About

Sonshine Darkling is a classically trained soprano with a Bachelor's of Music in Vocal performance from Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Music

Repertoire List

Sonshine Darkling, Soprano

English
“Sure on This Shining Night” (Agee)...................................................................Samuel Barber
Love’s Caution (Davies)
Slumber Song of the Madonna

I Hate Music! ...................................................................................................... Leonard Bernstein
from I Hate Music: A Cycle of 5 Kid Songs
"Simple Song"
from Mass

“Then Shall the eyes of the Blind... He Shall Feed his Flock (Jennens)................George F. Handel From Messiah

The Green Dog ......................................................................................................... Herbert Kingsley

“Darkling, I Listen” (Keats )........................................................................................... Ben Moore
“I am in Need of Music” (Bishop)

Wandering Songs: Four Irish Poems by Padraic Colum..............................................Eric Pazdziora
The Wonder of all Wandering
Morog’s Song (Red Rowan Berry)
When Sleep Would Settle on Me
The Edge of Day

“I attempt from Love’s Sickness" ............................................................................... Henry Purcell
from The Indian Queen
“Man is for the Woman Made” (Motteux)
from The Mock Marriage
“When I am Laid in Earth” (Tate)
from Dido and Aeneas

“Weep you no more” (anonymous)............................................................................ Roger Quilter
from Seven Elizabethan Songs, Op. 12

“Early in the Morning” (Hillyer) ................................................................................... Ned Rorem

“Mornings Innocent”(Swenson) ........................................................................... Gwyneth Walker
from Mornings Innocent

"What Good Would the Moon Be"................................................................................... Kurt Weil
from Street Scene
Italian
“Per la gloria d’adorarvi” (Rolli) ...................................................................... Giovanni Bononcini
from Griselda

“Amarilli, mia bella” (Guarini) .................................................................................. Giulio Caccini
from Le nuove musiche

“Quella fiamma”..................................................................................................... Francesco Conti

“Bel Piacere” ....................................................................................................... George F. Handel
from Agrippina
“Ch’io Mai Vi Possa”
from Siore, re di Persia
“Lascia Ch’io Pianga” (Rossi and Hill)
from Rinaldo
“Lusinghe piú care”
from Alessandro
“Vo’far guerra” (Armida)
from Rinaldo

La Stella...........................................................................................................Saverio Mercandante

“Lasciatemi Morire!” ....................................................................................... Claudio Monteverdi
from Arianna

“Ah! Fuggi Il Traditor!” .............................................................................................. W. A. Mozart
from Don Giovanni

“Stizzoso, mio stizzoso” (Frederico)........................................................Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
from La Serva Padrona

“O cessate di piagarmi” (Minato) .................................................................... Alessandro Scarlatti
from Pompeo

German
“Ich liebe dich” (Herrosee) ........................................................................ Ludwig Van Beethoven

"Ach Ich fühl's"............................................................................................................ W.A. Mozart
from Die Zauberflöte
Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte

Der Musensohn (Goethe) ............................................................................................ Franz Schubert
“Du bist die Ruh” (Rückert)
Ganymed (Goethe), D 544
Im Abendroth (Lappe)
Klaglied D.23 (Op.131 No.3)
Rastlose Leibe (Goethe)

“Leibst du um Schönheit” (Rückert) ..................................................................Clara W. Shumann

French
Villanelle (Gautier) ................................................................................................... Hector Berlioz
from Les nuits d’été

“Je dis que rien ne m’ēpouvante” .............................................................................. Georges Bizet
from Carmen

L’ile heureuse (Mikaël) .................................................................................... Emmanuel Chabrier

Après un rȇve (Bussine) .............................................................................................. Gabriel Fauré

“S’il est un charmant gazon” (Hugo) .......................................................................... Cèsar Franck

Si mes vers avaient des ailes (Hugo)[Spring 2012] ................................................. Reynaldo Hahn

L’heure exquise (Paul Verlaine) ............................................................Poldowski (Lady Dean Paul)

Fleur desséchée (Pushkin) ....................................................................................... Pauline Viardot
from Douze mélodies sur des poésies russes
Les Fille de Cadix (de Musset) ................................................................................Pauline Viardot

Spanish
Canción de Paloma (de Larra) .................................................................................... F. A. Barbieri
from El barberillo de Lavapiés

Opera and Scenes
“I Could Write a Book” from Pal Joey [Spring 2010] ................. Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart
as Linda
Quarteto from La Cambiale Di Matrimonio [Spring 2010].................................. Gioacchino Rossini
as Fanny
“Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!” from Die Zauberflöte [Fall 2011] .......................... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
as Erste Dame
Berta (cover) in The Barber of Seville [Fall 2012} ................................................ Gioacchino Rossini
Frasquita in “Eh! bien vite...” from Camren [Spring 2013] ........................................ Georges Bizet
Mondo in Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpoo [Fall 2013] .............................. Emilio de Cavalieri

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