ILANNA STARR
SONG RECITAL
Soloist
Schulich School of Music
APRIL 6, 2023
Salle Redpath Hall | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Together, Ilanna and her partner in crime and music, Erin Palmer, perform Poulenc's powerful cycle Banalités, FP 107 alongside Faure's 2 mélodies, opus 1 in a recital coordinated by their mentor and coach, Michael McMahon. Read the program.
FERN HILL
Soloist
Schulich School of Music
APRIL 5, 2023
Pollack Hall | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ilanna performs the mezzo solo in John Corigliano's choral masterwork "Fern Hill" with the Schulich Singers under the direction of Gabrielle Gaudreault, conducted by Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt. This event is open to the public and is also captured on live webcast. Read the program.
WIRTH VOCAL PRIZE
Finalist
Wirth Vocal Prize Competition
MARCH 12, 2023
Pollack Hall | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ilanna performs a 25-minute program including songs and arias by Handel, Kahane, Kodaly, Bizet, Ravel, and Ilse Weber for the final round of the Schulich School of Music Wirth Vocal Prize competition. This event is open to the public and is also captured on live webcast. Read the program.
WIRTH VOCAL PRIZE
Semi Finalist
Wirth Vocal Prize Competition
MARCH 10, 2023
Pollack Hall | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ilanna performs a 15-minute program including songs and arias by Handel, Poulenc, Britten, Monteverdi and Adams for the semi-final round of the Schulich School of Music Wirth Vocal Prize competition. This event is open to the public and is also captured on live webcast. Read the program.
HÄNSEL UND GRETEL
Hänsel
Opera McGill
JANUARY 27, 29,
2023
Monument-National | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ilanna sings the role of Hänsel in this production directed by Patrick Hansen, conducted by Stephen Hargreaves. Read the program.
SONG RECITAL
Soloist
Schulich School of Music
DECEMBER 2, 2022
Pollack Hall | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Together, Ilanna and her partner in crime and music, Erin Palmer, perform Mahler's moving Rückert-Lieder in a recital coordinated by their mentor and coach, Michael McMahon.
IL GIUDIZIO DI PIGMALIONE
Venere
Opera McGill
NOVEMBER 4 & 5,
2022
Pollack Hall | Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Ilanna sings the role of Venere in the world premiere production of Il giudizio di Pigmalione by Canadian composer, Dean Burry conducted by Stephen Hargreaves as part of the Lisl Wirth Black Box Festival. Read the program.
COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Dorabella
Quisisana Resort
JUNE-AUGUST
2022
Center Lovell, Maine, USA
Ilanna sings the role of Dorabella in a 13-week run of this camp themed Così fan tutte production at Quisisana Resort.
A LITTLE NIGHT
MUSIC
Mrs. Segstrom
Quisisana Resort
JUNE-AUGUST
2022
Center Lovell, Maine, USA
Ilanna sings the role of Mrs. Segstrom in a 13-week run of a Little Night Music at Quisisana Resort.
CONCERT NIGHT
Soloist
Quisisana Resort
JUNE-AUGUST
2022
Center Lovell, Maine, USA
Ilanna performs every Friday night in a weekly changing program of opera's greatest arias and ensembles at Quisisana Resort.
COLLABORATIVE
SONG RECITAL
Soloist
Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
APRIL 24, 2022
McClintock Choral and Recital Room | Evanston, Illinois, USA
In collaboration with pianist Daniel Szefer and violist Josephine Stockwell, Ilanna performs Johannes Brahms' Zwei Gesänge (Two Songs for Voice, Viola, and Piano), Op. 91. Szefer and Starr will also perform Claude Debussy's Trois Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90 alongside selections from Gabriel Kahane's Craigslistlieder. More info.
CONCERTO
COMPETITION FINALS
Finalist
Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
APRIL 19, 2022
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall | Evanston, Illinois, USA
Ilanna performs Maurice Ravel's Sheherazade as one of the 12 finalists in the all instrument, university-wide 2022 concerto competition. More info.
"SHE SAID..."
MM Graduate Recital
Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
APRIL 8, 2022
Galvin Recital Hall | Evanston, Illinois, USA
In collaboration with the brilliant Chuck Foster - piano, Brandon Acker - theorbo & baroque guitar & Olivia Knutsen - soprano, Ilanna caps off her time at Northwestern with a curated program of repertoire that revolves around the voices and words of influential women. The program includes the words of RBG, Patti LuPone, Leslie Jones, Gloria Steinem, Simone de Beauvoir, Lucille Ball, Mae West, Ann Landers, Natasha Scripture, Lizz Winstead, Sister Helen Prejean, Ellen DeGeneres & Schehereazade in compositions by Monteverdi, Strozzi, Ravel, Heggie and Evan Mack. See the event page and the program.
IF I WERE YOU
Brittomara (cover)
Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
FEBRUARY 24-27,
2022
Cahn Auditorium| Evanston, Illinois, USA
Ilanna covers the devilish protagonist in the midwest premiere of Jake Heggie and Gene Schear's most recent operatic collaboration, If I Were You. More info.
MUSIC FOR PEOPLE
WHO LIKE ART
Vocal Soloist
Contemporary Music Ensemble,
Bienen School of Music
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Galvin Recital Hall| Evanston, Illinois, USA
Conducted by Alan Pierson of Alarm Will Sound, Ilanna performs the solo vocal part in Andrew Hamilton's 20-min contemporary work "music for people who like art" in collaboration with Northwestern University's Contemporary Music Ensemble. More info.
THE MEDIUM
Mrs. Nolan
Northwestern Opera Theater
NOVEMBER 20 & 21,
2021
Ryan Opera Theater| Evanston, Illinois, USA
Ilanna sings the role of Mrs. Nolan in Northwestern Opera Theater's production of The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti. More info.
CME Concert
Soloist
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Contemporary Music Ensemble,
Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
Galvin Recital Hall| Evanston, Illinois, USA
Ilanna sings the soprano 2 solo in a performance of Marcos Balter’s "meltDown UpShot" in collaboration with Northwestern University's Contemporary Music Ensemble, conducted by Alan Pierson. More info.
EarTaxi Festival
Soloist
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Contemporary Music Ensemble,
EARTAXI FESTIVAL
Kehrein Center for the Arts| Chicago, Illinois, USA
In collaboration with Northwestern University's Contemporary Music Ensemble, Ilanna sings the soprano 2 solo in a performance of Marcos Balter’s "meltDown UpShot" conducted by Alan Pierson at the 2021 EarTaxi New Music festival. More info.
LA CENERENTOLA
Tisbe
Quisisana Resort
JUNE-AUGUST
2021
Center Lovell, Maine, USA
Ilanna sings the role of Tisbe in a 13-week run of Rossini's La Cenerentola at Quisisana Resort.
SHE LOVES ME
Ensemble
Quisisana Resort
JUNE-AUGUST
2021
Center Lovell, Maine, USA
Ilanna performs in the company of Bock & Harnick's She Loves Me at Quisisana Resort.
CONCERT NIGHT
Soloist
Quisisana Resort
JUNE-AUGUST
2021
Center Lovell, Maine, USA
Ilanna performs every Friday night in a weekly changing program of opera's greatest arias and ensembles at Quisisana Resort.
SERSE
Amastre
Chautauqua Institution - Virtual
JUNE-AUGUST
2020
Online | Chautauqua Institute
Ilanna sings the role of Amastre in a virtual adaptation of Handel's Serse.
ORFEO REMOTE
La Messagiera
Northwestern Opera Theater
JUNE 2020
- JANUARY 2021
Online | Northwestern University
Ilanna performed the role of La Messagiera in Orfeo Remote, Northwestern Opera Theater's digital adaptation of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. The project began at the start of the pandemic, during spring quarter 2020 and the final film was released in episodes in January 2021. More info on the project and Ilanna's episode.
DIE FLEDERMAUS
Prince Orlofsky
Northwestern Opera Theater
FEBRUARY 29, 2020
Cahn Auditorium | Evanston, Illinois, USA
Ilanna performed the role of Prince Orlofsky in Northwestern Opera Theater's production of Die Fledermaus. This was Ilanna's last live performance before the global COVID-19 pandemic. More info.
DOG DAYS
Captain (cover)
Northwestern Opera Theater
NOVEMBER 21-24, 2019
Ryan Opera Theater| Evanston, Illinois, USA
Ilanna covered the role of the Captain in the Chicago-area premiere of David T. Little's Dog Days. More info.
LA LIBERAZIONE DI RUGGIERO
Melissa
dell'Arte Opera Ensemble
AUGUST 10,15 & 25,
2019
La MaMa Experimental Theater Company| New York, NY, USA
Ilanna performed the role of Melissa in dell'Arte Opera Ensemble's 2019 Voices From the Tower summer festival. Read a review here.
L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA
Nerone
Halifax Summer Opera Festival
AUGUST 3 & 8,
2018
Dalhousie Arts Centre - David Mack Murray Studio Theater| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ilanna opened Halifax Summer Opera Festival's 2018 season singing the role of Nerone in their production of Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea. See the trailer.
DO NOT FORGET US: SONGS OF SURVIVORS
a recital
Vanderbilt University,
Blair School of Music
DECEMBER 1, 2017
Turner Recital Hall | Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Ilanna's senior capstone recital centered around the resilience of Jewish culture during the Holocaust and throughout the 20th century. See the program.
THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO
Marcellina
Vanderbilt Opera Theater
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Ingram Hall | Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Ilanna performed the role of Marcellina in this quirky, The Bachelor-meets-The Real World reality TV version of The Marriage of Figaro. Directed by Gayle Shay and conducted by Jennifer McGuire.
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Papagena
Prague Summer Nights
JUNE-JULY, 2017
Mozarteum| Salzburg, Austria
Under the baton of Maestro Arthur Fagen, Ilanna performed the role of Papagena in a production of Die Zauberflöte directed by Joachim Schamberger. This production was mounted both in Tabor, Czech Republic in addition to performances at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria.
SCENES PROGRAM
Soloist
Prague Summer Nights
JUNE 30, 2017
Lichtenstein Palace| Prague, Czech Republic
In the historic Lichtenstein Palace, Ilanna performed scenes by Offenbach, Bernstein, and Mozart.
PGB (Premiere)
Mezzo Soloist
Alyssa Weinberg
MARCH 19, 2017
Zeitgeist Gallery| Nashville, Tennessee, USA
World premiere art song for percussion, violin and voice by composer Alyssa Weinberg. Ilanna sang the mezzo-soprano solo alongside the concertmaster of the Nashville Symphony, Jun Iwasaki.
LITTLE WOMEN
Cecilia March
Vanderbilt Opera Theater
NOVEMBER 11 & 13,
2016
Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music| Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Ilanna sings the role of Aunt Cecilia March in Mark Adamo's opera, Little Women.
SPEED DATING
TONIGHT
Waitress & Event Coordinator
Vanderbilt Opera Theater
MARCH 19 & 28,
2016
Blair School of Music (19th) & City Winery (28th)| Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Ilanna sings the roles of both the waitress and the speed dating event coordinator in this immersive performance of Michael Ching and Dean Anthony's comic opera "Speed Dating Tonight". More info.
FOLK & FLORA
Soloist
Jack Coen - Blair School of Music
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
Sarratt Cinema - Vanderbilt University| Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Ilanna took part in a world premiere staging of Jack Coen's innovative song cycle exploring the relationship and unique roles that flowers play in our lives. Read more about the project here. And more about Blair School of Music Collaborations here.
BERNSTEIN'S MASS
Featured
Street Player
Vanderbilt Opera Theater
NOVEMBER 13, 14
& 15, 2016
Ingram Hall | Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Ilanna was a Featured Street Player in Vanderbilt Opera Theater's 2015 production of Leonard Bernstein's MASS. She sang the "World Without End" solo and was featured in other numbers such as the dona nobis pacem.