A Woman's Life (and Love) was commissioned by Alta Marie Boover as a companion piece to Robert Schumann's 1830 song cycle, Frauenliebe und Leben, or "A Woman's Love and Life." Mezzo-soprano Alta Marie Boover performs both works wonderfully, along with superb pianist Tian Tian. Alta Boover Dantzler, mezzo-soprano, is a singer praised by audiences and critics for her "perfect comic timing" (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and "lustrous big voice... with excellent diction and plummy tones" (Saratoga Daily Gazette). In New York, she appeared at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center as the Narrator in Peter and the Wolf as well as in the premiere of a new version of Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland. On the operatic stage, she has performed with Opera Carolina, Toledo Opera, Arbor Opera Theatre, Austin Lyric Opera, Shreveport Opera, and Des Moines Metro Opera. In both 2005 and 2007 she was a District Winner and Regional Finalist in the renowned Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and can be seen in the documentary The Audition which chronicles the 2007 competition.

Tracklist:

Frauenliebe Und Leben, Op. 42: No. 1, Seit Ich Ihn Gesehen
Frauenliebe Und Leben, Op. 42: No. 2, Er, Der Herrlichste Von Allen
Frauenliebe Und Leben, Op. 42: No. 3, Ich Kann's Nicht Fassen Nicht Glauben
Frauenliebe Und Leben, Op. 42: No. 4, Du Ring An Meinem Finger
Frauenliebe Und Leben, Op. 42: No. 5, Helft Mir, Ihr Schwestern
Frauenliebe Und Leben, Op. 42: No. 6, Süßer Freund, Du Blickest Mich Verwundert An
Frauenliebe Und Leben, Op. 42: No. 7, An Meinem Herzen An Meiner Brust
Frauenliebe Und Leben, Op. 42: No. 8, Nun Hast Du Mir Den Ersten Schmerz Getan
A Woman's Life (And Love): No. 1, Grief, Pt. 1
A Woman's Life (And Love): No. 2, Watson Crick
A Woman's Life (And Love): No. 3, Grief, Pt. 2
A Woman's Life (And Love): No. 4, Maria Anna
A Woman's Life (And Love): No. 5, Halo
A Woman's Life (And Love): No. 6, You Can Do Anything
A Woman's Life (And Love): No. 7, Grief, Pt. 3
A Woman's Life (And Love): No. 8, The President's Wife

UPC: 044747387024
Label: Centaur
Release Date: 8.6.21
Format: CD

Graef / Boover / Tian - Life & Love (CD)