Pamela Dellal, mezzo soprano

I have become world-renowned as a translator of lyric texts. My work on the Bach cantata texts is frequently published in concert programs in virtually every English-speaking country in the world and widely throughout the United States. All of Bach's texted works, including sacred and secular cantatas, Passions, and other liturgical works, have been translated by me and are published on this website.

Emmanuel Music website

To find Bach notes and translations, click here

To find notes and translations for works by other composers, click here

I have also completed a multi-volume project translating the complete songs of C.P.E. Bach for the Packard Humanities Institute complete edition of the composer's work. My translations can be accessed at the project's website.

For the complete Gellert lieder, (Wq 194 and Wq 195) click here
For the complete Miscellaneous lieder, (Wq 199, Wq 200, Wq 201, Wq 202) click here
For the complete Cramer and Sturm lieder, (Wq 196, Wq 197, Wq 198) click here

I have worked extensively on translating cantatas and larger works by other composers. Some of my translations have been published with the three Favella Lyrica recordings. I have also published a large number of translations of sacred works by Schütz, Schein, and others on the Emmanuel Music website. My translations of the complete Lieder of C.P.E. Bach have been published by the Packard Humanities Institute, and can be found at their website, CPEBach.org.

Links to some other translations appear below:

Italian 17th century	Italian 18th century	German repertoire	French repertoire
Caldara: Amarilli vezzosa	Handel: Apollo e Dafne	Beethoven: misc. Lieder	Rameau: L'Impatience
Carissimi: Ahi, non torna	Handel: Mi palpita il cor	Hindemith: Selections from Das Marienleben	Faure: Verlaine mélodies
Carissimi: A piè d'un verde alloro	Handel: Tu fedel? tu costante?	Mahler: Rückert-Lieder	Martin: Quatre Sonnets à Cassandre
Carissimi: Il Lamento di Maria Stuarda	Haydn: Arianna a Naxos	Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Lieder	Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis
Carissimi: Siam tre miseri piangenti	Mancini: Con pace sì bella	Schumann: Heine-Liederkreis, op. 24	Ravel: Histoires Naturelles
Cesti: Pria ch'adori	Marcello: Salmo Decimoquinto	Schumann: Eichendorff Liederkreis, op. 39
Marazzoli: Elena Invecchiata	A. Scarlatti: Quella pace gradita	Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42
Marazzoli: Oh Dio, voi che me dite	D. Scarlatti: Amenissimi prati	Schumann: Lenau Lieder, op. 90
Monteverdi: Mentre vaga angioletta	D. Scarlatti: Qual pensier, quale ardire	Schumann: Kulmann Lieder, op. 104
Monteverdi: Il Pianto della Madonna		Schumann: Mary Stuart Lieder, op. 135
L. Rossi: Il Lamento di Zelemì Turca
L. Rossi: Rugge quasi leon
Strozzi: Il Lamento, op. 2
Strozzi: La mia donna (La sol, fa, mi, re, do) op. 3
Strozzi: L'Astratto, op. 8

Keynote Address on Music and Faith, given at the Faith and Music conference, Linden Ponds, Oct. 2019 Radio Open Source broadcast, March 2015, on Bach's St. John Passion, featuring Pamela Dellal Link - Early Music (U.K.) - The Songs of C.P.E. Bach: A Performer's Perspective (published Aug. 2014)	Reflecting on the Stages of Grief in Bach's St. John Passion (2022) - YouTube presentation Bringing Bach's Music to Life: essays on Bach Cantatas by Craig Smith, edited by Pamela Dellal; published May 2019, Pendragon Press
Essays and program notes interpreting vocal works available for download:
Oratorio Etiquette (2015) Program notes: CPE Bach Lieder and Cantatas (2014) Program notes: Emmanuel Lenten Program (2013) Program notes: Glimpses of Heaven (2012) Program notes: Schumann: Liederkreis, op. 39 (2012) Program notes: Borne on the Air (2011) Program notes: Art Songs for a Winter Afternoon (2010)	Program notes: Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, op. 42 (2009) Two Views of Heaven: Dante and Goethe in Paradise (2005) Program notes: There's Something About Mary (2005) Program notes: NCS Artist Recital (2003) Program notes: New Paltz Recital (1997) Program notes: Emmanuel Music Recital (1995)

Links to programs and notes for Favella Lyrica concerts

Love in Schlossberg Village – A folk opera based on music of Johannes Brahms

© Pamela Dellal 2013 (registration Number PAu 3-664-779)

Program Notes
“Love in Schlossberg Village” is an original concept. Inspired by the infectious, charming music that Brahms wrote based on folk themes and melodies, I constructed a dramatic work linking together choral pieces, ensembles, folk songs and art songs. The simplicity and directness of the emotions, relationships, and lyrics made telling a story about mismatched lovers almost inevitable. As I worked through the available pieces, the story emerged on its own. The biggest risk I took was allowing the plot to unfold exclusively through Brahms’ music – without the use of dialogue or sung recitative.

Premiere - Sunday, February 10, 2013 at Slosberg Recital Hall, Brandeis University
with James Olesen, conductor and Mark McNeill, pianist

WATCH VIDEO HERE

 

Plot Summary

Cast List

List of Musical Numbers

Repertoire by character

Repertoire List by genre, with timings

I have created a number of musical editions based on manuscript and facsimile originals. These are available for purchase upon inquiry. A list of works appears here:

Beyer: Die Schlauen Mägdlein
Strozzi: La mia donna (La sol, fa, mi, re, do) op. 3
Fontei: Bizzarie poetiche poste in musica, book 2
Carissimi: Siam tre miseri piangenti
Carissimi: A piè d'un verde alloro