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Träume: Richard Wagner's Fünf Gedichte von Mathilde Wesendonk

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Gestaltung: H.S. Sanders, Bestell - Nummer 158 (with editorial notes about the songs
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      Praised for his "thrilling squillo" and "exciting abandon in the Mario del Monaco mold," tenor Jon Robert Cart has sung with the Baltimore Opera, the Harrisburg Opera, Opera Roanoke, Wolf Trap Opera, the Amalfi Coast Festival and the Shaker Mountain Music Festival. With a repertoire ranging from the Baroque opera to the music of Richard Wagner, his primary roles include Siegmund (Die Walküre), Radames (Aïda), Cavaradossi (Tosca), Don José (Carmen), Riccardo (Un Ballo in Maschera), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) and Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana).

      On the concert stage, Robert has performed as soloist at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Mexican Cultural Institute the, Philip's Collection and the White House. He has appeared in concert with such orchestras as the Indianapolis Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Albany Symphony, and the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic, working with eminent conductors, including Bernstein and Leppard.

      Dr. Cart's discography, found on the Centaur label, includes Serenata Mexicana (released 2006) and Träume: the Songs of Wagner and Strauss (to be released).

      Currently, Dr. Cart is Associate Professor of Music and Associate Dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts at Rowan University. He has attended the esteemed Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in Aldeburgh, England, and holds a D.M.A. from the University of Maryland, an M.M. from Indiana University, and a B.M. from DePauw University. He previously served as Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Music and Theatre Arts at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.