Delea Shand

opera singer, comedian, music educator

repertoire


opera roles (new works)

Cammie, Smashed: The Carrie Nation Story (workshop), by James Barry

HipsterThe Filthy Habit*, by Hilliard & Boresi                     

Watermelon, Prairie Dogs (workshop), by Rachel Peters

Maid, Murder on Beverly Road (workshop), by Kamala Sankaram

Mother, Maya (workshop), by Ayanna Witter-Johnson           

Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera on Tap Education Outreach Performance

Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera on Tap Education Outreach Performance

Opera/ Operetta/ musical theatre roles

Papagena, Die Zauberflöte, Little Opera Co, Winnipeg

Susanna, Le Nozze di Figaro (abridged), Opera on Tap     

Belinda (cover), Dido and Aeneas, University of Calgary

Mother, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Calgary G&S Co.

Nicolette, The Love for Three Oranges, University of Manitoba

Kate, Pirates of Penzance (chamber orchestra), King’s College                       

Lisa, The Grand Duke (chamber orchestra), Imperial Opera

Lilly, Kiss Me, Kate (chamber orchestra), Imperial Opera

Yum Yum, Mikado (chamber orchestra), Imperial Opera

Hansel, Hansel and Gretel (chamber orchestra), Runaway Opera

 

Performing selections from There Was a Child Went Forth with Nils Vigeland at piano.

Performing selections from There Was a Child Went Forth with Nils Vigeland at piano.

voice and piano (post 1950)

Berg, Chris

A Literary Dinner

Fear No More (SATB)

Selling

Chan, Marc

To Look

Copland, Aaron

Ching a ring Chaw

All the pretty little horses

Zion Song

Why do they shut me out of heaven?

The world feels dusty

Heart, we will forget him

Bolcom, William        

Amor

Borzoni, Clint

When I was Young*                          

Cipullo, Tom  

Two Men Loved Me Once                     

Pocketbook                       

Magnolia                       

Snoring (SATB)                       

Ode to the G Train

Felsenfeld, Daniel        

It was Southern California*

Flanagan, William

See How They Love Me

Gordon, Ricky Ian

Joy

Grant, patrick

Knot*

Hagen, Daron       

The Poetry of Sausages

Heggie, Jake

Snake

Hoiby, Lee              

The River-Merchant's Wife

La Rose          

Pedagogical Songs

Larsen, Libby             

Songs from Letters: Calamity Jane to her Daughter Janey

Lyons, Gilda             

Parting Glass                       

A very special call just for her*

Marks, Matt           

I Pretended                       

I Tasted                       

I Smiled

Matthews, Michael       

Deux Chansons d’Amour

Meinwald, Julia       

Oh by the by        

Maggie and Millie and Molly and May

Messiaen, Olivier

L'Escalier redit

Musto, john            

How Many Little Children

Peters, Rachel              

Phyllis

Previn, Andre           

Take My Mother Home (Honey and Rue)

Good Morning Midnight

Rodriguez, Robert Xavier     

An Opera House*

Rorem, Ned            

Dance

Romberg

Carousel in the Park

Saariaho, Kaija       

Il pleut

Sisco, David            

Dear Endless Summer Tacoman

Ugrin, Heidi  

Pierre ou Eau*                        

Death

Vigeland, Nils       

A Prayer for My Daughter*

Este lado

O Nature*

A Noiseless Patient Spider*

Rumors from an Aeolian Harp

On the day the world ends

Far Out

Recovery*

Long Sight in Age

March, Hymn and Waltz

Five songs on Shaker melodies

Vocalise

The Lake Isle at Innisfree

Let us play yesterday

The Cricket and the Grasshopper

There is no God*

Pied Beauty *

Werner, kyle       

Trois Chansons de Verlaine

Zhou, Tiang

Herbsttag*

Performing Stripsody, by Cathy Berberian in Green Park, Brooklyn

Performing Stripsody, by Cathy Berberian in Green Park, Brooklyn

Solo voice

Aperghis, Georges

Recitation 11 (graphic score)

BEGLARIAN, EVE 

What Justice Looks Like

von BINGEN, HILDEGARD

Ave Generosa

Cage, John

Aria (graphic score)

Berberian, Cathy           

Stripsody (graphic score)

Lutyens, Elisabeth              

Lament of Isis on the Death of Osiris (solo voice)

MCLAUGHLIN, MOLLY

How Will I Go

River Knows

Perera, Ronald                        

Dove sta amore (voice and tape)

Weir, Judith                           

King Harald's Saga (solo voice)

Witter-Johnson, Ayanna           

Twas Mercy* (voice and book percussion)

Dress rehearsal for Circles, performed with Mike Perdue and Jude Traxler, percussion, and Katie Andrews, harp. 

Dress rehearsal for Circles, performed with Mike Perdue and Jude Traxler, percussion, and Katie Andrews, harp. 

Chamber Music

Andriessen, Louis      

Workers Union (any group of loud sounding instruments)

Berio, Luciano

Circles (voice, harp, 2 percussion)                                   

Boulez, Pierre

Improvisation sur Mallarme I (soprano, 4 percussion, vibraphone, bells, harp)

Cardew, Cornelius          

The Great Learning, Ode Machine 2, (indeterminate ensemble)

Cerrone, Chris           

Requiem for KV (3 voices or voice and tape)

Chan, Marc

I sailed out to sea* (indeterminate ensemble)       

Two Looks* (voice, 2 piano 8 hands, celeste, 2 toy piano)                

Crumb, George

Madrigals Book I (voice, double bass, vibraphone)                            

Madrigals Book II (voice, marimba, alto flute)

Felsenfeld, daniel

Every Composer is a Murderer (voice, harpsichord, cello, flute)                     

A Genuine Willingness to Help* (3 voices, piano, violin, cello, clarinet, flute)

Fleming, Drew          

Sous le dome épais arr. (voice, jazz ensemble)

Frank, Gabriele Lena  

New Andean Songs (soprano, mezzo, 2 piano, 2 percussion)

Grigoryeva, Maria     

Eyafyatlayokutl* (3 voice, 2 flute, clarinet, 2 guitar, electric guitar, piano, 5 percussion)

Hawes, Adam            

Invocation* (3 voice, 2 flute, clarinet, 2 guitar, electric guitar, piano, 5 percussion)

Hearne, Ted

Katrina Ballads (experpts) (voice, piano, horn, clarinet, cello, percussion)

Holst, Gustav             

Four Songs (soprano, violin)

Kittappa, Ravi         

Decantations* (5 voice, sruti box, rainstick, maracas, electronics)

Maras, Svetlana              

sample spaced* (3 voice, 2 flute, clarinet, 2 guitar, electric guitar, piano, 5 percussion)

Maw, nicholas                

Head of Orpheus (soprano, 2 clarinet)

Myers, Jeff              

Rosamounde (soprano, viola)                                           

Nickel, Luke              

Futility of Self Indulgence* (soprano, viola)

Park, Michael                 

Cooking with Mama* (chamber choir, narrator)                     

Gramps Ain’t No Namby Pamby* (voice, bassoon)

REICH, STEVE

Clapping Music (2 performers)

RILEY, TERRY

In C (indefinite number of performers)

Saariaho, Kaija         

Changing Light (soprano, violin)

Sankaram, Kamala   

Baby* (2 soprano, xylophone)                   

Deh vieni arr. (voice, jazz ensemble)

Schoenberg, Arnold  

Pierrot Lunaire (excerpts)  (voice, violin, viola, cello, clarinet, flute)             

Semschyshen, Jerry

Kanon* (soprano, baritone, percussion, violin, cello)

Southworth, Christine

Zap!* (4 voices, electronics, keyboard, double bass, guitar)

Ugrin, Heidi             

Lovesong for a Janjaweed baby* (soprano, tuba)                     

Landscapes* (soprano, 2 piano, video)                      

Gashlycrumb Tinies*  (SATB, piano)

Vigeland, Nils

Sisters (soprano, viola, clarinet, tuba, piano)

Villa-Lobos, Hector      

Bachianas Brazilieras no.5 (soprano, guitar)

Vivier, Claude             

Bouchara (soprano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, clarinet, horn, percussion, tape)

Wolfe, Julia              

Polly Ann (3 voices, banjo, cello, double bass)

Annie Haitt, Cameron Russell, Krista Wozniak and Delea Shand with Opera on Tap at Barbes, Brooklyn

Annie Haitt, Cameron Russell, Krista Wozniak and Delea Shand with Opera on Tap at Barbes, Brooklyn

Vocal ensemble (unaccompanied)

Bansal, Juhi              

Stinging, ringing bells* (3 voices)

Cunnigham, Ruth    

Ave Maria (4 voices)

Durst, David              

Aurora* (SATB)

Hudgins, Jeff

Cane* (SATB)

Kimper, Paula

Fukushima Prayer* (SSA)            

Knowles, Alison          

Newspaper music (any number of performers)

Lang, David

Evening, Morning, Day (SSA)

Lyons, Gilda

The Prayer (SSA)                       

Come thou fount* (5 voices)                       

Four Immeasurables* (5 voices)                       

Sun Greeting* (5 voices)         

MONK, MEREDITH

Quarry Weave (8 voices)

Dawn (8 voices)      

Muchmore, Pat      

GREEN_BLUE_BLUE (babel)*  (SATB)     

OLIVEROS, PAULINE

Lullaby for Daisy Pauline (solo or ensemble)  

Perich, Tristan              

untitled (Bernadette Meyer)  (5 voices, electronics)

Pinto, Paul

Agnus Dei: Sheep to the Slaughter* (SSS + chorus)

Rehnqvist, Karin        

Davids Nimm (SSA)

RosenBerg iii, Ed      

The Peace Place* (SATB + chorus)

Roven, Glen

Two Linen Handkercheifs*  (3 voices)

Sokolovic, Ana          

Sirens (6 voices)         

Improvised performance with XIE, at Winnipeg New Music Festival.

Improvised performance with XIE, at Winnipeg New Music Festival.

opera arias

Adams, This is Prophetic, (Nixon in China)

Britten, Be kind and courteous, (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Delibes, Où va la jeune indoue, (Lakme)

Floyd, Ain’t it a pretty night, (Susanna)

Gounod, Je veux vivre, (Romeo et Juliette)

Handel, Tornami a vagheggiar (Alcina)

    Piangerò la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare)

Mozart, Deh vieni non tardar (Le Nozze di Figaro)

   Dove sono i bei momenti (Figaro)

   Zeffiretti lusinghieri (Idomeneo) 

   Batti, batti o bel Masetto (Don Giovanni)                  

   Vedrai carino (Don Giovanni)                

   L’Amerò, sarò costante (Il re pastore)                  

   Durch Zartlichkeit und Schmeicheln (Die Entfuring aus dem Serail)                 

   Bella mia fiammo, Addio         

   In Uomini, in Soldati (Cosi fan tutte)          

Massenet, Adieu notre petite table (Manon)                

   Gavotte (Manon)

Menotti, Monica’s Waltz (The Medium)

Moore, Willow Song (The Ballad of Baby Doe)

Offenbach, Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)

Puccini, Quando m’en vo (La Boheme)           

   O mio babbino (Gianni Schicchi)

Purcell, Music for awhile                   

   The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation                       

   From Rosy Bowers

Rossini, Una voce poco fa (Il Barbieri di Siviglia)

Strauss, J, Mein Herr Marquis (Die Fledermaus)

Strauss, R, Großmächtige Prinsessin (Ariadne auf Naxos)

Verdi, Saper vorreste (Un Ballo in Maschera)

Vinci, No sa che sia                       

   Da quell’ ora

WeillBilbao-Song (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)                

   Denn wie mann sich bettet (Mahagonny)                      

   One Life to Live (Lady in the Dark

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