About

Celeste Godin (soprano) has performed as “a completely brilliant Rodolfo” (Boston Musical Intelligencer) in MetroWest Opera's La Femme Bohème, Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos with Lowell House Opera, Andeng in Noli Me Tangere (Opera Brittenica), and Annio (La Clemenza di Tito) with Promenade Opera Project in 2017. In this same year, she placed second in the Five Towns Young Musician’s Competition in New York. She recently graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music (obtaining a master’s degree in vocal pedagogy and a graduate diploma for vocal performance), where she appeared as Agrippina (Agrippina), Blanche de la Force (Dialogues of the Carmelites), First Lady (The Magic Flute), and Ku in the staged workshop of Gilgamesh (she covered the role in the world premier). She also appeared in concert with orchestra, singing Beethoven's "Ah Perfido!," and covering the soprano solo for Brahm's Requiem. In Seattle, she has appeared as Second Lady (The Magic Flute) with Pacific MusicWorks, and as Mimi in the Seattle Opera Guild Previews for La bohème. As part of Tacoma Opera’s Young Artist Program, she performed the Soprano in Weill's Berlin to Broadway, and covered Musetta (La bohème) and Despina (Così fan tutte). She premiered Rita Ueda's one-woman opera for prepared piano and soprano, One Thousand Paper Cranes, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During this time, she was also assistant conductor of the Seattle Bach Choir, in which she also sang as a chorister and soloist when not fulfilling other duties. Other full roles include Semele (Semele) at Pacific Lutheran University under the baton of Stephen Stubbs, and Lady Billows (Albert Herring). She frequently sings all varieties of art song with Boston Art Song Society. Her other passion is painting and illustration, primarily in acrylic paints and inks. Celeste is thrilled to be joining BOC this year - for the community and to be doing more of what she loves!

Music

I am always happy to take requests from hosts! I have provided some potential sets, but I would love to work with hosts to provide something more to their thematic or musical tastes.

German
Befreit, Strauss
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Brahms
Botschaft, Brahms
Freudvoll und leitvoll, Liszt
Nimmersatte Liebe, Wolf

Mondnacht, Schumann
Widmung, Schumann
Wie Melodien, Brahms
Die Mainacht, Brahms
An eine Äolsharfe, Brahms

Die Lorelei, Liszt
Der Fischerknabe, Liszt
Im Rhein, im schönen Strome, Liszt
Und gestern hat er mir Rosen gebracht, Marx

Seven Gypsy Songs (in German), complete, Dvorak

French
Ariettes oubliées, complete, Debussy

Guitare, Bizet
Guitare, Lalo
Madrid, Viardot
Viens, les gazons sont verts, Gounod
O ma belle rebelle, Gounod
À toi mon cœur, Gounod

Russian
Opus 51, Rimsky Korsakov, complete

Opus 43, Rimsky Korsakov, complete

The Rose and the Nightingale, Rimsky Korsakov
Suleika's Song, Rimsky Korsakov

Opus 14, no. 1, 7, and 1, Rachmaninov
Opus 38 no. 1, 3, and 6, Rachmaninov

Italian
From les soirées musicales
La promessa, Rossini
L'orgia, Rossii
L'invito, Rossini
La passerella dell'Alpi, Rossini
La danza, Rossini

Spanish
Rodrigo songs
Esta niña se lleva la flor
Adela
En jerez de la frontera
Canción del grumete
Pastorcito santo
De ronda

Poema en forma de canciones, Turina, 2-5

English
Eve-Song 3-5, Jake Heggie

A Suite o' Bairnsangs, complete, Musgrave

Three Browning Songs, Amy Beach

Sonnets from the Portuguese, Libby Larsen

Opera
Song to the Moon, Dvorak
Quando m'en vo', Puccini
Mi chiamano Mimi, Puccini
Che gelida manina, Puccini
Ach, ich fühl's, Mozart
Da Schlagt die Abschiedsstunde, Mozart
Deh vieni, Mozart
Porgi Amor, Mozart
Tu fosti tradito, Mozart
O legere hirondelle, Gounod
Ah, Je veux vivre! Gounod
Regnava nel silenzio, Donizetti
Embroidery aria, Britten
Be Kind and Courteous, Britten
O quante volte, Bellini
...and much much more! I'm always willing to learn a new aria - even one traditionally sung by tenors

Videos