ARTISTS’ PROFILES

Anna Larsson graduated from the University College of Opera in Stockholm in 1996. Her international debut followed immediately in Mahler Symphony No. 2 with the Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra and Claudio Abbado, and her opera debut as Erda in Wagner’s Das Rheingold at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Among her many roles are Kundry in Wagner’s Parsifal, Herodias

The Tabernacle Choir At Temple Square

For more than a century, The Tabernacle Choir has given voice to the hopes, joys, trials, and triumphs of people around the world.

This 360-member chorus of men and women, all volunteers, has performed at World’s Fairs and expositions, at inaugurations of U.S. presidents, in acclaimed concert halls from Australia

See page 6 for Thierry Fischer’s profile… in Massenet’s Hérodiade, Erda in Wagner’s Siegfried and Fricka in Die Walküre, Delilah in Saint-Saëns’ Samson and Delilah and Genevieve in Debussy’s Pelleas et Mélisande at theatres including Teatro alla Scala, Vienna State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence Festivals, the Opéra de Paris, the Royal Opera House in London, Teatro Maggio Musicale in Florence, La Monnaie Brussels, Palau des Arts and Europe to Asia and the Middle East, on television broadcasts, and now on YouTube and Facebook. The choir has even been referred to as “America’s Choir,” as a result of their high standard of popular choral music.

Valencia, Royal Opera Copenhagen, Finnish National Opera and the Swedish Royal Opera.

Known from its beginnings as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Choir changed its name in October 2018 to more closely align with its sponsoring organization, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Choir is now called “The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.”

Mack Wilberg was appointed music director of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square on March 28, 2008, having served as associate music director of the Choir since May 1999. Dr. Wilberg is responsible for all musical and creative aspects of the Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square in rehearsals, concerts, tours, and recordings, as well as the weekly broadcast of Music & the Spoken Word. He is a former professor of music at Brigham Young University and is active as a composer, arranger, guest conductor, and clinician throughout the United States and abroad. Dr. Wilberg received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Southern California. He and his wife, Rebecca, are the parents of four children and have one granddaughter.

The Madeleine Choir School

Located in downtown Salt Lake City, The Madeleine Choir School is far more than a music school. MCS offers students strong character formation and a holistic approach to exceptional age appropriate learning. MCS music curriculum is unmatched and also provides outstanding instruction in the