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Engagements

 

 

Wednesday May 10th 2023

Documentary film Premiere

Playing Haydn for the Angel of Death

A film by Pioneer PBS

feat. Dr. Daniel Rieppel-pianist

Martha Helen Schmidt- Composer

Dr. Ryan Hugh Ross-Baritone

For more info, please see Schedule page

or

to view the film, please visit link here:

https://video.pioneer.org/video/daniel-rieppel-bill-holm-documentary-cd4pbh/

Saturday April 21st 2023

Bass soloist

in

Aberystwyth Choral Society's 

Lord Nelson Mass

Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Wales, UK

https://www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/classical-music/aber-choral-society

20 October 2022

May 21st 2022 at 7:30PM

 Icelandic Premiere 

Playing Haydn for the angel of Death

based on poetry by Bill Holm

Music by Martha Helen Schmidt

   

Fríkirkjan í Reykjavík

Reykjavík, Iceland

https://frikirkjan.is/wp/

8 & 9 July 2022

role of Marcello

in

Puccini's 

La bohème

Rhosygilwen Summer Festival

Cardigan, Wales

May 21st 2022 at 7:30PM

 World Premiere 

Playing Haydn for the angel of Death

based on poetry by Bill Holm

Music by Martha Helen Schmidt

   

Open Book Literary Arts Center    

Target Performance Hall

  1011 S Washington Ave # 101

Minneapolis, MN 55415 

 United States

May 17th 2022 at 7:30PM  

Special Preview Performance 

of newly commissioned song cycle

Playing Haydn for the angel of Death

based on poetry by Bill Holm

Music by Martha Helen Schmidt

 Southwest Minnesota State University 

Campus Religious Center

           1418 Birch St,

Marshall, MN 5

6258

 

 

 

 

26 May 2021 at 7:30PM GMT

Documentary Screening of

Julius Burger : A Journey in Exile

with

the Jewish Music Institute - London

Special Introduction by

Head of Research, 

Exil.arte Archive, Vienna AUS

Dr. Benjamin Michael Haas

Viewing available through 25 June 2021

at at below Link:

Jewish Music Institute-London  

Website

26 January 2021

Official Release

The World Premiere of my

Documentary Film

Julius Burger : A Journey in Exile

For more information

or to view, Visit:

https://www.rediscoveredbeauty.org/burger-film

 

November 2019

UK Album Launch Events

 Featuring

an introduction

by

baritone & ORT Marks Fellow Ryan Hugh Ross,

a screening

of the documentary

'Julius Burger : A Journey in Exile',

and live performances of selections

from Album release

* many Selections received their world premieres. 

 

Event Information

1st Launch Event

November 19th, 2019 at 7PM

Cardiff University Concert Hall

31 Corbett Road,

Cardiff. CF10 3EB

 2nd Launch Event:

November 24th, 2019 at 2:30PM

Jewish Museum, London

Raymond Burton House,

129-131 Albert Street,

London NW1 7NB

 

June & July 2019

Grange PArk Opera

Verdi's Don Carlo

&

The Detective

in

Gershwin's

Porgy & Bess

Theatre in the Woods,

West Horsley, England

Performances

            Porgy & Bess            

 Saturday June 8th, 2019 - 6PM

Thursday June 13th, 2019 -6PM

Sunday June 16th, 2019 - 6PM

 Saturday June 22nd, 2019 -6PM

 Wednesday June 26th, 2019-6PM

Friday June 28th, 2019 - 6PM

Wednesday July 3rd, 2019 -6PM

 Sunday July 7th, 2019 - 6PM

                  Don Carlo                

Thursday June 6th, 2019 - 6PM 

Saturday June 15th, 2019 - 6PM 

Thursday June 20th, 2019 - 6PM

Tuesday June 25th, 2019 - 6PM

Sunday June 30th, 2019 - 6PM

Thursday July 4th, 2019 - 6PM

Saturday July 6th, 2019 - 6PM 

Tuesday July 9th, 2019 - 6PM

EUGENE ONEGIN

Role of Zaretsky

with

Opera Loki

FRENCH TOUR

 

Sun 5 August: La Gozinière

Tues 7 August: Château de Fertot

Thurs 9 August: Château de Charnes

Sat 11 August: Château de Sauvages


Mon 13 August: Château de Courcelles


UK TOUR

Friday 21/Saturday 22 September: Alton Maltings, Alton, Hampshire

Thurs 27, Fri 28, Sat 29 September: St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London.


Friday 26 October: Hurlingham Club, Fulham, London

RECORDING SESSIONS

Lieder by

exiled Viennese composer

Julius Bürger

June 18th - 20th 2018

Nimbus Records LTD-

Wyastone Studios

Monmouth, Wales UK

SALIERI REQUEIM

&

GLORIA 

MOZART CORONATION MASS

Baritone Soloist

with Collegium Musicum Costa Del Sol

 

May 27th & 29th 2018

Marbella, Spain

 

FAURE REQUIEM

Baritone Soloist

with St Donats Chorale

 

Saturday 24th March 2018

St Illtud’s Church

Llantwit Major, Wales UK

 

Saturday September 23rd, 2017

RAPIDS THEATRE

BENEFIT CONCERT

Featuring

An Evening

of

Musical Theater, Opera, & Song

Forster Auditorium

Central Lyon High School

Rock Rapids, Iowa

 

July 14th & 15th 2017

Eugene Onegin

in

Tchaikovsky's

EUGENE ONEGIN

Rhosygilwen Estate,

Cardigan, Wales

June & July 2017

Grange Park Opera

Productions

of

Janáacek's

JENUFA

&

Verdi's

TOSCA

Theatre in the Woods,

West Horsley Place

England

Week of October 24th, 2016

Rediscovered Beauty: Suppressed Composers

in partnership

with

Southwest Minnesota State University

present

VOICES OF EXILE:

A JEWISH EXPERIENCE

A Music Festival Celebrating

the Music of Julius Burger

Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall MN USA

Dr. Daniel Rieppel,

Artistic Director

Mr. Ryan Hugh Ross,

Special Guest and Curator,

Artistic Director-

Rediscovered Beauty : Suppressed Composers

Festival

included

 a

US Premiere

of work

TWO SONGS FOR BARITONE AND ORCHESTRA

by Julius Burger

Events

Monday(10.24):

regional masterclasses

in

southwestern Minnesota, including

Willmar, Worthington

and Marshall. MN USA

Tuesday (10.25):

SMSU Masterclass

for University music majors and minors.

SMSU MacFarland Library

and Art Gallery.

Marshal MN USA

Wednesday (10.26):

regional masterclasses

in southwestern Minnesota 

Including the high schools of :

Willmar, Worthington, Luverne

and Marshall. MN USA

Thursday (10.27):

(as part of "Faculty NewWork"):

Lecture

on the

Music and Life

of Julius Burger

by Ryan Hugh Ross,

assisted by Dr. Daniel Rieppel

SMSU Charter Hall 201.

Friday (10.28):

Chamber Music Concert:

with

Ryan Hugh Ross,

Dr. Daniel Rieppel,

Ross Anderson

(principal clarinet of the Southwest Minnesota Orchestra)

and the Meadowlark Quartet

(Quartet-in-Residence at SMSU).

- Music of Burger,

Paul Schoenfield, Korngold, Mahler and Schoenberg. Location TBA.-

Saturday (10.29):

OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL

(open to public)

for Orchestra Finale

to

"Voices of Diasora: The Jewish Experience"

(Noon-3 PM);

Panel Discussion on the life of Julius Burger and his many compatriot composers who experienced loss, disruption and death due to Hitler's regime;

with special guest New York City attorney Ronald Pohl, the man who saved Julius Burger's musical estate from oblivion (4:00-6:00 PM)

Wine and Cheese Reception for invited guests.

Sunday (10.30):

Gala Finale Concert

featuring The Southwest Minnesota Orchestra (Dr. Daniel Rieppel, Music Director),

The Meadowlark Quartet and special guest

Ryan Hugh Ross, baritone.

4:00 PM***

The Schwan Community Center for the Performing Arts, Marshall, MN

--May-July 2016--

Grange Park Opera

the Knifegrinder

in

OLIVER!

featuring Simon Keenlyside as Fagin

&

A Monk

in

Verdi's

Don Carlo

The Grange Estate, Hampshire-England

--February 27th, 2016--

Faure Requiem & Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass

Baritone Soloist

Aberystwyth Choral Society

Aberystwyth Arts Centre

--July 2015--

Grange Park Opera

at the BBC Proms

in

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

Avram the Bookseller

-Ryan Hugh Ross

Featuring Bryn Terfel

as Tevye;

Royal Albert Hall

London, England

--May- July 2015--

Grange Park Opera

Avram the Bookseller

in

Fiddler on the Roof

featuring

 Bryn Terfel as Tevye;

&

Captain Buyanov

in

Eugene Onegin;

The Grange, Hampshire- England

-- Oct.23rd - Nov.2nd 2014--

Wexford International Opera Festival

Scottish Soldier #1

in

Michael Puts'

 Silent Night;

Counsel for the Plaintiff

in

Trial by Jury

by Gilbert & Sullivan;

Chorus

in

Mariotte’s

Salome

Wexford, Ireland.

--August 31 – Sept.13, 2014--

International

Barga Bel Canto Festvial

Marcello

in

Puccini’s

La Boheme

(Recitals of Tosti,

Int. Folk Songs,

and Opera Gala)

Barga, Italy.

--May 31st- July 5 2014--

La Traviata

(Baron Douphol-cover)

Grange Park Opera

--June 14th-July 9th--

Don Quichotte

Chorus

Grange Park Opera.

--March 30th, 2014--

Concert Performance

of

Turandot

Scottish Opera

Edinburgh, Scotland

--October 23rd-Nov.3rd 2013--

nternational

Wexford Opera Festival

productions of

Il Capello di Paglia di Firenze, Therese / La Navarraise,

Cristina, Regina di Svezia

Wexford, Ireland

--July 6th, 2013 at 7:30PM --

Baritone soloist

in

Orff’s

Carmina Burana

with

the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra.

St. David’s Hall

Cardiff, Wales

--May 26th & 28th, 2013--

Bass soloist

in

Haydn’s

Missa Cellensis

with

Collegium Musicum

Marbella, Spain

--May 7th, 2013 --

The Ultimate Gala Concert

at

Wales Millennium Centre.

Cardiff, Wales

--April 27th, 2013 –

Bass soloist

in

Rossini’s

Petite Messe Solennelle

with

the Aberystwyth Choral Society, Aberystwyth, Wales.

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