Sandra Hrašćanec in concert

Repertoire

A large Lied and chamber-music repertoire with varied programs (see concert posters in the Archive). Her specialty is the songs of Croatian, Japanese and Austrian composers — particularly the lesser-known songs and stage pieces of Franz von Suppé, Viennese and Zagreb songs, humorous songs, and operetta numbers transposed for low voice. Several classical programs for children.

Specialties: Richard Wagner · Dora Pejačević · Luisa Erdödy (Lios) · Franz von Suppé · Brahms · Mahler

Songs & chamber music

  • J. Brahms — Zigeunerlieder, op. 103; Vier ernste Gesänge, op. 121; Duette op. 20, 61, 66, 75; many other songs
  • F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy — songs and duets
  • A. Dvořák — Zigeunermelodien; duets
  • G. Mahler — Kindertotenlieder
  • R. Strauss — Lieder (low voice)
  • F. Schubert — Lieder (low voice)
  • F. von Suppè — Lieder and stage pieces
  • French Impressionism — Debussy: La mer est plus belle… (program Terra e mare)
  • American songs · classic · musical — program Classic Jazz Melange
  • Russian songs — Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Borodin
  • Luisa Erdödy – LIOS — 6 songs
  • Dora PejačevićAn eine Falte (Karl Kraus); Liebeslied (Rainer Maria Rilke); Drei Gesänge (Friedrich Nietzsche)
  • Alfi KabiljoRabelais tripartitus
  • Ivana Lang — numerous songs; cycle Bezimenoj / Namenlosen; Fünf Lieder aus Istrien

Chamber music

  • J. BrahmsZwei Gesänge, op. 91 — mezzo, viola, piano
  • Dora PejačevićVerwandlung, op. 37b — voice, violin, piano (Karl Kraus)
  • A. P. Borodin — 3 songs for voice, violoncello, piano
  • B. BjelinskiPsalms of King David — soprano, alto, violin, cello, piano
  • M. KererWall-street-Wall (2010) — mezzo, tap shoes, cello, piano
  • S. MajurecStrava noći (2010) — mezzosoprano, violoncello, piano (The fear of the night)

Concert repertoire

  • Bach — Johannes-Passion; Matthäus-Passion; Christmas Oratorio; Mass in B minor
  • Beethoven — Missa solemnis; Mass in C; 9th Symphony
  • Brahms — Alt-Rhapsodie
  • Dvořák — Stabat mater
  • Handel — Messiah
  • Mahler — Kindertotenlieder; Das Lied von der Erde; Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 3; Rückert-Lieder; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
  • Mendelssohn — Elijah
  • Pergolesi — Stabat mater
  • Dora Pejačević — Four Songs for voice and orchestra: Verwandlung, op. 37b (Karl Kraus); Liebeslied, op. 39 (R. M. Rilke); Zwei Schmetterlingslieder, op. 52
  • RespighiIl Tramonto
  • Rossini — Petite messe solennelle; Stabat mater
  • Franz von Suppé — Requiem; Salve regina
  • Saint-Saëns — Oratorio de Noël
  • Vivaldi — Nisi Dominus; Stabat mater RV 621
  • Verdi — Requiem

Opera

  • Bernstein — Candide → Old Lady
  • Bizet — Carmen
  • Britten — The Rape of Lucretia → Lucretia · Peter Grimes → Tantien
  • Borodin — Knjaz Igor → Kontschakowna
  • Debussy — Pelléas → Geneviève
  • Delibes — Lakmé → Mallika
  • Donizetti — La fille du régiment → Marquise de Berkenfeld · La favorita → Leonora
  • Dvořák — Rusalka → Ježibaba
  • Giordano — Andrea Chénier → Contessa de Coigny · Bersi
  • Gotovac — Mila Gojsalića → Mila
  • Handel — Giulio Cesare → Cornelia
  • Janáček — Jenůfa → Stařenka Buryjovka · Tetka
  • Massenet — Werther → Charlotte
  • Menotti — The Medium → Flora · The Consul → Mother
  • Mascagni — Cavalleria → Lucia
  • Monteverdi — Il ritorno d’Ulisse → Euriclea · L’umana fragilità · L’incoronazione di Poppea → Nerone · Ottavia · Ottone · Nutrice
  • Mozart — Die Zauberflöte → 3. Dame · Mitridate re di Ponto → Farnace
  • Mussorgsky — Boris Godunov → Xenias Amme · Khovanshchina → Marfa
  • Offenbach — Les Contes d’Hoffmann → Niclaus · Mother voice
  • Ponchielli — Gioconda → La Cieca
  • Puccini — Il Tabarro → Frugola · Suor Angelica → La zia Principessa · La donna del lago → Malcolm · Gianni Schicchi → Nella · Zita
  • Rossini — Semiramide → Arsace · Ermione → Andromaca
  • Stravinsky — The Rake’s Progress → Mother Goose · Baba the Turk · Oedipus Rex → Jocaste
  • Saint-Saëns — Samson et Dalila → Dalila
  • R. Strauss — Daphne → Gaea · Elektra → Klytämnestra · Salome → Herodias
  • Tchaikovsky — Pikowaja Dama → Countess · Paulina · Eugene Onegin → Filipjewna · Olga
  • Verdi — Falstaff → Miss Quickly · Luisa Miller → Federica · Rigoletto → Giovanna · Maddalena · Un ballo in maschera → Ulrica · Il trovatore → Azucena
  • Vivaldi — L’Olimpiade → Aristea · Argene · Licida
  • Wagner — Der fliegende Holländer → Mary · Das Rheingold → Fricka · Erda · Flosshilde · Die Walküre → Fricka · Rossweisse · Siegfried → Erda · Götterdämmerung → Waltraute · 1. Norn