Classical music: Wisconsin-born and Vienna-based dramatic soprano Elizabeth Hagedorn will replace Julia Faulkner at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the next school year. But Faulkner?s leave of absence could become longer or even permanent.

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Source: welltempered.wordpress.com --- Wednesday, July 17, 2013
By Jacob Stockinger As I have written before, the University of Wisconsin School of Music is facing some serious challenges in terms of staffing in the near future and probably over the long-term. One of the challenges that The Ear has just learned about is that the acclaimed dramatic soprano Julia Faulkner, who has been at the UW since 1994, will be spending the next academic year on a leave of absence. She will spend it teaching at the Lyric Opera of Chicago where she will be on the faculty of the program for Young Artists. Anyone want to bet that the Lyric will see a good deal and offer her a permanent position? That is a major temporary loss for the UW and for Madison since Faulkner (below), like many of the professors at the UW, is both an accomplished performer and a popular teacher with very successful students. (I have sat in on her impressive classes.) Just read the ratings and remarks from her students at this link: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=424180 As a performer, Faulkner, who remains on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera , has sung often with the Madison Opera and with the Madison Symphony Orchestra , whose music director John DeMain admires her work and her professionalism. Faulkner, who possesses a large voice and beautiful tone, has also sung with the UW Choral Union and the UW Chamber Orchestra among other local and University groups. Here is a link to Faulkner?s impressive bio and disc ...

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