Pauline will be joining the Glimmerglass Festival’s 2023 season. She will be covering the role of Gertrude in Romeo et Juliette and will be singing in the ensembles for Romeo et Juliette and La bohème.
The Amplify Series World Premiere Concert celebrates the new art songs created with poems by nonspeaking autistic poets and music by classical composers.
Commissions this year feature the following poets, composers, and performers:
Poets:
Amelia Bell
Sofia Ghassaei
Matthew McGrath
John-Carlos Schaut
Parker Scheu
Composer:
Eugenia Cheng
Shane S. Cook
Corinne Klein
Paul Novak
Matthew Recio
Performers:
Veena Akama-Makia, mezzo-soprano
Pauline Tan, mezzo-soprano
Samuel James Dewese, baritone
Florence Mak, piano
Accommodations:
Relaxed performance atmosphere (movement, fidgets, stims welcome in our space)
Sensory-relief space outside concert hall
No clapping — handwaving and snapping for applause
Kenny Kincaid is back at it again on America Loves Food, your favorite TV cooking competition. In this one-act opera, we welcome three competitors, Ivy, Kendra, and Álvaro, as they compete to make America's favorite comfort food, Mac ‘n’ Cheese. As three contestants vie for the top prize, some truths are revealed about themselves and this country’s relationship between food and history.
The Cook-Off marks the fourth full length opera commissioned by the Vanguard Emerging Composer Residency. Pauline is singing the role of Beryl Bennett, an illustrious Scottish international food critic and writer who will be judging the cooking competition.
Snapshots of Every Voice celebrates what artists want to share through art song. Performances in this series showcase the diversity and richness of art song repertoire, allowing us to experience music that deeply resonates within us.
Performers:
Veena Akama-Makia, mezzo-soprano
Pauline Tan, mezzo-soprano
Samuel James Dewese, baritone
Florence Mak, piano
Accommodations:
Relaxed performance atmosphere (movement, fidgets, stims welcome in our space)
Sensory-relief space outside concert hall
No clapping — handwaving and snapping for applause
For additional information about accommodations, or to make a request, please contact Michelle Ravitsky at michelle@lynxproject.org.
What to expect:
If you could create a playlist for the movie of your life, what would you include? Come enjoy a relaxing afternoon of song and heart as we share art songs in multiple languages. This special event is curated to explore how the intimate genre of song celebrates every facet of the human experience.
Alan Turing, a brilliant computer scientist, saves England from Nazi U-boats during World War II. Despite his innovative feat he was chemically castrated after being found guilty of gross indecency for a homosexual relationship. Turing was found poisoned alongside a cyanide-laced apple just two years later. While his death was ruled a suicide, there are alternative theories to the cause.
In this world premiere, Pauline is covering the role of Joan Clarke and will be singing the role of Wren 3 as well as joining the chamber ensemble.
What happens when you’re looking for a suitable May Queen who is virginal, obedient, upstanding, AND moral but none of the teens in town match that description? You call on Albert. Yes, the grocer's son, Albert Herring. As the newly crowned May King surely nothing bad will happen…
Pauline is covering the role of Florence Pike.
When Queen Roxana begs King Roger to pardon the lowly shepherd accused of preaching a philosophy of pleasure it leads the mighty King to fight his inner turmoil. Torn between societal expectations and the provocative ideas of the new stranger, King Roger must decide his path forward.
Pauline is covering the role of the Deaconness and will be singing with the 80-person chorus.
Sanctuary City showcases emerging and accomplished mid-career artists and a variety of media, from installations to award-winning comic books, the works on view address themes of immigration and community building. Experiences of trauma are commonplace in the lives of immigrants, but that does not invalidate or diminish the experiences and narratives of love, found family, resilience, resistance, and friendship. We dive into this conversation with heightened awareness, open ears, and hearts, taking in the ideas presented to us in hopes to learn, offering safe spaces, and creating more welcoming and safer environments for immigrant and refugee populations.
In this community curated exhibit by Julia Csekö, Pauline joins Filipinx interdisciplinary mulitmedia artist Lani Asunción in a performance of Song for Land far away at Sea, combining Filipino music and tradition with sound experimentation, creating an immersive experience for audiences.
The closing concert of Collaborative Arts Institute Chicago’s annual Collaborative Works Festival, The American Songbag, will examine Chicago poet, journalist, and urban folk singer Carl Sandburg’s seminal anthology of American Folk songs. Published in 1927, while Sandburg was living in Chicago, the anthology was an instantly popular collection of folk songs that proved to be foundational for the American folk resurgence, inspiring singers like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. A powerful statement of a diverse vision of American identity, Sandburg described the collection as a "ragbag of stripes and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth ... rich with the diversity of the United States."
The concert will feature arrangements of many of the songs contained in Sandburg's collection alongside various art song settings of his poetry.
Experience the grandest of all grand operas in this lavish production that evokes the opulence and splendor of Ancient Egypt. As war rages between enemy nations, a forbidden love burns brightly between Radamès, an Egyptian warrior, and Aida, his captive. But Aida’s keeping a secret of her own—she’s the daughter of the Ethiopian king and deeply devoted to her people. Will she betray Radamès to save her nation or risk everything to follow her heart? From its star-crossed lovers to its thunderous “Triumphal March”— featuring a 60-voice chorus—Aida is the very definition of epic and a passionate romance for the ages.
Pauline joins the Cincinnati Opera chorus.
Set sail on a perfectly preposterous adventure, complete with dutiful daughters, cowering constables, and softhearted swashbucklers. Frederic, an orphan apprenticed to a lively band of pirates, will soon celebrate his 21st birthday, when he’ll be free to pursue a life—and love—all his own. The charming Mabel catches his eye, and she’s supremely smitten in return. But the crafty Pirate King finds a loophole in Frederic’s contract, setting the young lovers’ future upon stormy seas. Will Frederic and Mabel steer their way to a happily-ever-after? With vibrant sets and costumes, memorable tunes, and rapid-fire laughs, The Pirates of Penzance is a modern, major spectacle, perfect for the entire family.
In this production directed and choreographed by Seán Curran, Pauline joins the Cincinnati Opera chorus.
Get swept away by one of the most famous love stories ever sung. In his cold apartment on Christmas Eve, the penniless poet Rodolfo prepares to celebrate the holiday with friends on the city’s bustling streets. But with a quiet knock on the door, he meets Mimì, whose single candle has gone out. While searching for a match in the dark, hands touch, sparks fly, and lives change forever. La Bohème has captivated generations of audiences with its unforgettable music and its sweetly sentimental tale of young, bohemian lovers in Paris. The beloved favorite is presented in a new-to-Cincinnati production that brings a colorful, whimsical vision of the City of Light to the Music Hall stage.
Pauline joins the Cincinnati Opera chorus.
Astral announces the participants and panelists for its 2022 National Auditions in the voice, woodwinds & brass, percussion, and small chamber ensemble disciplines.
The auditions will take place in Philadelphia on May 24, 25, and 26. The independent panel, comprised of industry-leading musicians, managers, and educators, will adjudicate the live auditions and recommend artists to be passed on to the final, interview round of the Auditions.
Pauline is part of a roster of 7 finalists that competing in the voice category.
Juba Freeman arrives in London after winning his freedom from slavery by fighting for the British in the Revolutionary War. Thrown headfirst into British society, he meets Amelia Alumond, a member of the British Black gentry, and reconnects with other ex-slaves who are struggling to build new lives for themselves as free men. Inspired by historical events, the opera sheds a light on a forgotten corner of history – and challenges current assumptions of what life was like in 18th-century London for a person of color.
In this world premiere by British composer Errollyn Wallen, Pauline joins the production as a member of the ensemble.
In memory of the Atlanta shootings on March 16, 2021 and International Women’s Day, Wear Yellow Proudly presents a song recital program featuring Asian women composers and poets with the intention of raising awareness and uplifting the stories of Asian women.
Performing with Pauline in the event are mezzo-sopranos Alice Chung, Sophia Maekawa, and pianist Ting Ting Wong. This program features pieces by various female Asian and Asian American composers including Beata Moon, Bosba Pahn, Chen Yi, Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, Cynthia Lee Wong, Justine F. Chen, Melissa Dunphy, and Michele Cheng.
Noah and Phoebe leave the city when he inherits his grandparents’ orchard. The young couple dreams of the life they will create together, but they are unprepared for what lies ahead. In addition to the never-ending demands of the house and the land, Noah is haunted by memories of his last visit to the orchard, many years ago.
Pauline will be singing the role of Melissa Mevros, a role written for her through Chicago Opera Theater’s Vanguard Initiative for composers.
Pauline joins Pierre Nicolas-Colombat in a lecture-recital at the historic DANK Haus German American Cultural Center.
This program features the standard German Romantic tropes of the Wanderer, the wilderness, Sehnsucht and Einsamkeit. Centered on the music of Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann as well as the poetry of Nikolaus Lenau and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, our selections will highlight the under-appreciated ways in which American audiences and performers can find agency in the context of typically Germanic Romantic repertoire.
Pauline joins regular collaborator Elias Dagher in a Concert of Tribute and Memorials, with music by Poulenc, Dvorak, Ives, and arrangements of Johnny Mercer songs by Ryan McCullough.
Chicago Opera Theater will celebrate the season with the local premiere of Mark Adamo’s family-friendly holiday opera Becoming Santa Claus.
Pauline will be covering the role of Queen Sophine.
The semi-staged production will give audiences a rare opportunity to hear two world-class dramatic mezzo-sopranos debut new roles opposite one another. Jamie Barton will make her role debut in the title role while Blythely Oratonio, the tenor alter ego of the legendary Stephanie Blythe, will sing his first Don José.
As she begins her young artist residency with Chicago Opera Theater, Pauline will be covering the role of Don José.
Pauline makes her debut as the alto soloist in Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony, with The Orchestra Now conducted by Leon Botstein.
“A massive masterpiece! The Orchestra Now and the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra join forces with the Bard College Chamber Singers and Bard Festival Chorale for a performance of this intensely passionate work.”
Due to the current health situation, this event has been POSTPONED.
Pauline sings the role of The Commendatore in Rest in Pieces, a groundbreaking, devised opera co-written by Stephanie Blythe and the students of the Bard Graduate Vocal Arts Program.
“BARD CONSERVATORY GRADUATE VOCAL ARTS PROGRAM AND THE ORCHESTRA NOW PRESENT
REST IN PIECES
In Memory of Opera
Conceived and Directed by Stephanie Blythe with John Jarboe
Conducted by James Bagwell
Performed and written by the artists of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and The Orchestra Now
A devised opera celebrating the tribulations, glories, and loves of this tempestuous art form, featuring the music of Mozart, Strauss, Bizet, Copland, and Puccini.”
Pauline takes part in Bard College’s Winter Songfest, a beloved annual holiday tradition in the Hudson Valley.
“James Bagwell conducts this special holiday program featuring works by Berlioz, Bach, excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and more. Participation from the Bard Conservatory Orchestra, members of Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program, the Bard College Symphonic Chorus, the Bard College Chamber Singers, and the Bard Preparatory Chorus.”
Pauline takes part in a presentation of a cabaret-style musical journey of song, from opera to popular standards with the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program, its newly-appointed Program Director Stephanie Blythe, and her long-time collaborator Craig Terry.
Featuring works by Sammy Cahn, Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Randy Newman, and many more!
Pauline advances to the Final round of Bard College-Conservatory’s Concerto Competition. She will be singing a group of songs from Gustav Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn.
“Conservatory undergraduates and Graduate Vocal Arts Program singers compete to perform as soloists with The Orchestra Now, Conservatory Orchestra, and American Symphony Orchestra.”
