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Region Finals Concert 2019 - February 6th @ 2pm Baruch Performing Arts Center - The Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall

Mission: The purpose of the National Council is “to discover exceptional young talent and provide a venue for young opera singers across North America at all levels of development, to be heard by representatives of the Metropolitan Opera and to assist those with the greatest potential for operatic careers.” Each year, over 100 singers on the Met roster have participated in the National Council Auditions; and this season Eastern Region Alumni Samantha Hankey, Will Liverman and Brian Michael Moore made their debut on the Met stage.

Organization: The auditions consist of four levels; the District and Regionals are organized by local volunteers, while the Semi-Finals and Grand Finals are run by the Met. More than a thousand singers from all over the world apply each year to one of the 41 Districts, which then funnel into 12 Regions. One of the hallmarks of the National Council Auditions is the feedback provided to the singers at each level of the competition, an invaluable asset provided by our judges who take on this role free-of-charge and who hail from all facets of the music business.

New York: The Eastern Region is a special case, being both a District and a Region. Just like every other District and Region, we are responsible for fundraising all the money necessary to organize the auditions and to award prizes…times two. Today’s singers were selected from a group of ninety applicants who auditioned in November in front of a distinguished panel of judges consisting of Paul Hopper, Ted Taylor and Scott Guzielek. In addition to the Region Finalists, they also selected Michael Anderson, Tianchi Zhang and Erik van Heyningen as Encouragement Winners, a prize awarded to those who show great potential but who might not be completely ready for the next round of auditions this year.

Cash: MONC Eastern Region is a 501(c)3 which is entirely run by volunteers and supported by donations from attendees like you. We keep our costs as low as possible (hence the small print and layout of this program), so the bulk of our budget can be used as prize money for the singers. Being an opera singer is a costly vocation - from music lessons to wardrobe purchases and travel arrangements - so money awarded at competitions like this is very helpful in furthering a young singer’s career.

“I want to tell the donors how much they mean to me and all the singers that they help. They are a lifeline for us and I can personally say that, through the Met competition, they helped me to just keep going in an extremely difficult industry. Through their giving, they gave me the means to be able to put food on the table, keep studying, and keep singing. I will always, ALWAYS be grateful for their generosity.” — Tenor Joseph Dennis - 2015 Grand Finals Winner ~

In addition to the prize money provided by the Eastern Region and fundraised through the generosity of attendees like you, we are also able to hand out the 1st Place Mrs. Edgar Tobin Award(s) provided by the Tobin Endowment, and the Mrs. Rohatyn Encouragement Award(s). We say award(s) because it is never known beforehand how many people will move on or receive awards; the number of winners and awards is entirely up to the judges’ discretion, as long as at least one person is selected to move on.

Our First Prize(s), and thus the people who will be moving on to the Semi-Finals, are given in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Brereton, whose continued support throughout the years has been invaluable to this organization. We will also be handing out an Audience Award; to vote, fill out a form in the lobby during deliberations or go to surveymonkey.com/r/M6PX9LG. The winner of the Audience Award will only be moving forward to the Semi-Finals if they are also selected as a 1st Prize Winner by the judges. ~ Region Finals Concert 2019 - February 6th @ 2pm Baruch Performing Arts Center - The Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall

Many thanks to our donors, judges and volunteers; none of this would be possible without you. ~ To make a donation, learn more about us or sign up for our newsletter, go to nycmonc.org. It is the best way to stay up-to-date on upcoming events (Grand Finals Concert at the Met on March 31st!) and keep informed on the next generation of opera talent.

ER Committee: Stefanie Van Steelandt - Chair, Lara Marcon - Treasurer, Tom Cannon Jr., Lisa Litwin, Peter Agnone Ruane National Council Organization: Carol E. Domina - President, Camille LaBarre - National Auditions Chairperson, Melissa Wegner - Executive Director, Brady Walsh - Administrator, Eric Owens - National Advisor ~ Currently Senior Director and Artistic Adviser for , Jeremy Geffen will assume the position of Executive and Artistic Director of Cal Performances at the University of California at Berkeley on April 1, 2019. His responsibilities at Carnegie Hall include overall program planning and thematic development for the entirety of the approximately 150 performances comprising the Carnegie Hall concert season, as well as the creation of a wide range of audience education programs. A passionate advocate for giving emerging talent the defining opportunities necessary for high-level careers as performers and educators, he is part of the team responsible for the auditioning, selection, programming and creation of career development curriculum for Ensemble Connect, Carnegie Hall’s two-year fellowship program for the highest-caliber young artists-advocates.

Jennifer Ringo is known internationally as a language coach and teacher of vocal diction. She has prepared productions for the , Opera, The Atlanta Opera, The Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Cincinnati May Festival, Aspen Opera Theater, USC Thornton School of Music . Ms Ringo taught French, Italian, German and English vocal diction at Bard College Conservatory of Music from 2005 to 2008. An internationally acclaimed soprano, she has sung leading roles with the , Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Houston Grand Opera, and the , among others. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa and continued graduate studies in voice at The .

Melissa Wegner joined the artistic staff of the Metropolitan Opera in 2011 and currently serves as Executive Director of the National Council Auditions (MONC). She auditions hundreds of young singers annually and is passionate about assisting them with their career development. Ms. Wegner hears artists in stage and screening auditions at the Met and is responsible for casting the Met’s New Opera Commissions workshops. In addition to judging the District, Region and National rounds of MONC, Ms. Wegner has also adjudicated the Belvedere Competition in South Africa and Russia, the SAI Vocal Competition, and the McCammon Voice Competition. She is a faculty member at Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute Program for Singers, has been visiting faculty for Bard College’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program, and is a frequent guest speaker at conservatories, universities and summer festivals. As a soprano, Ms. Wegner performed opera, concerts and recitals in the and Europe.

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Today’s Concert The schedule and aria list is tentative and subject to change. The singers will announce their name and first aria choice once they come on stage, then it is up to the judges’ discretion to ask for a second aria of their choice. Enjoy the performance, make sure your cell-phones are turned off, and feel free to applaud! Singers are accompanied on the piano by Doug Martin. Region Finals Concert 2019 - February 6th @ 2pm Baruch Performing Arts Center - The Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall

Daniel Moody - Age 29 - Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Stille amare ---- ---- Handel In un orito prato ---- L'ORFEO ---- Monteverdi Furibondo spira il vento ---- ---- Handel Dawn, still darkness ---- FLIGHT ---- Dove I know a bank ---- A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM ---- Britten

Praised as having a “vocal resonance, [which] makes a profoundly startling impression” (The New York Times) and for his “vivid and powerful” voice (The Boston Musical Intelligencer), Countertenor Daniel Moody has appeared in the title roles in Handel’s and , Arsamene in Handel’s Xerxes, Oberon in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and most recently, Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea with alongside Anthony Roth Costanzo. Mr. Moody has performed with renowned groups Les Violons du Roy (w/ Bernard Labadie) in Québec City, Apollo’s Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra (w/ Jeannette Sorrell), Portland Baroque Orchestra (w/ David Hill) and at the Boston, and Washington Early Music Festivals. A graduate of the prestigious Yale Voxtet at Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music – he has performed as soloist at ’s Alice Tully Hall, London’s St. John’s Smith Square and, Cambridge’s Trinity College, with conductors Masaaki Suzuki, Simon Carrington, and Matthew Halls with performances broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in the United Kingdom, on Boston’s WGBH, Indiana’s WFIU, and WSHU’s Sunday Baroque. (Continued Online)

Joowon Chae Soprano - Age 27 - Hometown: Seoul, South Korea

Je suis encor tout étourdie ---- MANON ---- Massenet Signore, ascolta! ---- Turandot ---- Puccini Deh vieni non tardar ---- LE NOZZE DI FIGARO ---- Mozart Moon Aria (Cocachin's Aria) ---- THE RED SILK THREAD: AN EPIC TALE OF MARCO POLO ---- Sung Wo bin ich? ---- HÄNSEL UND GRETEL ---- Humperdinck

Korean Soprano, Joowon Chae, was most recently awarded rst place in the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera Competition in January 2019. She is also a Metropolitan Opera National Council Eastern Region Finalist, fth place winner of the Cooper-Bing Competition 2017 at Opera Columbus, Audience Award recipient of Opera Libera Competition 2016, and the winner of Kennett Symphony Voice Competition in 2015. Ms. Chae will perform the role of “Gretel” in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel at Opera Saratoga this upcoming summer. She has performed at many prestigious summer programs and venues, including the Aspen Music Festival, Opera Naples, The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, the of Seoul Arts Center, Sejong Arts center, the Mannes School of Music, and Temple University. Ms. Chae’s repertoire includes roles such as “Adina” in L’elisir d’amore, “Mimi” in La Bohème, “Hanna Glawari” in The Merry Widow, “Giunia” in Lucio Silla, “Serpetta” in La nta giardiniera, and “Maia” in The Cows of Apollo. Ms. Chae recently graduated from Mannes School of Music in Voice, PDPL, under the tutelage of Ruth Falcon. (Continued Online)

Joseph Tancredi Tenor - Age 21 - Hometown: Bayville, NY

Di rigori armato il seno ---- DER ROSENKAVALIER ---- Strauss Dein ist mein ganzes Herz ---- DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS ---- Lehár Ah mes amis ---- LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT ---- Donizetti Questa o quella ---- RIGOLETTO ---- Verdi Un’aura amorosa ---- COSĪ FAN TUTTE ---- Mozart

Tenor Joseph Tancredi from Bayville, New York is completing his nal undergraduate year at the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Ashley Putnam. Previous credits include I due timidi (Raimondo) with Manhattan School of Music, L’elisir d’amore (Nemorino) and The Student Prince (Detlef) with the Chautauqua Voice Institute. Scene work includes Die Zauberöte (Tamino), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Belmonte), Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio), Street Scene (Sam Kaplan), and Vanessa (Anatol) with the Manhattan School of Music. He was named a winner of the 2018 Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies Inc. Competition at the Chautauqua Institution this past summer. In April, Joseph will be singing the title role in Britten’s Albert Herring with the MSM Senior Opera Theatre. This summer, he will be a Young Artist in the 2019 Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program where he will be covering the role of Benjamin in the world premiere of Poul Ruders’ The Thirteenth Child. Mr. Tancredi is a recipient of the Emily M. Voorhis Scholarship at Manhattan School of Music.

Carolina López Moreno Soprano - Age 27 - Hometown: Stuttgart, Germany

Dieu! Quel frisson … Amour ranime mon courage ---- ROMÉO ET JULIETTE ---- Gounod Signore, ascolta! ---- TURANDOT ---- Puccini Chi il bel sogno di Doretta ---- LA RONDINE ---- Puccini È strano... Sempre libera ---- LA TRAVIATA ---- Verdi Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiß ---- GIUDITTA ---- Lehár

Soprano Carolina López Moreno, a versatile, award winning soprano known for bringing ‘drama, soft colors and empathy’ (Stuttgarter Zeitung) to every performance, is a New York District Finals Winner of Season 2018/19 Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition and First Grand Prize winner of the Berliner International Music Competition 2018. She was awarded the Special Prize at the TV production SWR Young Opera Stars 2018. She is a recipient of the DAAD Scholarship, Richard Wagner Federation Scholarship of Richard Wagner Federation and the German Talent Scholarship of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Ms. López is currently studying under Edith Bers at Manhattan School of Music in her rst-year Master Degree where she made her New York City Debut and starred as the leading soprano Mariuccia in the production I Due Timidi at the Neidorff-Karpati Hall. Other principal roles in Germany include; Street Scene (Rose Maurrant), Dialogues des Carmelites (Blanche) and Die Zauberöte (Pamina). She has performed as a soloist in major works such as Bizet’s Te Deum and Orff’s .(Continued Online)

Region Finals Concert 2019 - February 6th @ 2pm Baruch Performing Arts Center - The Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall

Hubert Zapiór Baritone - Age 25 - Hometown: Brzesko, Poland

Bella siccome un Angelo ---- DON PASQUALE ---- Donizetti Papagena!... Weibchen! Täubchen! ---- DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE ---- Mozart Largo al factotum ---- IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA ---- Rossini Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo ---- COSĪ FAN TUTTE ---- Mozart Uzhel ta samaja Tatiana ---- EUGENE ONEGIN ---- Tchaikovsky

Hubert Zapiór – baritone from Brzesko, Poland, is an Artist Diploma in Opera Studies student at The Juilliard School in New York City, where he studies with Edith Wiens. He graduated from Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. He was also a participant of The Opera Academy - Young Talents Development Program at The Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera. Mr. Zapiór is a recipient of various international competition awards: The Opera Index Award at The Opera Index Vocal Competition 2018, First Prize at The Gerda Lissner Foundation Lieder/Song Vocal Competition 2018, First Prize Winner at The Giulio Gari Foundation International Vocal Competition, First Prize Winner at the Gerda Lissner Foundation International Voice Competition 2018, Winner of The Career Bridges 2018, Third Prize and Royal Opera House Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Special Award at the 8th Leyla Gencer Voice Competition in Turkey (2015) and The Second Prize and 3 Special Prizes including For The Best Interpretation of a Paderewski's Song in The Kosciuszko Foundation Marcela Sembrich International Voice Competition 2018 in NY. (Continued Online)

Xueyan Fan Soprano - Age 28 - Hometown: Hefei

Depuis le jour ---- LOUISE ---- Charpentier Dieu! Quel frisson court dans mes veine ---- ROMÉO ET JULIETTE ---- Gounod Piangete voi?...Al dolce guidami ---- ANNA BOLENA ---- Donizetti Ach, ich fühl's ---- DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE ---- Mozart Eccomi in lieta vesta ---- I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI ---- Bellini

Chinese soprano Xueyan Fan recently completed her Professional Study Diploma at Mannes School of Music. In the past summer, Miss Fan sang the role of Magda in Puccini’s La Rondine with Miami Music Festival and Liu in Puccini’s Turandot with Opera New York. She has been heard previously as Fiorlidigi in Così Fan Tutte at Verona Conservatory in Italy. She also sang Queen of Night in Die Zauberöte with Manhattan Opera Studio and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro with Mannes school of Music. She made her Carnegie Hall debut as Liu and Juliette. She was a Verismo Opera Competition Finalist and New York International Vocal Competition Finalist. Ms. Fan earned her Bachelor degree from Jiangxi Normal University and Master degree from Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Mary Evelyn Hangley Soprano - Age 29 - Hometown: Long Beach, NY

Porgi, amor ---- LE NOZZE DI FIGARO ---- Mozart Dis-mois que je suis belle ---- THAÏS ---- Massenet Das war sehr gut, Mandryka ---- ARABELLA ---- Strauss, R. Nun eilt herbei ---- DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR ---- Nicolai Ernani, Ernani involami ---- ERNANI ---- Verdi

Hailed in for her “poise” and “vocal purity”, soprano Mary Evelyn Hangley has been featured on concert and opera stages across the United States. In 2019, she begins a prestigious Adler Fellowship at San Francisco Opera. Most recently in Summer 2018, Mary Evelyn performed the role of Anna Sørensen in Kevin Puts’ Silent Night at The . Ms. Hangley spent two seasons as a Resident Artist with Minnesota Opera and has appeared as Contessa Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Musetta in La Bohème, and Woglinde in Das Rheingold among other roles with the company. She has been seen at prestigious summer music festivals including the Merola Opera Program, a division of the San Francisco Opera Center, and The Glimmerglass Festival. When a colleague fell ill during Conrad Susa’s Transformations, the San Francisco Chronicle noted Mary Evelyn “came to the rescue, giving a vibrant vocal performance from the pit”. Upcoming performances include Verdi’s Messa da Requiem at SUNY Fredonia. Mary Evelyn holds a BM in Music Education from SUNY Fredonia and a MM in Voice Performance from Florida State University.

Jeremy Brauner Tenor - Age 29 - Hometown: Jersey City, NJ

Recondita armonia ---- TOSCA ---- Puccini Gott! Welch dunkel hier ---- FIDELIO ---- Beethoven Addio orito asil ---- MADAMA BUTTERFLY ---- Puccini Rektor's Aria ---- THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN ---- Janácek I know that you all hate me ---- THE SAINT OF BLEECKER STREET ---- Menotti

In 2012 Jeremy Brauner received a BFA in musical theatre from Montclair State University, where he had his rst opera experiences. He began his opera career in 2013 as a baritone participating in Sarasota Opera's young artist program, originating new works with the International Brazilian Opera Company and placing in the semi nals of New Jersey State Opera's Alfredo Silipigni vocal competition. In 2015, he began work with his teacher Carol Yahr to make a transition from baritone to tenor. In 2016 he made his Tenor debut as Alfredo in Dell’Arte opera’s production of La Traviata, and received the rst place prize of the Martin Jeiven award from the company. In 2017 Jeremy performed the role Cavaradossi in TOSCA and Fernando in the American premiere of La Zingara, produced by Amore Opera, and returned to Dell’Arte to perform the role of Rector in Příhody lišky Bystroušky (The Cunning Little Vixen) in Czech. Jeremy Covered the role of Faust in FAUST with Natchez Festival of Music.

Region Finals Concert 2019 - February 6th @ 2pm Baruch Performing Arts Center - The Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall

Stephanie Jabre Soprano - Age 29 - Hometown: Natick Massachusetts

Tu al cui sguardi onni possente ---- I DUE FOSCARI ---- Verdi Ain't it a pretty night? ---- SUSANNAH ---- Floyd Líaltra notte in fondo al mare ---- MEFISTOFELE ---- Boito Je dis que rien ne m'èpouvante ---- CARMEN ---- Bizet Donde lieta uscÏ ---- LA BOHÈME ---- Puccini

Soprano Stephanie Jabre most recently sang Lauretta with the Metropolitan Opera Guild in their lecture performance of Gianni Schicchi. Stephanie has sung with several nationally recognized companies including The Metropolitan Opera Guild, , Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance, Nashville Opera, St. Petersburg Opera Company, American Opera Projects, The Westchester Oratorio Society, and others. This past 2018 season, Stephanie was a resident artist with St. Petersburg Opera Company. She performed the role of Papagena in their production of Die Zauberöte this past February and covered the role of Marian Paroo in The Music Man this past summer. Stephanie also sang the role of Philia in The Heights Players production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and made her solo debut with the Westchester Oratorio Society in their concert performance of Bach: St. John’s Passion. Past Roles include: Gianetta (L’elisir d’amore), Giuditta (La Giuditta), Pamina (Die Zauberöte), Amore () Dido (), Mabel (Pirates of Penzance), Mrs. Segstrom (A Little Night Music), Ida/Dancer (Die Fledermaus)... (Continued Online)

WooYoung Yoon Tenor - Age 28 - Hometown: New York

Povero Ernesto ---- DON PASQUALE ---- Donizetti Lunge da lei ---- LA TRAVIATA ---- Verdi Ah! mes amis...Pour mon âme ---- LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT ---- Donizetti La donna è mobile ---- RIGOLETTO ---- Verdi O wie ängstlich, o wie feurig! ---- DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL ---- Mozart

Korean tenor WooYoung Yoon recently distinguished himself in competitions. He won the Grand Prix prize and the Audience favorite award in Talents of the World International Voice Competition, and he was granted 3rd prize and a Special Prize for a role in an opera/operetta production at Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz, Poland in the 2019/2020 season (offered by Maestro Maciej Figas) in The Kosciuszko Foundation Marcella Sembrich International Voice Competition. He also has been a Eastern Regional Finalist in Met National Council 2019. In the spring of 2019, he returns to San Francisco Opera taking part in the Schwabacher Recital Series, then he joins New Jersey State Opera as Rodolfo in La Bohème. Last summer he debuted as Tonio in the Merola Grand nale on the stage of San Francisco Opera, as Nadir in Schwabacher concert of Merola Opera Program. In Manhattan School of Music, under the tutelage of Neil Rosenshein, he performed as Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte for the spring 2018, earning Professional studies. He also performed as Tito in for the fall 2016 on the main stage opera at MSM earning a Master of Music. (Continued Online)

Julia Wolcott Soprano - Age 27 - Hometown: State College, PA

Pace, pace mio Dio ---- LA FORZA DEL DESTINO ---- Verdi Non mi dir ---- DON GIOVANNI ---- Mozart Chi il bel sogno di Doretta ---- LA RONDINE ---- Puccini Maryanne ---- EMMELINE ---- Picker Dich, teure Halle, grüss’ ich wieder ---- TANNHÄUSER ---- Wagner

Soprano Julia Wolcott of State College, Pennsylvania is a second year Boston University Opera Institute student studying under the tutelage of Penelope Bitzas. She received her undergraduate degree with distinction from the Pennsylvania State University and her master’s degree from the Juilliard School. Recent engagements at Boston University include the role of Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata and Lady Billows in Britten’s Albert Herring. Other favorite roles performed include Tulip in Bolcom’s A Wedding, Madame Lidoine in Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Giunone in Cavalli’s La Calisto. She performed in Dublin and London as of part of Iain Burnside’s Drums and Guns concert honoring the 1916 Irish Uprising, and she lived in Vienna, Austria in 2014-2015 as she attended the Deutsch Akademie. Ms. Wolcott has been a young artist at the Aspen Music Festival, Charlottesville Opera, and the Castleton Festival. She performed as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem with the Juilliard Orchestra and Westminster Chapel Choir under the baton of Maestro Gary Thor Wedow and made her Alice Tully Hall debut on Brian Zeger’s Songfest. (Continued Online)

William Guanbo Su Bass - Age 24 - Hometown: China

Aprite un po' quegli occhi ---- LE NOZZE DI FIGARO ---- Mozart O Isis und Osiris ---- DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE ---- Mozart Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni ---- LA SONNAMBULA ---- Bellini Vous qui faites l'endormie ---- FAUST ---- Gounod Sorge infausta una procella ---- ORLANDO ---- Handel

New York City based opera singer William Guanbo Su, bass, currently pursuing his Master’s degree at The Juilliard School under the guidance of Cynthia Hoffmann. In 2018, he was a member of GYA young artists at Opera theatre of Saint Louis, also a voice fellow at The Aspen Music Festival and School, where he played as the principle role of Don Basilio in Il barbiere di siviglia. Other roles that he has performed in opera productions includes Pluton in Hippolyte et Aricie; Herr Reich in Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; and Seneca in L'incoronazione di Poppea. He has also concentrated on German Lieder at the Franz Schubert Institute in Vienna, where he was coached by Emmy Ameling, Helmut Deutsch, Robert Holl and others. In December, 2017, Mr. Su has made his Carnegie Hall Solo debut with The Cecilia Chorus of New York, and also the 1st prize winner for the Gerda Lissner Lieder competition the same year.

Region Finals Concert 2019 - February 6th @ 2pm Baruch Performing Arts Center - The Rosalyn and Irwin Engelman Recital Hall

Anna Dugan Soprano - Age 26 - Hometown: New York, NY

Mein Elemer... Nach dem Matteo ---- ARABELLA ---- Strauss, R. Quelle plainte en ces lieux m'appelle ---- HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE ---- Rameau Estinto e Idomeneo...Tutte nel cor ---- IDOMENEO ---- Mozart Ebben! Ne andro lontana ---- LA WALLY ---- Catalani Give me my robe ---- ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA ---- Barber

Soprano Anna Dugan has been praised for her “pliant soprano, as powerful in her chesty low register as in her creamy middle and top” (Opera News) and the “astonishing fullness of her sound, a luscious richness that lled the stage” (New York Classical Review). Previous credits include the Marquise de Merteuil in Conrad Susa’s The Dangerous Liaisons, which was recorded commercially for the rst time by Albany Records, Violetta in La traviata with Aspen Opera Center, the soprano soloist in Dvorak’s Te Deum and Stabat Mater with Maestro David Rosenmeyer and the Faireld County Chorale. Ms. Dugan was a National Semi-nalist in the 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and has received prizes from the Gerda Lissner International Voice Competition, Opera at Florham’s Violetta Dupont Competition, the George London Competition, the Deborah Voigt International Vocal Competition, and the Gerda Lissner Lieder/Song competition. She is a recipient of the Richard F. Gold Career Grant from the Shoshana Foundation. Ms. Dugan holds a Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, and was a participant in its Joint Exchange with the Juilliard School. She also holds a Master’s Degree from MSM.

Charles Sy Tenor - Age 27 - Hometown: Toronto, Canada

Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön ---- DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE ---- Mozart Ich baue ganz auf deine Stärke ---- DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL ---- Mozart Sì, ritrovarla io giuro ---- LA CENERENTOLA ---- Rossini I must with speed amuse her ---- SEMELE ---- Handel O blonde Cérès ---- LES TROYENS ---- Berlioz

Toronto native Charles Sy has been recognized internationally as a promising young artist with a “softly lyric sound, a natural sense of phrasing coupled with a rare willingness to project beyond the apron” (National Post). He is described as “vocally and dramatically mature with a delicious dark tenor sound that [stretches] easily into shining high notes” (Schmopera). Charles completed his BMus and MMus degrees at the University of Toronto and is an alumnus of several opera training programs including Music Academy of the West, The Merola Opera Program, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Britten-Pears Young Artist Program, and the Opera as Theatre program at the Banff Centre. He is a graduate of the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio and is currently completing an Artist Diploma in Opera Studies at The Juilliard School. The 2018/2019 season includes performances of Peter Quint/ Turn of the Screw with Juilliard Opera, with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, Nemorino/L’elisir d’amore in Chengdu, China and Ramiro/Cenerentola with Vancouver Opera. Last season, Charles sang Nemorino with ARE Opera and Agenore/Il re pastore with the Merola Opera Program. (Continued Online)

Alaysha Fox Soprano - Age 27 - Hometown: Queens, NY

Es gibt ein Reich ---- ARIADNE AUF NAXOS ---- Strauss, R. Ich ging zu ihm ---- DAS WUNDER DER HELIANE ---- Korngold Or sai chi l'onore ---- DON GIOVANNI ---- Mozart Toi qui sus le néant ---- DON CARLO ---- Verdi Ernani, Ernani involami ---- ERNANI ---- Verdi

Soprano Alaysha Fox is an emerging artist based in New York City.This season, Ms. Fox will rejoin Kathleen Battle as she tours her recital: The underground Railroad. Ms. Fox will also join Lincoln Center Theater in a workshop of Intimate Apparel, a new opera by Ricky Ian Gordon. Recently, Ms. Fox sang in Kathleen Battle’s Underground Railroad Recital and was a featured artist at the annual Verdi Square Festival. Some previous credits include: First Lady (Die Zauberӧte), Dee Legendary (Legendary, Beck), Lady Macbeth (Macbeth, Bloch), Female Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), Penelope (Penelope), and Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) and Featured artist in Lee Mingwei’s exhibit Sonic Blossom with MetLiveArts. Ms. Fox has been honored with several award including: an encouragement award in the Eastern Region Metropolitan Opera council auditions, 2015 winner of the Joan Taub Ades Vocal competition, an encouragement award at the District Metropolitan Opera Council auditions, and the Lotte Lenya emerging artist award. She holds a Master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music.