The Playlist…
MY STORY, IN SONG.
Curated Vocal Selections of
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
Singing is one of the greatest joys of my life. Performing has been a part of my soul since I was 3 years old, and dancing in the aisles! I was, and am, very, very lucky to get to make music with some of the foremost musicians of my generation. Below you will find an extensive selection of the repertoire I have explored and continue to explore in my singing career. I have shared the things that I consider to be cornerstones of my education in becoming the singer I am today. You’ll find standard repertoire in the form of arias, concert arias, and art songs; song cycles, chamber works, and arias by celebrated 20th-century composers — something of a specialty of mine, and a genre I have a huge affinity for; and finally, excerpts from the seminal Verdi Requiem, one of the great thrills of my performing career. There is also a link to Soundcloud at the very bottom of the page of a really fun singer/songwriter project I developed for a music festival in Montreal — so scroll through and check it all out!
I hope you enjoy the sampling below!
Performing Elettra’s final aria in Pacific Opera Victoria’s production of Idomeneo
Excerpts, Verdi Requiem
Recorded live
at the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
Leah Giselle Field, mezzo-soprano
Frederik Robert, tenor
Alan Corbishley, bass
Leslie Dala, conductor
VAMSO, Vancouver Bach Choir
Bows after the Verdi Requiem,
Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver BC
Arias &
Concert Arias
Ah Perfido! Op. 65 Ludwig van Beethoven
Recorded live, Lindeman Young Artist Development Program Recital Series, Metropolitan Opera
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
Lydia Brown, piano
Paper’s Aria from The Consul by Gian Carlo Menotti
Recorded live at Haverford, PA
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
David Agler, conductor
The Curtis Symphony Orchestra
In the midst of begging for understanding and mercy in the Paper’s Aria scene, in Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Menotti’s The Consul.
Julie’s Aria and Scene, from Miss Julie by Ned Rorem
Recorded live at the Perelman Theatre, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
Howard Reddy, baritone
Fiona Murphy, mezzo soprano
Brenden Gunnell, tenor
David Agler, conductor
The Curtis Symphony Orchestra
Final scene, from Miss Julie by Ned Rorem, in Curtis Opera Theatre’s production for Roremania. This performance is available as one of only 2 recordings of this work on Albany Records.
Dich, teure Halle, from Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner
Deh se piacer mi vuoi, from La Clemenza di Tito, by W.A. Mozart
Recorded live at The Goethe Institute, New York, NY
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
Lydia Brown, piano
Elettra, first act aria, in Mozart’s Idomeneo,
Pacific Opera Victoria
Songs &
Song Cycles
The Serpent, Lee Hoiby
Nocturne, Samuel Barber
Recorded live, Field Concert Hall, Curtis Institute of Music
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
David Moody, piano
Ariel, song cycle by Ned Rorem,
text, Sylvia Plath
Recorded live, Field Concert Hall,
The Curtis Institute of Music
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
Mikael Eliasen, piano
Agnes Marchione, clarinet
Henri Duparc songs, various
Recorded live, Field Concert Hall,
The Curtis Institute of Music
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
Mikael Eliasen, piano
Mahler Lieder - Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Recorded live at the Ravinia Festival Steans Institute
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
Andrew West, piano
Reynaldo Hahn songs, various
Recorded live, Field Concert Hall,
The Curtis Institute of Music
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
Mikael Eliasen, piano
Mirabai Songs, by John Harbison
Recorded live at the Ravinia Festival Steans Institute
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
Andrew West, piano
Les Illuminations, Benjamin Britten
Recorded live, Lindeman Young Artist Development Program Recital Series, Metropolitan Opera
Joslin Romphf Dennis, soprano
Lydia Brown, piano
My Love Story: Unplugged
This is one of the most fun projects I’ve ever taken on. With my pianist, Alberto Santos, I created a show of popular singer/songwriters selections that took the listener on a journey through the love story I have been lucky enough to experience with the love of my love, my husband James. These songs helped me to say things that I wanted to say, in front of the whole world, in a way that can only be done in song. Click on the Soundcloud link below, and take this journey with me!
Sing again, with your dear voice revealing
A tone
Of some world far from ours,
Where music and moonlight and feeling
Are one.
-Percy Bysshe Shelley