On the operatic stage, Fein has most recently been seen as Bob in Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief, and previously as the Proprietor in Sondheim’s Assassins, Willy in the world orchestral premier of Hoiby’s This is the Rill Speaking, L’horloge comtoise in Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortileges, and carrying a lamp, sword or other prop from one side of the stage to another in various roles here and there.

Meanwhile, he has poured his heart and soul into creating a new mode of song performance, the latest incarnation of which is the varied adventures of The Vox Populi. Previous expeditions with The Vox Populi have included Songs at an Exhibition I and II, pairing songs with poetry and paintings as one might pair the courses of a meal with wines (pairing songs with wines is an exciting future possibility); Say it with Music, a musical journey from early-20th century England across the Atlantic to early-20th century America; and performances of Schubert’s masterpiece song-cycle Die Schöne Müllerin. He is also director of The Vox Populi’s ongoing project to create art-song music videos, the first examples of which can be seen hereor at The Vox Populi’s website.

Joshua Fein has appeared in masterclasses taught by such notables as Udo Reinemann, Mitsuko Shirai, Hartmut Höll, Peter Schreier, Julia Varady and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. He is a student of renowned tenor Donald Litaker, having previously studied with teachers Robert Swensen, Constance Chase and the late Pasquale Pappano.

The Vox Populi presents


Joshua Fein, baritone

Wataru Yoshida, piano
Robert Schumann, “Belsazar” op. 57

Video by Joshua Fein

Joshua Fein, baritone

Wataru Yoshida, piano
Francis Poulenc, “Banalités: Voyage á Paris”
Concert Hall of the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels, Belgium
7. April 2011

joshuafein@thevoxpopuli.org

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