The Mahlers: A Musical Marriage (Middleburg)

Mary Howe - Sand and Stars

Alma Mahler - Vier Lieder (arr. Fergus McAlpine)

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1 (chamber version arr. Klaus Simon)

Celebrate the close of our Masterworks Reimagined season with a deeply expressive program that weaves together the lives and legacies of Gustav and Alma Mahler. We begin with Washington, DC native Mary Howe’s shimmering tone poems Sand and Stars. Fergus McAlpine’s intimate arrangement of Alma Mahler’s Vier Lieder brings her luminous songs into fresh focus, revealing the voice of a gifted composer too long overshadowed.

We conclude with Klaus Simon’s compelling chamber version of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, a bold reimagining that preserves the symphony’s emotional scope while inviting listeners into a more personal sonic landscape. This unforgettable evening brings together music of longing, passion, and transformation

Lauded for her “theatrical magnetism” American mezzo-soprano Olivia Vote is continuing to garner success across opera and concert stages. Since joining the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in 2018, Olivia has performed Zweite Dame in Simon McBurneys' new production of Die Zauberflöte, Neris in Medea with Sandra Radvanovsky, jumped in as the Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos, Neferneferuaten in their Grammy-winning recording of Ahknaten by Philip Glass, and debuted in Rigoletto as Countess Ceprano.  She also covered Charlotte in Werther, and Waltralte in Die Walküre. Other recent performances include singing Nicklausse in Les Contes D'Hoffmann with Maestro Sesto Quatrini and Maddalena in Rigoletto with Atlanta Opera.  Olivia also added two role debuts last season including the title roles of Carmen at Staatstheaters Mainz and Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier with the National Lithuanian Opera and Ballet.

This season Ms.Vote will return to sing Zweite Dame in the Metropolitan Operas’ production of Die Zauberflöte. She will perform the Verdi Requiem with the Key Choral in Sarasota Florida and with the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus in conjunction with Opera Southwest.   On New Years' Eve, Olivia will join the Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini to perform the 9th Symphony by Beethoven in Parma conducted by Roberto Abbado. Later in the season she looks forward to debuting with The Cleveland Orchestra in Jenůfa by Janáček.

In previous seasons, Ms. Vote made multiple house debuts including Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos with Cincinnati Opera, Maddalena in Rigoletto with Florentine Opera and North Carolina Opera, Mary in The Flying Dutchman with Atlanta Opera in a new production by Tomer Zvulun, Mère Marie in the Dialogues des Carmélites with Sarasota Opera, Adalgisa in Norma with Opera Southwest, and Nicklausse in Les contes d'Hoffmann with Hawaii Opera Theater. On the concert stage, she has been heard in Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Brahms’ Alto Rhapsody with Washington Choral Arts in D.C. under the baton of Antony Walker, and in Durufle’s Requiem at The Kennedy Center.  In a chamber setting, Olivia has joined the world-renowned Hugo Wolf Quartet from Vienna and performed Respighi's Il Tramonto and selections from Wolf's Italienisches Liederbuch in Massachusetts and New York. She has also collaborated with pianist Brian Ganz to perform multiple song recitals throughout Maryland and Virginia.

Passionate about new works Olivia has enjoyed working with Santa Fe Opera and Opera Philadelphia, on Jennifer Higdon's exciting premiere of Cold Mountain. Also with Santa Fe Opera, she participated in the workshop of the premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, by Mason Bates and Mark Campbell in San Francisco. She sang the role of his wife, Laurene Powell. While at the Academy of Vocal Arts Ms. Vote co-created the title role of Hester Pryne in The Scarlet Letter by Margaret Garwood and enjoyed premiering the work Colors passing through us by composition teacher and composer David Froom.

Ms. Vote completed her musical studies at Yale University, North Carolina School for the Arts, and the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia.