Search - Danielle Talamantes (soprano), Henry Dehlinger (piano) :: Canciones españolas - Granados: Canciones amatorias, Goyescas (selection); De Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas; Turina: Tres arias, Op.26

In nearly every discussion about Spanish music, we find that the composers represented in this splendid Talamantes and Dehlinger recording Enrique Granados (1867-1916), Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), and Joaquin Turina (1882-1949) are placed among Spain s standard bearers of musical nationalism. While we might be tempted to suspect this is simply a convenient construct of today s musicologists, we will find that these composers indeed saw one another in the same light... Soprano Danielle Talamantes is an international recitalist who made her Carnegie Hall debut in a sold-out solo recital in 2007. Since then, she has sung as soprano soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Choralis, Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, Nashville Symphony, National Philharmonic Chorale & Orchestra, Oratorio Society of Virginia, Seoul Philharmonic, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Trujillo Symphony Orchestra of Peru, and The United States Army Band. Talamantes joined the Metropolitan Opera roster in 2011, covering the role of Najade in Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. She was subsequently re-engaged to cover the role of the Flower Maiden in Wagner's Parsifal, the soprano in the quartet of lovers in the Baroque pastiche, The Enchanted Island, and most recently to perform in Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten. In 2013, she made her debut as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème with the Capital City Symphony and performed the soprano lead in the world premiere production of Janice Hamer's Lost Childhood with the National Philharmonic in Washington D.C. She was Soprano-in-Residence for the Summer 2012 Marlboro Music Festival in Marlboro, Vermont. Talamantes made her Lincoln Center Alice Tully debut in the 2013-14 season as the soprano soloist in Bob Chilcott's Requiem, and she will make her stage debut in a return to the Metropolitan Opera in the 2014-2015 season as Frasquita in Bizet's Carmen. Talamantes' first place competition honors include the Irene Dalis Opera San Jose Competition, Irma M. Cooper Opera Columbus Competition, XII Concurso de Trujillo, International Lotte Lehman Cybersing Competition, NATS Artist Award and Vocal Arts Society Discovery Series competition. Pianist Henry Dehlinger has distinguished himself on celebrated stages from the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center to the White House in Washington, D.C. and is widely acclaimed as a significant interpreter of Spanish classical piano. Born in San Francisco, Dehlinger started playing the piano at age six and singing at seven. His first music mentor was conductor and choirmaster Dr. William Ballard, Artistic Director of the San Francisco Boys Chorus, whom Dehlinger credits for his early success. By age ten, he was part of the Bay Area music scene, performing at the San Francisco Opera with operatic legends that include Luciano Pavarotti, Montserrat Caballé and Georgio Tozzi. At twelve, he became a pupil of piano virtuoso Thomas LaRatta with whom he continues piano performance studies. A featured piano soloist with the United States Army Chorus and frequent guest performer on Washington s Embassy Row, Dehlinger has also performed for numerous notable public officials, including the President of the United States and the Prince of Wales. Previously a technology entrepreneur, he released his first solo piano recording in 2011, Evocations of Spain, featuring Isaac Albéniz's Iberia and Suite española, and Enrique Granados' Goyescas, Danzas españolas, and Seis piezas sobre cantos populares españoles.