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Bio Cynthia Reynolds
was described as "irresistible" by New York Magazine. Her operatic
appearances have included a revival of The Accomplish'd Maid (one of the golden hits of
1762!) and a series of rarities presented by the Vineyard Opera.
The Long Island Philharmonic presented her in a touring production of
The Magic Flute. Her concert repertory includes such works as
The
Creation, Messiah (with the Long Island Choral Society and the Waukegan
Symphony Orchestra), and both the Poulenc and Vivaldi Gloria. Her theme
recital My White Knight, a Hope Chest of Romantic Ballads, has been
presented by Arts at St. Paul's in South Nyack and the Donnell Public
Library in New York City. She has participated in a resuscitation of Liza Lehmann's once-famous
In a Persian Garden, before a rapt audience
at the Liederkranz Club (sound clip below), where she has also been
heard in recitals of unusual repertoire on the Elizabeth Hastings Friday
Night series.
Her New York career has called her again and again to the G&S
repertory; she has starred in The Mikado, Utopia
Limited, The Pirates of Penzance and The Gondoliers with New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players,
and toured as a member of their select vocal trio. In special concert
presentations at The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Society she has added
leading roles in The Sorcerer, The Yeomen of the Guard,
Ruddigore,
Patience, Princess Ida and soon Iolanthe to her "little list." Together with her husband, tenor
Richard
Slade, she has presented as series of duet concerts featuring romantic
scenes from the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, as well as a concert
version of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette.
Miss Reynolds sings regularly in concerts at the First Unitarian
Society of Westchester in Hastings on Hudson and has sung victoriana at
midnight at the Bowerie Lane Theatre on the Bowery in NYC.
She made her debut with the Asbury Summer Theater in
Tuckahoe, NY as the role of Marie in Frank Loesser's operatic music
theatre work The Most Happy Fella, has been the soprano soloist on
numerous concerts with Sound Shore Chorale in New Rochelle and
sang both operatic and art song solos and duets of Arthur Goring Thomas
at Symphony Space in New York City (sound clips below).
Miss Reynolds appears frequently as the
soprano soloist with the Sound Shore Chorale, most recently as Dido in
Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
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Hear Me Sing
 | Knowest thou the land? Mignon's song, by Arthur Goring Thomas.
Cynthia Reynolds, Soprano; Elizabeth Hastings, Piano.
Recorded during live performance at Symphony Space, March 2005. (3:54) (3,706 kb)
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 | Night Hymn at Sea, duet by Arthur Goring Thomas.
Cynthia Reynolds, Soprano; Richard Slade, Tenor; Elizabeth Hastings,
Piano.
Recorded during live performance at
Symphony Space, March 2005. (2:42) (2,574 kb)
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 | Aria from the opera
Esmeralda by Arthur Goring Thomas.
Cynthia Reynolds, Soprano; Elizabeth Hastings, Piano.
Recorded during live performance at
Symphony Space, March 2005.
(6:52) (6,501 kb)
(The aria is followed in the opera by the duet below.)
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 | Duet from the opera Esmeralda by Arthur Goring Thomas.
Cynthia Reynolds, Soprano; Nathan Bahny, Baritone; Elizabeth Hastings,
Piano; Jubal's Lyre, conducted by Richard Slade.
Recorded during live performance at Symphony Space, March 2005. (7:16) (6,869 kb)
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 | A Book of Verses, duet from the
cantata In a Persian Garden by Liza Lehmann.
Cynthia Reynolds, Soprano; Richard Slade, Tenor; Rachelle Jonck,
Piano.
Recorded in August, 2002, Sean Swinney Studio, New York
City. (1:58)
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