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NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS grand finals conductor Metropolitan National Council host and Grand Finals Concert guest performer Angela Meade Sunday, March 22, 2015 3:00 pm Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera National Council is grateful to the Charles H. Dyson Endowment Fund for underwriting the Council’s Auditions Program.

general manager Peter Gelb music director principal conductor Fabio Luisi NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS grand finals

conductor Fabio Luisi

host Angela Meade

“Cruda sorte” from L’Italiana in Algeri (Rossini) Deniz Uzun

“Hai già vinta la causa” from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Jared Bybee

“Ah! Je ris de me voir” from (Gounod) Kathryn Henry

“Salut! Demeure chaste et pure” from Faust (Gounod) Joseph Dennis

“Tu preparati a morire” from Ariodante (Handel) Allegra De Vita Today’s concert is being recorded for “Madamina, il catalogo è questo” from (Mozart) future broadcast Nicholas Brownlee over many public radio stations. “Uzh polnoch blizitsa” from The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) Please check local listings. Marina Costa-Jackson

Sunday, March 22, 2015, 3:00PM “Deh per questo istante solo” from (Mozart) Virginie Verrez

“È sogno? O realtà?” from (Verdi) Reginald Smith, Jr.

INTERMISSION

“Près des ramparts de Séville” from (Bizet) Deniz Uzun

“Sois immobile” from Guillaume Tell (Rossini) Jared Bybee

“O mio babbino caro” from (Puccini) Kathryn Henry

“Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from Das Land des Lächelns (Lehár) Joseph Dennis

“All’afflitto è dolce il pianto” fromRoberto Devereux (Donizetti) Allegra De Vita

“Vjes’ tabor spit” from (Rachmaninov) Nicholas Brownlee

“Si, mi chiamano Mimì” from La Bohème (Puccini) Marina Costa-Jackson

“Must the winter come so soon?” from Vanessa (Barber) Virginie Verrez

“Oh, Lawd Jesus, heah my prayer” from The Emperor Jones (Gruenberg) Reginald Smith, Jr.

Before the performance “Casta diva” from (Bellini) begins, please switch off “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana” from La Wally (Catalani) any cell phones and any Angela Meade other electronic devices. guest artist Yamaha is the Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera. announcement of grand finals winners

visit metopera.org Meet the Artists

Nicholas Brownlee - (mobile, alabama) age 25

In the 2015–16 season, Nicholas Brownlee will be returning for his second year as a Domingo Colburn Stein Young Artist at , where he will be heard as Colline in La Bohème, the Speaker in Die Zauberflöte, the Bonze in , and the Gardener in ’s Moby-Dick. Next season also includes his Atlanta Opera debut as Colline. He will also be returning for his second season at this summer as the First Soldier in . This season he made debuts with the as the bass soloist in the Beethoven Choral Fantasy, as well as London’s Barbican Centre in performances of Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland, co-produced with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is a First Place winner of the Palm Springs Opera Guild Competition as well as a national semi-finalist in the 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Western Region.

Jared Bybee baritone (modesto, california) age 28

Jared Bybee is currently in his second year at Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts, where he is a resident artist and has sung Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Yeletsky in The Queen of Spades, and Germont in . In 2013 he was an apprentice at the Santa Fe Opera, where he sang Baron Grog in Offenbach’s La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein. In 2011 he was young artist at La Musica Lirica International Music Festival in Novafeltria, Italy, where he appeared as Marullo in . He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Utah where he also completed a minor in music. During his undergraduate years he made his professional debut with Utah Opera as the Second Prisoner in Fidelio. He is a 2014 grant winner of the Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation International Vocal Competition and received the encouragement award at the 2014 Foundation International Vocal Competition. Middle Atlantic Region.

34 Marina Costa-Jackson (salt lake city, utah) age 27

Marina Costa-Jackson is a third-year resident artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, where she is heard this season as Mimì in La Bohème and as Marguerite in Faust. In Philadelphia, she has also sung Lisa in The Queen of Spades and in . She appeared at Madison Square Garden last year with Andrea Bocelli and has recently returned from a concert tour in Russia with Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s “Dmitri and Friends”. She received first prize in the Giulio Gari Foundation, was a second place winner with the Foundation, a finalist in the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition, and an award winner with the Opera Index, Licia Albanese- Puccini Foundation, Institute, Sergio Franchi Music Foundation, and George London Foundation. She will make her professional debut next season with Michigan Opera Theater as Musetta in La Bohème. Middle Atlantic Region.

Joseph Dennis (mckinney, texas) age 30 In 2013 Joseph Dennis appeared with the Santa Fe Opera as Giuseppe in La Traviata and last summer returned to that company for the title role in the American premiere of Huang Ruo’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen. This season he sings Števa in Jen ˚ufa with Des Moines Metro Opera. He has also appeared with the Palm Beach Opera as Malcolm in and in productions of Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Les Contes d’Hoffmann. He pursued theater studies at Collin College and vocal performance at Stephen F. Austin State University, where his roles include Elder Gleaton in Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah, Kaspar in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, Alfred in , and Gastone in La Traviata. At the University of Oklahoma he sang Pylades in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride and Fenton in Falstaff. This fall he joins the ensemble of the . Eastern Region.

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Allegra De Vita mezzo-soprano (trumbull, connecticut) age 25

Allegra De Vita completed her masters in vocal performance at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where she sang the title role of Handel’s Ariodante, Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Erminella in John Musto’s Volpone, and Florence Pike in Britten’s Albert Herring. This summer she will make her debut at the Glimmerglass Festival as Fulvio in Vivaldi’s Catone in Utica. She has been an apprentice artist with the Santa Fe Opera and was on fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival where her roles include Nerone in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea and Jordan Baker in John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby. She was a member of the Wolf Trap Opera Studio Artist Program and has appeared with the Opera Theater of Connecticut as Flora in La Traviata, Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana, and the Monitor in Suor Angelica. She also was a member of the Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artists Vocal Academy. In addition to her master’s degree in voice from Rice, she holds a bachelor’s degree in biology, with a neuroscience concentration and minor in music performance, from Sacred Heart University. New England Region.

Kathryn Henry soprano (sheboygan, wisconsin) age 22

Kathryn Henry is a senior pursuing her bachelor of fine arts degree in vocal performance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and has recently won the UW-Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Concerto and Aria Competition, and first place in the Upper College Women category at the National level of the NATS Student Auditions. Her operatic credits include Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Clarina in Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio, the Squirrel in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, and the title role of Puccini’s Suor Angelica. This summer she will continue her vocal studies at the Chautauqua Music Festival. Upper Midwest Region.

36 Reginald Smith, Jr. baritone (atlanta, georgia) age 26

Reginald Smith, Jr. is a studio artist with the Houston Grand Opera and his operatic repertoire includes the title role of Falstaff, Germont in La Traviata, Marullo in Rigoletto, the Speaker in Die Zauberflöte, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, and Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro. On the concert stage he has appeared with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Lexington Philharmonic, Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Johnson City Symphony, the Evansville Symphony Orchestra, and the Cincinnati Pops. He has been a reward recipient in the George London Foundation Competition, Guild Vocal Competition, and received first place in the Orpheus Vocal Competition and National Opera Society Competition. This summer he joins the Wolf Trap Opera as a Filene Young Artist where he will sing Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro. Southeast Region.

Deniz Uzun mezzo-soprano (mannheim, germany) age 26

Deniz Uzun received her bachelor of voice degree from the University of Music in Mannheim as a scholarship holder of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the Verband. In 2014 she won the Charlotte Hamel Prize at Berlin’s National Singers Contest and in 2013 appeared at the National Theater Mannheim and in two productions of the Young Artists Program of the Baden-Baden Easter Festival. She is currently studying at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and has recently sung Isabella in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri and Ruggiero in Handel’s at Indiana University Opera. Upcoming plans include Annina in La Traviata at the 2015 Baden-Baden Easter Festival, followed by a full scholarship this summer with the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie. Next season she joins the young artist program of Munich’s . Central Region.

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Virginie Verrez mezzo-soprano (brive-la-gaillarde, france) age 26

Virginie Verrez received her bachelor of music degree from the where she is continuing her music studies on a Kovner Fellowship. Last month at Juilliard she sang Clytemnestre in Gluck’s Iphigenie en Aulide as part of the Met+Juilliard program. She has previously sung Beatrice in Wolf-Ferrari’s Le Donne Curiose, Zenobia in Handel’s Radamisto, and Junon in Charpentier’s Actéon at Juilliard, and additional performances include Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana with Avignon Opera and Mercédès in Carmen with Wolf Trap Opera. In 2014 she was a soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Philadelphia Orchestra and made her debut in Bruckner’s Te Deum. She is a prize winner of the Opera Index Competition, McCammon Competition, Licia Albanese– Puccini Foundation, and Gerda Lissner Foundation. This fall she will become a member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. Eastern Region.

38 Meet the Special Guests

Fabio Luisi conductor (, italy) this season Macbeth, Cavalleria Rusticana, , The Merry Widow, and the National Council Grand Finals Concert at the Met; , Norma, Die Frau ohne Schatten, and Martinu° ’s Julietta at the Zurich Opera; and Lulu at the Dutch National Opera. met appearances , Madama Butterfly, Un Ballo in Maschera, , , Don Giovanni, Manon, La Traviata, Le Nozze di Figaro, Elektra, Hansel and Gretel, , Lulu, , Die Ägyptische Helena, , , Rigoletto, Don Carlo (debut, 2005), and Wagner’s Ring cycle. career highlights He is Principal Conductor of the Met, General Music Director of the Zurich Opera, and Principal Conductor Designate of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (taking up that position in 2017). He was formerly Chief Conductor of the Vienna Symphony, and made his debut in 2011 with Manon, his debut in 2003 leading Strauss’s Die Liebe der Danae, and his American debut with the leading Rigoletto. He also appears regularly with the Vienna State Opera, Munich’s Bavarian State Opera, and Berlin’s Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper.

Angela Meade soprano (centralia, washington) this season Elvira in at the Met, the title role of Norma for her debut in Seville, Rossini’s Guglielmo Tell in concert with the orchestra of Turin’s , including appearances at the Edinburgh Festival and Carnegie Hall, and her debut with the . met appearances The title roles of Norma and , Alice Ford in Falstaff, Leonora in , the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Elvira (debut, 2008). career highlights Recent performances include debuts with the Vienna State Opera as Elena in , Los Angeles Opera as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, and Washington National Opera as Norma. She has also sung Lucrezia in a concert performance of Verdi’s with the , Elisabetta in at the Dallas Opera, and Anna Bolena and the title role of at Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts. She was a winner of the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and appeared in the documentary film about that competition, The Audition. She is the recipient of the Met’s 2012 Award, established by Agnes Varis and Karl Leichtman.

Visit metopera.org 39 Judges Administration and Staff

Robert Rattray Gayletha Nichols Metropolitan Opera; Director of Auditions Assistant Manager, Artistic Melissa Wegner Associate Director of Auditions Jonathan Friend Metropolitan Opera; Brady Walsh Artistic Administrator Intern

Sheri Greenawald ; Bénédict Jourdois Director of the Kevin Murphy Opera Center Musical Preparation

Gayletha Nichols Raymond Menard Metropolitan Opera; Gary Dietrich Director of National Stage Managers Council Auditions Peter McClintock Craig Rutenberg Dramatic Coach Metropolitan Opera; Director of Music Marian Torre Administration Terra Williams Makeup Brad Woolbright Santa Fe Opera; Robert Greene Director of Artistic Tim Harvey Administration Tom Watson Hair Styling Francesca Zambello Washington National James Kabel Opera, Artistic Director; Wardrobe Glimmerglass Festival, Artistic and General Rebecca Fay Director Marty Sohl Photographers

PHOTO: REBECCA FAY/METROPOLITAN OPERA FAY/METROPOLITAN REBECCA PHOTO: From left: Melissa Wegner, Associate Director; Camille LaBarre, Chairperson; Mitchell Lathrop, President; and Gayletha Nichols, Director

40 2015 Regional Winners

Michael Adams Kathryn Henry Baritone Soprano Gulf Coast Region Upper Midwest Region

Jenni Bank David Leigh Mezzo-Soprano Bass Great Lakes Region Eastern Region

Nicholas Brownlee Anne Maguire Bass-Baritone Mezzo-Soprano Western Region Northwest Region

Jared Bybee Zachary Owen Baritone Bass-Baritone Middle Atlantic Region Midwest Region

Sarah Cambidge Reginald Smith, Jr. Soprano Baritone Rocky Mountain Region Southeast Region

Marina Costa-Jackson Matthew Turner Soprano Bass Middle Atlantic Region Mid-South Region

William Davenport Deniz Uzun Tenor Mezzo-Soprano Southeast Region Central Region

Allegra De Vita Virginie Verrez Mezzo-Soprano Mezzo-Soprano New England Region Eastern Region

Joseph Dennis Tenor Eastern Region

Visit metopera.org 41 Grand Finals Awards National Finalists Fund

Today’s concert serves as the final round The National Council would like to thank the of this season’s competition. Those who following donors who have contributed to the are selected as National Winners are National Finalists Fund. ($1,000 or more) awarded $15,000 each, and the remaining National Finalists receive $5,000 to Lillian Barbash further assist in their careers. R. Joseph Barnett The Mercedes T. Bass Charitable Corporation The National Council is grateful to its Sarah Billinghurst and Howard Solomon donors for prizes at the national level Theodore Chu and to the Tobin Endowment for the Mrs. Dr. Waine C. and Deanna M. Johnson Tobin Award, given to each first- place region winner. Kevin and Karen Kennedy Pamela S. Kunkemueller The Kurtz Family Foundation in memory of Olive Jeannette Kurtz $15,000 AWARDS Nicole and Fernand Lamesch William C. and Susan F. Morris The Birgit Nilsson Award of Ellen F. Oelsner the American-Scandinavian Opera Showcase of the Desert Foundation Dr. Kazuko K. Price Rebecca S. Richardson Faith Geier Award Roberta Schneiderman The Shattuck Charitable Trust Dominique Laffont Award Agnes Hsu-Tang, Ph.D. and Oscar Tang

Alton E. Peters Award BENEFACTORS ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTIONS metropolitan opera guild Harriet Bernson Memorial Noreen Zimmerman Award Booth-Ferris Foundation George and Eleanor Caulkins Endowment Elizabeth Taylor Dunnington Memorial Fund Dyson Foundation $5,000 AWARDS Estate of Eric Gordon Estate of Carl F. Greenway Ellie Caulkins Award Igo and Edith Frank Gutman In Memory of Lucille S. Hays Judith Raskin Award Rosina Hoyt Hoppin Memorial Corinne M. Kennedy Endowment Gail Robinson Award Louise A. Meagher Memorial Fund Mrs. Jean S. H. Newell Memorial Anne de Richemont Smithers Award Judith Raskin Memorial Fund Douglas H. Rodie Metropolitan Opera Club Memorial Fund Anne Rosoff Memorial Nin Ryan Fund Alexander and Louise Saunderson Fund Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Tedlow Bruno Walter Memorial Endowment Fund Kate F. Wheelan Trust Miss E. Sue Wyatt Fund

42 Education Fund

The National Council’s Morton Alper and Donna Lewis Education Fund provides Phyllis Wildman Dr. Dorothy Lincoln-Smith grants to former first-place Mrs. Susan K. Appel Mrs. Joan C. Long region winners to enable Jim Asselstine and Dr. Veronika Grimm and them to continue their Bette Davis Professor John musical studies. The Council N. Sue Barnes Matthews is grateful to the following donors. ($250 or more) Jane C. Bergner Isle Melamid Paula and Earl Black MONC Western Region Joseph Blady and Tatsuji Namba, M.D. Frances McGrogan Carolyn Perla, Ph.D Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Barbara and Mac Phillips Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Gunther Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Boyle Piepke Dr. Harmar and Anatole Plotkin and Leslie Brereton Inna Kugel Sara L. and Edward C. Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan M. Brewster Raskin Linda Keen and Donald W. Richman, M.D. Jonathan Brezin Mr. and Mrs. Barry Roth Roger and Jodi Burke Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Melvin M. Cox Roulston Helen and Kenneth Mary Louise and Bill Rustin DeGhetto Mr. and Mrs. Reade H. Stephen De Maio, Ryan, Jr. Gerda Lissner Maureen and Edwin Foundation Schloss Stephen Dilts Martin and Ann Schmidt Suzanne B. Engel Mrs. C. Meteer Schwab Erika Erich Lynda and Frank Marina W. Galesi Sharbrough Gideon and Sarah Gartner Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Smeets David and Lorna Gladstone Mrs. William F. Sondericker Foundation Nancy Steffen-Fluhr Ron and Barbara Glass Elizabeth Stevens Harry S. Glaze Diane Stone and Ian Kirby Sharon Karmazin and Eva-Maria and Hans Tausig David Greene Mr. and Mrs. Terrence A. Dr. Veronika Grimm and Tobias Professor John Caroline Urvater Matthews Susan Ward Jane A. Gross Washington Square Hotel Kitty Webb Harris Susan R. Witter James Heagy in memory Donald Zaas of Jayne Heagy Noreen and Ned Betty E. Hoehne Zimmerman Harriet L. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Murray Zung Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Keuffel

Visit metopera.org 43 Region and District Officers

The National Council is grateful to the nationwide network of volunteer personnel who organize and finance the district and regional auditions leading up to today’s Grand Finals Concert.

CENTRAL REGION PUERTO RICO DISTRICT Ada Sofia Esteves, Director David O’Connor, Chairperson David Loewe, Interim Auditions Director James E. Houston, Treasurer MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION Edward Reicin, Development Chair Eleanor M. Forrer, Chairperson Robert C. Marks, Membership Chair Carol Pierson, Auditions Co-Director ILLINOIS DISTRICT Donna Wolverton, Auditions Co-Director Robert G. Miller, Co-Director Ruth Shaw, Treasurer Barbara Ann Martin Green, Co-Director PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT INDIANA DISTRICT Brian Boyle, Co-Director Laurie Burns McRobbie, District Director Madelyn Mignatti, Co-Director Sarah J. Slover, Auditions Coordinator WASHINGTON, D.C. DISTRICT OHIO DISTRICT Brian Boyle, Director Richard I. Lauf, Director Lois Brenner, Treasurer MID-SOUTH REGION Mark Ensley, Chairperson EASTERN REGION Lucia Outlan, Chief Financial Officer AND NEW YORK DISTRICT ARKANSAS DISTRICT Lara Marcon, Chairperson Martin and Melissa Thoma, Co-Directors Stefanie Van Steelandt, Auditions Director Andrew Urbanski, Treasurer KENTUCKY DISTRICT Louise Shouse, Co-Director GREAT LAKES REGION Clifton Smith, Co-Director and BUFFALO/TORONTO DISTRICT Acting Region Chairperson Kris Gilbert, Auditions Coordinator Mary Berlow, Regional Co-Chairperson and District Co-Director MIDDLE/EAST TENNESSEE DISTRICT Dianne Rubin, Regional Co-Chairperson and Phyllis Driver, Co-Director District Co-Director Jocelynne McCall, Co-Director Dean G. Dover, Co-Director Irving Rubin, Assistant Director WEST TENNESSEE DISTRICT Kyle Ferrill, Director MICHIGAN DISTRICT Dr. Theodore Fellenbaum, M.D, Co-Director MIDWEST REGION Barbara Wiltsie, Co-Director Marty Taylor, Treasurer Barbara and Ronald Glass, Co-Chairpersons and Audition Directors PITTSBURGH DISTRICT Katherine Drago, Director KANSAS CITY DISTRICT Wilma Wilcox, Director Melinda J. Cannady, Assistant Director GULF COAST REGION Ann Hauser, Assistant Director Diane S. Dupin, Co-Chairperson Quinn Peeper, Co-Chairperson ST. LOUIS DISTRICT Eleanor and Philip Straub, Audition Co-Directors Mary Susman and Tom Herm, Directors

HOUSTON DISTRICT TULSA DISTRICT Rhonda Sweeney, Director Susan and Timothy Young, Directors Jane Egner, Treasurer Kathleen and Leonard Pataki, Assistant Directors

NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT Melissa Gordon, Co-Director Michelle Schlafly, Co-Director

44 NEW ENGLAND REGION NORTH CAROLINA DISTRICT AND BOSTON DISTRICT Leslie Paliyenko, Director

Pauline Ho Bynum, Chairperson SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICT Barbara and John VanScoyoc, Co-Directors Van and Bettie Edwards, Co-Directors Margot Holtzman, Treasurer and Web Mistress Robert and Susan Eastman, Registration Chairpersons UPPER MIDWEST REGION Margaret and Joe Heery, Patron Chairpersons Connie Fullmer, Co-Chairperson Lynda Sharbrough, Co-Chairperson CONNECTICUT DISTRICT Jimmy Longoria, Finance Chairperson Robin Valovich, Director David Yaffe, Treasurer IOWA DISTRICT James Valovich, Webmaster Sara Compton, Co-Director Donald Simonson, Co-Director NORTHWEST REGION MINNESOTA DISTRICT Melvyn Poll, Chairperson Connie Fullmer, Director Angela DeSimone, Auditions Director Richard Johnson, Treasurer NEBRASKA DISTRICT Laura Franz, Co-Director IDAHO/MONTANA DISTRICT Adrienne Dickson, Co-Director Diana Livingston Friedley, Director James Hewitt, Treasurer

OREGON DISTRICT NORTH DAKOTA DISTRICT Jutta Allen, Director Royce Blackburn, Co-Director Louise Pinkerton, Co-Director WESTERN CANADA DISTRICT Tiffany Ford, Treasurer Dawne Dye, Director WISCONSIN DISTRICT WASHINGTON DISTRICT Melanie Cain, Co-Director Katherine Smith, Director Kathy Pyeatt, Co-Director Tanya Kruse Ruck, Co-Director ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION AND COLORADO/WYOMING DISTRICT WESTERN REGION Stephen Dilts, Chairperson Molly Siefert, Chairperson Mary Ann Ross, Auditions Director Fred Dear, Associate Co-Chairperson Barbara Bell, Treasurer and Secretary Marianne Grant, Associate Co-Chairperson NEVADA DISTRICT Eleanor Pott, Treasurer Elaine and Tod Fitzpatrick, Co-Directors Elisa Justice Holdridge, Auditions Co-Director Alphonse Anderson, Co-Director Ann Mosser, Auditions Co-Director

UTAH DISTRICT ARIZONA DISTRICT Julie McBeth, Co-Director Arlyn Brewster, Director Carol and Gunter Radinger, Co-Directors Kimberley Smith, Co-Director Natalie Cope, Auditions Coordinator Dorothy Lincoln-Smith, Associate Director Judith Wolf, Treasurer

SOUTHEAST REGION LOS ANGELES DISTRICT Susan Heard, Co-Director Margaret Talmadge Howell, Chairperson Dorothy Wait, Co-Director Bradley Howard, Auditions Director J. Barry Schrenk, Director of Finance and SAN DIEGO DISTRICT Membership Carol and Ted McLaughlin, Co-Directors Karen Pennix, Co-Director FLORIDA DISTRICT Swantje Knye-Levin, Director SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT Joan Travis, Auditions Manager Khori Dastoor, Director Andrew Whitfield, Deputy District Director GEORGIA DISTRICT Monica Covitt, Auditions Coordinator Alexis Lundy, Co-Director Jake Lake, Treasurer Christina Thompson Howell, Co-Director Amrit Dhir, Judge Liaison

Visit metopera.org 45 Alumni

These artists on the Margaret Lattimore BASS- 2014–15 season roster Anne-Carolyn Bird Kate Lindsey Kyle Albertson were participants in Jennifer Black Megan Marino Joseph Barron the National Council Michaela Martens Brandon Cedel Auditions. Janai Brugger MaryAnn McCormick David Crawford Jennifer Check Susanne Mentzer Ryan Speedo Green Andriana Chuchman Rebecca Ringle Christopher Job Layla Claire Carolyn Sproule Brian Kontes Kiri Deonarine Renée Tatum Ao Li Mary Dunleavy Ryan McKinny Renée Fleming Maria Zifchak Keith Miller Lori Guilbeau Daniel Mobbs Meredith Hansen Tyler Simpson Wendy Bryn Harmer Paul Appleby Donovan Singletary Holli Harrison Noah Baetge Alfred Walker Nicole Haslett Benjamin Bliss Haeran Hong Lawrence Brownlee BASSES Hei-Kyung Hong Matthew Anchel Dísella Lárusdóttir Bryan Hymel Richard Bernstein Mary-Jane Lee Keith Jameson Jordan Bisch Cecilia Violetta López Anthony Kalil Matt Boehler Audrey Luna Robert McPherson Philip Cokorinos Caitlin Lynch Ronald Naldi Paul Corona Olga Makarina John Osborn David Salsbery Fry Angela Meade Sean Panikkar Andrew Funk Erin Morley Matthew Plenk Andrew Gangestad Kelli O’Hara Matthew Polenzani Oren Gradus Marjorie Owens Gregory Schmidt Eric Jordan Ailyn Pérez Mark Schowalter Ricardo Lugo Susanna Phillips Scott Scully Nicholas Masters Alek Shrader Liam Moran Sondra Radvanovsky Garrett Sorenson Matthew Rose Jennifer Rowley Andrew Stenson Stefan Szkafarowsky Amy Shoremount-Obra Carl Tanner Amber Wagner Claudia Waite BARITONES Rachel Willis-Sørensen Nathan Gunn Tamara Wilson Thomas Hampson Amanda Woodbury John Hancock Margaret Jane Wray Keith Harris Jennifer Zetlan Levi Hernandez Quinn Kelsey MEZZO-SOPRANOS Lucas Meachem John Moore Jane Bunnell Sidney Outlaw Katharine Goeldner Nicholas Pallesen Susan Graham Edward Parks Theodora Hanslowe Kyle Pfortmiller Jennifer Johnson Cano Mark Rucker Heather Johnson Michael Todd Simpson Edyta Kulczak David Won Maya Lahyani

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