“I am so excited to share this beautiful recital,” says soprano Rachel Knappenberger, voice performance major at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.

Rachel Knappenberger presents her “Recital Performance,” 7 p.m. Nov. 22, St. John’s United Church of Christ, Emmaus.

The performance includes selections by renowned composers Gioachino Rossini, Johannes Brahms, Hector Berlioz and Samuel Barber, as well as musical theater works.

Italian composer Gioachini Rossini (1792-1868) likely wrote his classic song cycle “La Regata Veneziana” (“The Venetian Race”) in 1858. The work is in the Venetian dialect and based on three poems by Rossini’s frequent guest, Count Carlo Pepoli, Bolognese aristocrat, scholar and writer.

“Zigeunerlieder” (“Gypsy Songs”) (1887-1888) was written by German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) for four voices and piano. Comprised of 11 Hungarian folk texts translated into German, Brahms shortly after completion added four additional songs. In 1889, he again took pen to paper and arranged eight of the original songs for solo voice and piano accompaniment.

Composed in 1841, “Les Nuit D’ete” (“Summer Nights”) by French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) is a setting of six poems by the composer’s friend and neighbor, the poet, novelist, art and literary critic Theophile Gautier (1811-1872). The theme of the work is the progress of love, from youthful innocence to loss and renewal.

The four movements of Samuel Barber’s “Four Songs, Op. 13” have no common theme and were composed independently, merely grouped together for publication. The songs address themes of love, solitude, friendship and that even during the darkest times of life there is still kindness in the world.

Knappenberger will be accompanied on piano by Amal Shokr of Northampton and joined in duets by Anna Chavolla and Oliver Thompson of Emmaus.

Knappenberger began opera study at age 16, including with voice teacher Patricia Risley of Allentown.

Knappenberger is a daughter of Kristine Knappenberger, an optometrist in Allentown, and the Rev. Dr. Paul Knappenberger, pastor, St. John’s United Church of Christ, Emmaus.

Knappenberger, a Macungie native and Emmaus High School graduate, Class of 2021, is a voice performance major at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, where she has had feature roles in three Main Stage operas, including “Hansel and Gretel” (Engelbert Humperdinck) and performed in the chorus of additional productions such as “The Magic Flute” (W.A. Mozart) and “H.M.S. Pinafore” (Sir Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert).

Rachel Knappenberger, Recital Performance, 7 p.m. Nov. 22, St. John’s United Church of Christ, 139 N. Fourth St., Emmaus. Tickets not required. Information: 610-965-9158; http://www.stjohnsuccemmaus.org/

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