Rachel Hanauer ~ Soprano
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Rachel Hanauer
Soprano/Director/Educator

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Upcoming Engagements:

July -August 2022
Die Fledermaus - Berlin Opera Academy
Assistant Director 
https://www.berlinoperaacademy.com/​

September 2022 - TBD 
The Voice of Gertrude Stein: Three Sisters Who are Not Sisters & 5 Art Songs with texts by Stein
Helen in Three Sisters Who are Not Sisters ; Stage Director
Art Songs with texts by Gertrude Stein - Other programming TBD
AS220; Providence, RI


July 2020 - ongoing :
Aperitivi: An Online Cocktail Hour Concert Series 

Rachel Hanauer and Caroline Spaeth present bite-sized, fun musical online concerts during quarantine. Sip a cocktail and enjoy!
​www.facebook.com/aperitiviconcerts
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTRGYT-CJXr8cg12XFQqVQ/featured


 Past Performances:
May 13 & 14, 2022 ; 7pm 
The Voice of Gertrude Stein: Three Sisters Who are Not Sisters & 5 Art Songs with texts by Stein
Helen in Three Sisters Who are Not Sisters
Art songs by Daron Hagen & Peter Dayton 
Stage director & project coordinator
Contemporary Theater Company, Wakefield, RI

Thursday April 21 - Sunday May 8, 2022;
Thursdays -Saturdays at 730pm; Sundays at 2pm

The Hatmaker's Wife by Lauren Yee
Rachel Hanauer, Director 
The Arctic Playhouse, West Warwick, RI
(Tickets: www.thearcticplayhouse.com)

Friday April 15, 2022
Rutter Requiem - Good Friday Service
Soprano Soloist
Central Congregational Church, Providence, RI 

​Sunday April 3rd, 2022; 4pm 
Musical Composition Recital: Tom Swafford, violin/composer;
with Yoon Chung, piano; Rachel Hanauer, soprano 

Premiere of 3 songs by Tom Swafford & violin pieces
Providence College Smith Concert Hall https://music.providence.edu/events/​

Sunday February 20, 2022 at 4pm & Friday, February 25, 2022 at 7:30pm
Mysteries of the Macabre by György Ligeti & In Sleep the World is Yours by Lori Laitman 
In Sleep the World is Yours  : Rachel Hanauer, soprano; Crikkett Young, oboe; Nathaniel Baker, piano;
Mysteries of the Macabre: Caroline Spaeth, soprano; Caroline Ly, piano; Rachel Hanauer, director
Providence College Smith Concert Hall  (Feb 20th at 4pm)   https://music.providence.edu/events/​
AS220 Providence (Feb 25th at 7:30pm) https://as220.org/​ 
Livestream on Feb 25th: FB: @AS220 ; IG: @as220providence ;  YouTube: @TV220

Sunday February 27th at 4pm 
Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessore
Central Congregational Church, Providence, RI 

Oct. 22 -23, 2021 
Newport Children's Theater presents Grimm's Fairy Trail
Rachel Hanauer, director & adaptor of Grimm's Fairy Tales to plays (collaborating with young actors)
Paradise Valley Park; Middletown, RI

Sunday  October 17, 2021 at 4pm
Handel's Dixit Dominus & Solo Opera Arias 
Collegium Ancora
with the Providence Baroque Orchestra
Soprano Soloist
Grace Church; Providence, RI

Friday September 24, 2021  
Collegium Ancora presents: Collegium Cabaret: "To Love and Life" 

Soprano soloist: "Marry Me a Little" from Company
The Pavilion at Grace - Grace Church; Providence, RI

March 26 - April 11, 2020 (7:30pm Thurs-Sat; 2pm Saturday & Sunday) (Cancelled due to COVID-19) 
The Fantasticks
Rachel Hanauer, director
The Arctic Playhouse; West Warwick, RI
http://www.thearcticplayhouse.com/

March 20, 2020 at 7:00pm (Cancelled due to COVID19)
Happy Birthday, Stephen Sondheim! 

Springboard Season Performance; Directed by Jean Maxon-Carpenter
Scenes as Dot, Cinderella & Johanna
Contemporary Theater Company; Wakefield, RI
 www.contemporarytheatercompany.com

Monday March 16 & March 29, 2020 at 12:30pm (Cancelled Due to COVID)
PLAYING WITH FIRE: Women Trailblazers in Music - to Commemorate the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote 
with Rhode Island Philharmonic; Judy Stillman, director 

Women's Ensemble 

Rhode Island College, Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center &
Sunday, March 29th at 3:00 PM, Rhode Island Philharmonic and Music School's Carter Center in East Providence. 

Friday February 14, 2020 at 7pm
Riders to the Sea & Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan-Williams 
Springboard Season performance
Nora in Riders to the Sea, Director/Program Lead  
Contemporary Theater Company; Wakefield, RI
 www.contemporarytheatercompany.com

December 5-22, 2019 (7:30pm Thurs-Sat; 2pm Sunday)
Two Holiday One-Act Plays:
Gift of the Magi 
by Brainerd Duffield & Balls by George Cameron Grant

Rachel Hanauer, director
The Arctic Playhouse; West Warwick, RI

November 15-17, 2019 
Songs For A New You: A Journey Through the Works of Jason Robert Brown 
Soloist and Ensemble Member
South Shore Theater Works; Bridgewater, MA 
www.southshoretheatreworks.com

Sunday November 2, 2019; 4pm
Collegium Ancora presents 
Cradling the Souls: Duruflé Requiem and Mass for the Unarmed Child (premiere)
Grace Church; Providence, RI

Saturday September 21, 2019; 6pm
Collegium Ancora presents Collegium Cabaret: Seasons of Love

Soloist & Ensemble Member
The Pavilion at Grace - Grace Church; Providence, RI

August 29, 2019, 6:30pm 
Collegium Ancora performance at Newport Film Festival
Premiere of film Gay Chorus Deep South;
The Breakers mansion, Newport, RI

August 19-21, 2019, 6:30pm 
Newport Children's Theater presents The Little Mermaid by Lane Riosley
Rachel Hanauer, director
Lawn of St. John's Church; Newport, RI 

August 10, 2019 
Cantorum Vigilae & St. Mary's Church of Newport, RI Choir Trip & Residency
Boston, MA; Cathedral of the Holy Cross

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 4pm
Soloist - 16th Annual North Shore Summer Concert Series: Opera Favorites
Hamilton-Wenham Community House; Hamilton, MA

Fri. June 28- Sun. June 30, 2019 at 8pm/2pm
La voix humaine
 by Francis Poulenc - Julie Rumbold, mezzo-soprano
Rachel Hanauer, director
The Whitney Center for the Arts
42 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield MA

Saturday June 15, 2019 at 5pm
Collegium Ancora presents In Harmony: a (free) concert celebrating PRIDE
Grace Episcopal Church, Providence, RI
Info : www.collegiumancora.org

Sunday May 18, 2019 at 2pm
The Choir School of Newport County's Fifth Annual Spring Concert with special guests
Soprano soloist,  Johannes Brahms' Ein Deutches Requiem 

Saturday March 9, 2019 
Cantorum Vigilae sings music by Martini & Purcell
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI

Sunday May 5, 2019 at 4pm
Collegium Ancora presents G.F. Handel's Israel in Egypt
Grace Episcopal Church, Providence, RI
Tickets & Info : www.collegiumancora.org

Thursday April 4 - Saturday April 20;
Thursdays -Saturdays at 730pm; Sundays at 2pm

The Diary of Anne Frank by Goodrich/Hackett, Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Rachel Hanauer, Director 
The Arctic Playhouse, West Warwick, RI
(Tickets: www.thearcticplayhouse.com)

Saturday February 23, 2019 at 7:30pm
"Who's Calling?: Three One Act Operas"; 
La voix humaine, The Telephone (Menotti) & A Hand of Bridge (Barber)
Elle in La voix humaine, and director of Menotti & Barber
The Arctic Playhouse; West Warwick, RI; www.thearcticplayhouse.com

Friday February 22, 2019 at 7pm
"Who's Calling?: Three One Act Operas"; 
Springboard Season performance
La voix humaine, The Telephone (Menotti) & A Hand of Bridge (Barber)
Elle in La voix humaine, and director of Menotti & Barber
Contemporary Theater Company; Wakefield, RI
 www.contemporarytheatercompany.com

Sunday February 10, 16 & 17, 2019 at 4pm
Collegium Ancora presents "All About That Bass...& Treble"
www.collegiumancora.org

Saturday February 9, 2019 at 5pm
Cantorum Vigilae sings music by Dvorak & Mck. Williams
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public

Saturday, January 19, 2019; 7pm
Judge, Bedford Rotary Club presents the Regional Idol Scholarship Competition
Dana Center Theater, Saint Anselm College; Manchester, NH

Saturday, August 25, 2018; 3:30pm
Soloist, Leonard Bernstein's Birthday Bash; Jean Maxon, director 
Performance Patio, Contemporary Theater Company; Wakefield, RI

​Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 4pm
North Shore Summer Concert Series: Here's a Howdy-Do!
Songs and Scenes from the Beloved Shows of Gilbert & Sullivan.
Hamilton-Wenham Community House; Hamilton, MA

​Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 4pm
Collegium Ancora presents America in Song: A Fourth of July Celebration
Soloist: This is My Country​
Trinity Church; Newport, RI

June 8, 16 & 24th, 2018 
Leonard Bernstein Centenary Celebration Chamber Music Series, RI

Thursday June 14 - Saturday June 30;
Thurs-Sat 8pm; Sun 2pm
Alice in Wonderland
 by Lewis Carroll, Adapted by Brainerd Duffield
Rachel Hanauer, Director 
The Arctic Playhouse, W. Warwick, RI (www.thearcticplayhouse.com)
REVIEW:: Motif Magazine: motifri.com/alice2018/ 

Friday, June 8, 2018 at 7pm
Leonard Bernstein Centenary Celebration Chamber Music Series
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 383 Old North Road, Kingston, RI

Sunday June 3, 2018 at 4pm
Cantorum Vigilae presents their Spring Concert
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public,

Sunday May 27, 2018 at 7pm
The King of Kings - Silent Film with Peter Krasinski, organist  & Cantorum Vigilae 
Soloist, Pergolesi Stabat Mater
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public

​Saturday April 28, 2018 at 5pm
Cantorum Vigilae sings music by Giuseppe Pitoni & Johannes Brahms
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public

Sat Apr. 13 & Sun Apr 14 at 7pm
CCRI Opera Workshop presents: 
Brundibar by Hans Krasa & I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Lori Laitman
A Holocaust Remembrance Performance; Directed by Rachel Hanauer
Bobby Hackett Theater, CCRI Knight Campus, Warwick, RI 
$12 - general admission/ $7 Students, Seniors, Faculty/Staff​

Saturday April 7, 2018 at 7pm
​The CCRI Voice Students present their Spring Recital; (Rachel Hanauer, coordinator)
CCRI Knight Campus, Bobby Hackett Theater, Warwick, RI; Free & Open to Public

Saturday March 3, 2018 at 5pm
Cantorum Vigilae sings music by Cody Mead & Richard Farrant 
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public

Sat. February 17, 2018 at 5pm
Cantorum Vigilae sings Gregorian Chant and Henry Purcell
St. Mary's Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public

Fri. February 16, 2018 at 8pm
Down with Love: A Cabaret
Presented by JMG Theater & Common Fence Point Arts
Common Fence Point Community Hall, Portsmouth, RI

​Sat. February 10, 2018 at 5pm
Cantorum Vigilae sings Mozart and Vivaldi selections
Soloist on Laudate Dominum (Mozart) & Laudamus te (Vivaldi)
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public

Sat. January 13, 2018 at 11am
Rutter Requiem (Private Memorial Service), soprano soloist
Zabriskie Chapel of St. John the Evangelist, Newport, RI

January 7, 2018, 4pm
Epiphany Concert with The Choir of Our Lady of Mount Carmel & Orchestra
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Bristol, RI

January 3, 2018, 6:30pm
A Service of Lessons and Carols for Christmas and Epiphany; Soloist
with Cantorum Vigilae & the combined choirs of St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Newport, RI

December 24, 2017, 5pm
Christmas Eve: A Service of Lessons and Carols, Soloist
Channing Memorial Church, Newport, RI

December 17. 2017 at 6pm
Ecclesia Consort presents: A Choral Journey Through Advent & Christmas 
Soloist on "O Holy Night" by James Biery
Our Lady of Providence Chapel, Aldrich Mansion Estate, Warwick, RI
www.ecclesiaconsort.org

December 11, 2017
Touro Band performs traditional Hanukkah, Hebrew & Yiddish music - (10 piece band & Rachel Hanauer, vocals)
The Edward King House, Newport, RI

December 1-10, 2017 
A Christmas Carol: 1940's Radio Play
Music Directed by Rachel Hanauer, directed by Christian O'Brien
The Arctic Playhouse, W. Warwick, RI (www.thearcticplayhouse.com)

Saturday November 4 at 5pm
Cantorum Vigilae performs Justorum Animae (Cody Mead) and Faure 
St. Mary's Church, Newport, RI

November 3-5 & 10-12
I Love..What's His Name?: A Cabaret About Confusion in Love in the 21st Century; Director & Performer
The Arctic Playhouse, Warwick, RI (www.thearcticplayhouse.com)

October 13, 14, 20, 21 at 7:30pm & Oct  15 & 22 at 2pm;
 
Johanna in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Rhode Island Stage Ensemble, Woonsocket, RI

Friday August 18, 2017; 7:30pm I Love..What's His Name? 
Common Fence Point Community Center, Portsmouth, RI

Thursdays August 10, 17, 24, 21, 2017; 8pm;
I Love..What's His Name?: A Cabaret About Confusion in Love in the 21st Century
The Firehouse Theater; Newport, RI (www.firehousetheater.org)

May 6; 8pm & May 7; 3pm: Creator, Director, Performer in I Love...What's His Name? A Cabaret about Confusion in Love in the 21st Century
The Arctic Playhouse, West Warwick, RI

April 22; 7pm & April 23; 3pm:
Madame Goldentrill in Der Schauspieldirektor & Camilla in A Game of Whist
Cambridge Chamber Ensemble, Cambridge, MA (www.cambridgechamberensemble.org/)

December 15, 2016: Soprano Soloist; Mozart Coronation Mass; Christmas on the Point Concert
Zabriskie Memorial Church of St. John the Evangelist; Newport, RI

September 8-24, 2016: Diane in Einstein and the Polar Bear by Tom Griffin
The Arctic Playhouse, West Warwick, RI (http://www.thearcticplayhouse.com/)

Aug. 7th & Aug. 14, 2016 ; Soprano soloist; Mozart Coronation Mass
Zabriskie Memorial Church of St. John the Evangelist; Newport, RI

May 19-June 29, 2016 : Linda in Play it Again, Sam by Woody Allen &
"I Hold Your Hand in Mine" soloist
The Newport Playhouse, Newport, RI​

March 31- May 15, 2016: P.B in One Slight Hitch by Lewis Black &
"Art is Calling for Me" soloist in Cabaret
The Newport Playhouse, Newport, RI

​Jan. 16, 2016: Arias in Motion - OperaWorks 
Cypress Recital Hall at California State University Northridge

Dec.13, 2015: Handel's Messiah-Sing; Soprano Soloist
St. John's Cathedral, Jacksonville FL

Nov. 22, 2015: St. Andrew's Day Evensong 
St. John's Cathedral; Jacksonville, FL

​Nov. 14, 2015 : Annina in La Traviata (Act II) - "Opera Paris" with First Coast Opera
The Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, FL

November 15, 2015  : Chamber Concert
with Emily Knowles, violin & Jackson Merrill, piano
Works by Bach, Vivaldi, Eric Whitacre, Rebecca Clarke, Holst & some surprises
St. John's Cathedral, Taliaferro Hall, Jacksonville, FL

Aug. 14 2015: Guest Soloist, "Ascending into Light," Darren Bartolo, Piano,
Album Release Concert
St. Augustine Art Association

April 5 2015 at 10:30am: Soloist, Easter Sunday: Handel & Dvorak
St. Paul's Episcopal Church; Jacksonville, FL

March 21, 2015; Soloist: Dedication and Feast Day Mass 
St. Patrick Church; Jacksonville, FL

Feb 24-27, 2015 10 & 11:30am: Soloist for the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra -
Young People's Concerts- Link Up Series: The Orchestra Sings
Jacoby Symphony Hall; Jacksonville, FL 
Scott Gregg, conductor

Feb 14, 2015; 2:30pm: A Valentines Day Afternoon Recital with Bob Logan, piano 
 New Horizons at Choate; Woburn, MA

Dec. 21, 2014 : Soloist - Tapestry of Light by Joseph M. Martin 
First Presbyterian Church of Goldsboro, NC 
Jayson Keeton, conductor

Dec. 5, 2014: Jacksonville Symphony Chorus
Handel's Messiah
Michael Butterman, conductor

Nov. 14 & 15, 2014: Jacksonville Symphony Chorus 
Mozart Requiem 
Michael Butterman, conductor

August 3, 2014 : Soloist at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd of Jacksonville, FL; Singing "Laudate Dominum" from Mozart's Solemn Vespers with the Chancel Choir 

June 29 - July 9, 2014 : First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest choir tour to Estonia, Latvia and Finland!

June 27 (6:30pm) & 28 (7:30pm): Grant Park Chorus and Orchestra perform Janáček: Glagolitic Mass 

June 26 (7pm): Grant Park Apprentice Chorale and Project Inclusion at Jefferson Memorial Park, 

June 25 (12pm CST): Grant Park Apprentice Chorale and Project Inclusion Quartet broadcast on WFMT: The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at Chicago Cultural Center Preston Bradley Hall;

June 19 (7pm): First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest Sanctuary Choir and Lakeminster Ringers perform their Pre-Tour Concert! Works by Rutter, Brahms, Brewer, etc. 

June 13 (6:30pm) & 14 (7:30pm): Grant Park Chorus and Orchestra perform Berlioz's Romeo and Juliette - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago.

June 12, 2014 (7pm): Grant Park Chorus Apprentice Chorale  in Douglas Park with Chicago Children's Chorus Humboldt Park Neighborhood Choir

April 4, 2014 (7:30pm): La Contessa di Foleville in Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims - Ganz Hall, CCPA

March 22, 2014 (2:30pm): Graduate Degree Recital, Ganz Hall, Chicago College of Performing Arts

February 3, 2014 (5:00pm): Bob Logan's recital & premiere of "Dream within a Dream," text by Edgar Allen Poe, composed by Bob Logan, Ganz Hall, CCPA

November 16 (2pm & 5pm) & 17 (4pm), 2013 : Leonora in The Long Christmas Dinner by Hindemith - Ganz Hall, Chicago College of Performing Arts,

November 10 2013 (7:00 pm) : Trio Recital with organist Jayson Keeton and clarinetist Patrick Wall -Featuring: Schubert's Der Hirt auf dem Felsen , Three Vocalises by Ralph Vaughan-Willams

June 21, '13 (12pm): Grant Park Festival Apprentice Chorale performs at The Poetry Foundation - 61 West Superior, Chicago

June 24 '13 (12:15pm): Grant Park Apprentice Chorale performs at The Arts Club - 201 East Ontario

June 27 (6pm): Grant Park Apprentice Chorale performs at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning - 2929 W. 19th St.

June 28 (6:30pm) & June 29 (7:30pm) : Grant Park Festival Chorus performs Britten's War Requiem - Jay Pritzker Pavillion

June 14 (6:30pm) & 15 (7:30pm)  : Grant Park Festival Chorus performs Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky - Jay Pritzker Pavillion

May 11, 2013 : Amplified voice recording for Opera-Matic (opera-matic.org) in Humboldt Park, Chicago

April 26 & 27, 2013  : La Infermiera in Suor Angelica - Ganz Hall, Chicago College of Performing Arts

April 21, 2013 :  Soloist, Francesco Durante's Messa - Spring Concert, First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, IL

December 2, 2012: Advent cantata Soloist, J.S. Bach - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, IL

November 11, 2012: Solo cover, Poulenc Gloria with CCPA Conservatory Chorus and Chorale with Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra: Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center

November 3 & 4, 2012: Princess (cover) and chorus, Princess and the Pea by Ernst Toch: OperaFest V at CCPA





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