By Town Crier Staff Report

The long-awaited Stanford recital of soprano Nicolle Foland, winner of the 1997 ARIA award, is scheduled for 8 p.m., Saturday, in Stanford University’s Dinkelspiel Auditorium.

Foland’s original January date was postponed when the San Francisco Opera called on her to cover for Frederika von Stade in “The Merry Widow.”

Foland plans to perform Shostakovich’s “Romance Suite” with pianist Laura Dahl, violinist Dawn Harms and cellist Joanne Lin.

Dahl will accompany Foland in additional works by Rachmaninoff, Obradors, Dvorák and Wolf.

Foland, an alumna of San Francisco Opera Center’s prestigious Adler Fellowship program, maintains a close relationship with the San Francisco Opera, performing in their “La Bohème,” “Le nozze di Figaro,” “Don Giovanni” and more.

She also appeared under the opera’s auspices in a joint concert with Placido Domingo.

Foland made her San Francisco solo recital debut in April of 1997 in the Schwabacher Debut Recital Series with maestro Donald Runnicles and continues to present recitals throughout the United States.

She can be heard on the CD “Faces of Love,” a collection of songs by Jake Heggie on the BMG label, and has appeared at New York’s Alice Tully Hall and San Francisco’s Herbst Theater alongside von Stade, Renée Fleming, Carol Vaness and Jennifer Larmore in an evening of music by Heggie.

Tickets are $8 general admission and $4 with student ID.

Tickets are available through the Stanford Ticket Office at 725-2787 and at the door.