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SYLVIA GREENBERG, Soprano

The Israeli soprano made her vocal debut in a concert with the Israel 
Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta. During the years as a 
member of the Zurich Opera House and of the Deutsche Oper Berlin she 
sang many coloratura roles, such as Zerbinetta, Blonde, Oscar and 
Sophie. However, Mozart’s Queen of the Night became the artist’s 
hallmark at virtually all of the major European opera houses. Guest 
engagements have led her to the festivals in Salzburg, Bayreuth and Aix
 en Provence as well to the Teatro alla Scala in Milan where she sang 
the title role in Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor”. She appeared in world
 premieres of operas by Manzoni and Berio in Milan and in Salzburg.

During the early 1990’s, Konstanze in Mozart’s “Abduction from the 
Seraglio” became a major role of her repertoire, and she has sung this at
 the Vienna State Opera, as well as in Bonn, Toulouse, Ludwigsburg, 
and Wuerzburg . Since then the artist has moved to the more lyric 
repertoire, first as Pamina, then as Micaëla and Donna Elvira. She sang 
Donna Anna for the first time in Munich in 2001.

The artist is as established in the concert world as she is on the opera 
stage. She made her highly acclaimed U.S. debut singing Haydn’s “The 
Creation” under George Solti in Chicago, and her New York debut in Carl 
Orff’s “Carmina burana” under Zubin Mehta. Sylvia Greenberg has 
worked with many of the world’s leading conductors, including Abbado, 
Bertini, Blomstedt, Chailly, Dohnanyi, Flor, Frühbeck de Burgos, 
Harnoncourt, Lopez-Cobos, Luisi, Maazel, Muti, Nagano, Norrington, 
Rilling, Roshdestvensky, Sawallisch, Tilson Thomas and Varviso. She 
appears frequently with the great orchestras of Europe and abroad. Her 
wide concert repertoire includes Bach’s passions, Mahler’s symphonies,
 Dvorák’s, Szymanowski’s and Poulenc’s Stabat Mater, and virtually all 
of Mozart’s sacred works. Furthermore she has sung world premieres of 
music by Krzysztof Penderecki and Gil Shohat.

Sylvia Greenberg can be heard on numerous recordings which include 
Mozart’s “Abduction”, Haydn’s “Creation” and “L’anima del filosofo”, 
Gluck’s “Paride ed Elena”, sacred music by Poulenc and Bizet as well 
as Orff’s “Carmina burana” and Berio’s “Un re in ascolto”. The artist’s 
most recent releases are concerning Mahler’s 8th Symphony under Kent
 Nagano with Sylvia Greenberg singing the 1st soprano as well as the 
newly rediscovered cantata “Crudel tiranno amor” by George Friedrich 
Haendel (recorded 2006). Her schedule includes frequent recitals, and 
she is also highly respected as a teacher, holding classes primarily in 
Munich and Vienna.

DAVID ARONSON, conductor and pianist

A native of New York, the conductor and pianist David Aronson holds 
degrees from the Crane School of Music in Potsdam (New York) and 
Manhattan School of Music.

He began his career as a freelance vocal coach and accompanist in 
New York City, followed by engagements as assistant conductor with 
the opera companies of Kansas City, Lake George and Miami. He 
moved to Zurich in 1978, where he rapidly rose from coach at the 
International Opera Studio to assistant chorus-master and conductor at 
the Zurich Opera House. In 1982 Mr. Aronson began a nine-year 
appointment as Kapellmeister of the Municipal Theater of Lucerne, 
where he conducted over forty operas, operettas, and ballets. In addition 
to appearing as guest conductor in Darmstadt, Stuttgart, and Aix-en-
Provence, he assisted Herbert von Karajan in his production of 
CARMEN at the Salzburg Festival. Mr. Aronson was a guest conductor 
of the Schönbrunner Schlossorchester in Vienna and made his 
conducting debut with the Vienna State Opera in November, 2000. As a 
member of that opera company’s music staff since 1991, he has also 
performed at the keyboard both in Vienna and on tour in Tokyo, 
Jerusalem, and Ravenna. A sought-after opera coach, Mr. Aronson has 
worked with many of the world’s leading singers, including Walter Berry, 
Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Bryn Terfel, Renee Fleming, and 
Anna Netrebko, to name a few. He has assisted many of the world’s 
foremost conductors including Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti and Seiji 
Ozawa. For over five years, he was the pianist for Riccardo Muti’s 
acclaimed productions of the Mozart-da Ponte operas and in this 
capacity participated in two Asian tours with Seiji Ozawa.

A faculty member at the Vienna Conservatory Private University, Mr. 
Aronson has given master classes for over ten years at the University 
of Miami’s summer music program in Salzburg. His master classes are 
increasingly in demand, with invitations from the Musica Mallorca 
Festival, the University of Michigan, Crane School of Music in Potsdam 
and Manhattan School of Music. An accompanist of international 
stature, Mr. Aronson has performed numerous recitals in Austria, 
Switzerland, Germany, France, Poland, Italy, Cyprus and the United 
States.