Join us for a Friday evening performance of art songs and operatic arias by French soprano Juliette Tacchino and Curtis faculty pianist Grant Loehnig.
Juliette Tacchino appears by special arrangement with Curtis Artist Management.
Program
The program will be announced soon.
About the Artists
Juliette Tacchino
Described by Le Devoir as “an outstanding actress with impeccable projection and style,” soprano Juliette Tacchino is distinguished by her artistic refinement and captivating stage presence. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2024 Sumi Jo International Singing Competition and laureate of the 2024 French Riviera Masters Competition at the Opéra de Nice Côte d’Azur, she is rapidly establishing a flourishing international career.
This season, Juliette will perform the role of Delphine Garnier in Les Demoiselles de Rochefort at the prestigious Théâtre Lido 2 Paris and will embark on a U.S. tour featuring recitals and chamber music concerts.
During the 2024–2025 season, she appeared in Paris with Opéra Fuoco under the guidance of David Stern, collaborating with Laurent Naouri and Elsa Rooke in operatic scenes by Jules Massenet. She also gave a recital at the Château d’Écouen near Paris and performed as the soprano soloist in William Boyce’s Solomon at the Opéra de Massy. That same season, she made role debuts as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) under Nicholas McGegan, and in Candide conducted by David Charles Abell with the Curtis Opera Theatre. She also performed Claude Vivier’s Lonely Child with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra. Juliette made her debut at the Chorégies d’Orange, one of Europe’s most prestigious opera festivals and joined world-renowned soprano Sumi Jo on tour in China and South Korea.
Highlights from recent seasons include concert performances as Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande) and Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, as well as staged appearances in the roles of Ginevra (Ariodante), Thérèse (Les Mamelles de Tirésias), the Vixen (The Cunning Little Vixen), and as a soloist in a production of Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. On the concert stage, she has appeared as soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Binghamton Philharmonic, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal, and Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Dettingen Te Deum with the Monte-Carlo Chamber Orchestra.
Born into a family of musicians, Juliette began her vocal journey with the Children’s Chorus of the Opéra de Nice. During her studies, she performed the roles of Ilia (Idomeneo), Pauline (La Vie Parisienne), Phani (Les Indes Galantes), a nymph (The Fairy Queen), and appeared as soloist in a contemporary work by Canadian composer Ana Sokolović. She is a two-time First Prize winner at the Concours d’Opéra Bouffe de Québec (2020, 2022), and a recipient of the Louise Roy Scholarship, the Azrieli Foundation Grant, and the 2026 Laureate distinction from the Cercle Richard Wagner Rive Droite.
Juliette holds a Master of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and a Bachelor of Music from the Université de Montréal.
Grant Loehnig
Grant Loehnig collaborates with many of today’s most renowned musical artists as a pianist, vocal coach, and administrator. He currently serves as Head of Music Staff at Opera Philadelphia. He works regularly as music staff at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Philadelphia, and the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS program. In recital Mr. Loehnig has collaborated with such artists as John Holiday, Susanne Mentzer, Morris Robinson, Will Liverman, Paul Groves, and Marcus DeLoach. Recent recordings include art songs of Carlisle Floyd with Susanne Mentzer, songs of Karim Al-Zand, the premiere recording of David Hertzberg’s The Wake World, and the premiere of a piece by Tyshawn Sorey written expressly for Mr. Loehnig and countertenor John Holiday.
He served as Head of Music Staff for Wolf Trap Opera for over 10 years, where he was also the music director of the Studio Artist program. As a chorus master with Wolf Trap Opera, Opera News praised his “finely honed, spirited chorus.” He prepared the chorus and small roles for the Houston Symphony’s performances of Wozzeck, which was recorded for commercial release and awarded the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.
Mr. Loehnig holds degrees from Macalester College and Manhattan School of Music, and is a graduate of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Music Academy of the West, and San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program. Before joining the Curtis faculty in 2015, Mr. Loehnig served on the faculty of the opera studies program at Rice University in Houston.
About the Concert
The performance begins at 7:30 pm. Join us an hour earlier for a pre-concert discussion about the music on the program. After the performance, you’ll have an opportunity to meet the artist(s) and learn about their backgrounds, interests, and career plans.
The address of the venue is 103 North Road, Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879. Driving time from Providence, Newport, Westerly, and southeastern Connecticut is under an hour, and Amtrak’s Kingston Station is only five miles away.
The suggested contribution for this concert is $40 per person, collected at the door. We accept cash, personal checks, and cards. Checks should be payable to “Core Memory Music”. All contributions go directly to our performing artists. To make your contribution in advance, click here.
Children under 18 are welcome to join us free of charge.
If you’d like to attend this concert, send us an email with the full name of each person in your party and we’ll confirm your reservation. If you can’t attend the concert, we invite you to listen to the audio livestream (no reservation required).