by composer Tom Swafford, co-direct and sing in Ned Rorem\’s Three Sisters Who are Not Sisters at Contemporary Theater Company, and direct The Hatmaker\’s Wife by Lauren Yee at The Arctic Playhouse. She has also directed for the Newport Children’s Theater, CCRI Opera Workshop, and Providence College Opera Workshop. She teaches studio voice & music history/theory at Providence College, RWU & CCRI. www.rachelhanauer.com

Coloratura soprano Caroline Spaeth possesses an ease with exciting vocal pyrotechnics. An advocate of contemporary classical works, she appeared as Madeline in a virtual concert production of composer Felix Jarrar\’s The Fall of the House of Usher in March 2021. Following this, she appeared as the angel Jehudiel in Jarrar’s cantata The Unsleeping Ones on Sparrow Live. Other notable appearances include Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, and Lucy in The Telephone. www.caroline-spaeth.com

More information can be found at www.as220.org