AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 MINUTES
An Opera & Piano Duo Concert
1st June 2024 | 18.00 hrs.
Steinway Thailand is delighted to present the opera and piano duo concert 'Around The World In 50 Minutes', featuring two musicians, Jenny Onyu Park, Mezzo Soprano, and Usa Napawan, collaborative artist on the Piano. Through their harmonious performances, the concert will lead you on an unforgettable global journey, promising an enchanting musical and cultural experience.
PROGRAM
- GERMANY -
Der Engel (The Angel)
Schmerzen (Pain)
*From Wesendonck Songs
Richard Wagner
(1813 - 1883)
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- ITALY -
Re dell'Abisso, Affrettati
(King of the Abyss, Hurry)
*Ulrica's aria from the Opera 'Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball)'
Giuseppe Verdi
(1813 - 1901)
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- KOREA -
Wondering If My Loved One Is Coming
(님이 오시는지 1966)
Kyu-Whan Kim
(1926 - 2011)
Because You Are There
(그대 있음에 1964)
Soon-Ae Kim
(1920 - 2007)
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- USA -
Black Max
Fur
Amor
*From Cabaret Songs
William Bolcom
(1938 -)
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- RUSSIA -
Подруги милые!
(My Dear Friends)
*Pauline’s Aria from the Opera 'Queen of Spades'
День ли царит
(Whether the Day Dawns)
*From 'Seven Romances' Op. 47 No. 6
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(1840 - 1893)
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- USA -
Black Max
Fur
Amor
*From Cabaret Songs
William Bolcom
(1938 -)
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- FRANCE -
Va Laisse Couler Mes Larmes
*Charlotte’s aria from the Opera 'Werther'
Jules Massenet
(1842 - 1912)
Youkali
Kurt Weil
(1900 - 1950)
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- SPAIN -
Seguidille
*Carmen's Aris the Opera 'Carmen'
George Bizet
(1838 - 1875)
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PERFORMERS
Jenny Onyu Park, Mezzo-Soprano
Jenny possesses a unique, warm, and lyrical voice, characterized by a deep mezzo-soprano color and a tessitura typical of a dramatic soprano. She has an active international singing career, having appeared as a soloist in numerous recitals, oratorios, concerts, and operas in Germany, Italy, China, Japan, the U.S., and South Korea. She studied with the late Christa Ludwig at the Academie de Villecroze in France and has worked with Graham Johnson and Martin Katz at Songfest in Malibu, California. In Italy, her teachers were the late Claudia Pinza and Enza Ferrari. In Germany, she has appeared as a soloist in benefit concerts for the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation in hospitals and centers for underprivileged children. She holds a Performing Arts Diploma in Opera from the Frankfurter Musik Hochschule in Germany and has performed as Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea), Mimi/Musetta (La Boheme), Countess/Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Manon (Manon), Fiordiligi/Despina (Così fan tutte), Adina (Elixir of Love), Agathe (Der Freischütz), and First Lady (The Magic Flute). In Washington D.C, Ms. Park starred in John Musto's world premiere of Later the Same Evening as Ruth. Of her performance as Atalanta (Xerxes), the Washington Post called her “An enormously talented soprano and actress whose eye-rolls upstaged everyone in the cast.”.
A Fulbright Scholar and a Valedictorian from Seoul National University, Ms. Park holds a Doctor Degree of Musical Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has graduated from the prestigious Maryland Opera Studio while studying with distinguished director Leon Major and internationally renowned teacher Gran Wilson. Ms. Park is the recipient of the Jakob Goldhaber Research Award, The University of Maryland’s Arts and Humanities Research Award, the Korean Honors Scholarship from the Korean Ambassador to the U.S., and Seoul National University U.S. Alumni Scholarship. She has recorded a world premiere recording of German Lieder by the composer and pianist Walter Gieseking with the Naxos company and has been invited to perform the same repertoire at the American Musicological Society in Philadelphia.
In the U.S., she has taught English, Latin, German, and French Diction at the University of Maryland with her specialty as a lecturer in diction for singers. In Korea, she has taught for nine years at Seoul National University both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She has also served as faculty at the College of Culture and Arts, Seoul Cyber University, a world’s pioneer program for online learning in Vocal Arts, since the onset of its program in 2018. Ms. Park has designed and delivered the online curriculum for singers in German diction, Italian diction, English diction, Vocal Arts Literature, and Class Voice. In Bangkok, she has been invited to join the Vocal Arts Department faculty at Mahidol University from this winter semester.
Ms. Park was invited to sing the alto solo for Handel’s Messiah at Thailand Cultural Center in December and the role of Suzuki (Madame Butterfly) in Chiangmai, sharing the stage with Sassaya Chavalit and Nutthaporn Thammathi at Terra. This season, Ms. Park will be singing opera projects in the role of Carmen, Delilah (Samson and Delilah), Princess Eboli (Don Carlos), Ulrica (A Masked Ball), and Elsa (Tannhäuser).
LOCATION
Steinway & Sons Showroom
#1F-04 Gaysorn Center, 1 Floor
999 Phloen Chit Rd., Lumpini, Bangkok
For your information and etiquette
- This is a free-seating event.
- Strictly no liquids or food should be brought into the showroom.
- Kindly maintain decorum upon entry and be conscious of your belongings (e.g., bags, rings, watches, cameras) around the instruments.
- During the performance, kindly wait for the conclusion of a piece or an intermission to enter the audience seating area.
- Parking validation has to be done directly with the Gaysorn Concierge.