SASHA L., soprano

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Fall/Spring Audition Repertoire 2026

Caro mio ben [HIGH VOICE]
[Note! Tempo = .93]
[Click here for accompaniment recording on YouTube]

The Daisies by Samuel Barber
[Click here for accompaniment recording on YouTube]

Юноша и дева
by Dargomushki
[Click here for accompaniment recording on YouTube]

Mozart and Italian Opera Arias

Ach, ich fühl’s (Die Zauberflöte) [Note! Tempo = 1.10]
Batti, batti (Don Giovanni)
Endless Pleasure (Semele by, Handel) [practice at tempo 90% while learning]
Lusinghe più care
Oh, Had I Jubal’s Lyre
S’Altro Che Lacrime (La Clemenza di Tito) [Note! Tempo = .93]
So shall the lute and harp awake
Tornami a vagghegiar
Zeffiretti lusinghieri (Idomeneo)

Hi Sasha,

The following list is based on a distillation of the requirements specified by each of the institutions below, particularly those that offer dual degrees. See the following link:

Select Dual-Bachelor’s Degree Programs in Music and Other Academic Subjects Dual-Bachelor’s Degree Programs in Music and Other Academic Subjects (revised: 7-14-25)

I’ve listed my primary choice for you and also some spare pieces which might work for all of the categories specified: Italian, English, German, French, and “other language” songs. Let me know what you think.

Best wishes,

Bonnie

Audition Repertoire for College Admissions

RECITAL
Sasha Lobanova
Жаворонок (The skylark) by, Glinka
Юноша и дева by, Dargomushki

Spring 2025 Repertoire

“Wicked” Repertoire

Defying Gravity (SMTA Mezzo/belter. Vol. 5)
For Good (SMTA Mezzo Vol. 5)
I’m Not that Girl (SMTA Mezzo/belter. Vol. 4) [Note! Transpose up = +1]
Over the Rainbow
Popular (SMTA Mezzo/belter. Vol. 4)
The Wizard and I (SMTA Mezzo-belter, Vol. 4)

Rachmaninov

Сон, Opus 8, No. 5, by, Rachmaninov
Островок, Opus 14, No. 2 by, Rachmaninov
Здесь Хорошо, Opus 21, No. 7 by, Rachmaninov
Покинем, милая, Opus 26, No. 5 by, Rachmaninov
Сей день я помню, Opus 34, No. 10 by, Rachmaninov
Маргаритки, Opus 38, No. 3 by, Rachmaninov
Сон, Opus 38, No. 5 by, Rachmaninov
Also . . .
Колокольчики мои by, Bulakov

Additional Repertoire

Far From The Home I Love (SMTA Sop. Vol.1)
In My Own Little Corner (SMTA Sop. Vol. 3)
The Sound Of Music (SMTA Sop. Vol. 2)
Ten Minutes Ago (SMTA Sop. Vol.1)
Also . . .
Oh, Had I Jubal’s Lyre [Handel]

Fall 2024 RECITAL

Жаворонок (The skylark) by, Glinka [Note! Tempo = .90]
Caro mio ben [HIGH VOICE] [Note! Tempo = .93]
Let It Go
Юноша и дева by, Dargomushki [Note! Tempo = .92]
Show Yourself
A Whole New World

Assigned Repertoire

Caro mio ben [HIGH VOICE]
Castle on a Cloud
Also . . .
Let It Go
Show Yourself
Healing Incantation
A Whole New World
Also . . .
Oh, Had I Jubal’s Lyre [Handel]
Жаворонок (The skylark) by, Glinka
https://youtu.be/B00svHWFXJE?si=3ZpTLFFKbOrmLko9
Юноша и дева by, Dargomushki

У моего окна, Opus 26, No. 10 by, Rachmaninov
https://youtu.be/abc50rW9bFY

Opera

Deh vieni, non tardar Le nozze di Figaro [Mozart]
Lusinghe più care [Handel]
Oh, Had I Jubal’s Lyre [Handel]
So shall the lute and harp awake [Handel]
Tornami a vagghegiar [Handel]
Zeffiretti, lusinghieri Idomeneo [Mozart]

Supplemental Repertoire

Far From The Home I Love (SMTA Sop. Vol.1)
I Dreamed a Dream (SMTA Mezzo/belter. Vol. 2)
I Loved You Once In Silence (SMTA Sop. Vol.1)
In My Own Little Corner (SMTA Sop. Vol. 3)
Nel cor piu non mi sento [HIGH VOICE]
On My Own (SMTA Mezzo/belter. Vol. 2)
Ten Minutes Ago (SMTA Sop. Vol.1)
The Sound Of Music (SMTA Sop. Vol. 2)
Think Of Me (SMTA Sop. Vol. 3)
We Kiss In A Shadow (SMTA Sop. Vol. 4)
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (SMTA Sop. Vol. 3)
Wouldn’t It Be Loverly (SMTA Sop. Vol. 3)

Russian Romances

Жаворонок (The skylark) by, Glinka
Колокольчики мои by, Bulakov
Юноша и дева by, Dargomushki

Disney Repertoire (recent)

Frozen [selections]
For The First Time In Forever
Let It Go

Frozen II
All is Found
Some Things Never Change
Into the Unknown
Show Yourself
The Next Right Thing

Tangled
When Will My Life Begin
I See the Light
Healing Incantation
Something that I Want

Aladdin (Jasmin)
A Whole New World
Speechless [from movie]

German Lieder

BEETHOVEN:

Ich liebe dich

BRAHMS:

MAHLER:

Liebst du um Schönheit

MOZART:

SCHUBERT:

SCHUMANN:

Lütgen Vocaleses [HIGH VOICE]

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SOPRANO VOCAL WARMUP #4
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SOPRANO VOCAL WARMUP #5
Movie on 3-17-20 at 4.52 PM

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Oh, Had I Jubal’s Lyre

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Also . . .
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