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SEMIFINALS SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021 Bass-Baritone Ted Pickell Performs for the Judges of the Western Region Auditions in Kiswe NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS SEMIFINALS SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021 Bass-baritone Ted Pickell performs for the judges of the Western Region Auditions in Kiswe CAMILLE LABARRE NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS chairman The Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC) Auditions is a vocal competition CAROL E. DOMINA designed to discover promising young opera singers and assist in the development of their president careers. Some of today’s greatest singers got their start in the MONC Auditions, including MELISSA WEGNER Hei-Kyung Hong, Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Stephanie Blythe, Eric Owens, Lawrence executive director Brownlee, Christian Van Horn, Lisette Oropesa, Jamie Barton, Michael Fabiano, Anthony BRADY WALSH Roth Costanzo, and Ryan Speedo Green. administrator This season, MONC heard nearly 1,200 applicants, with 618 singers qualifying for the 31 LISETTE OROPESA national advisor district auditions. Of the 141 singers in the 10 regional rounds, 23 were named semifinalists. To ensure safety and access for all involved, the auditions have taken place in a remote, live-streamed format from locations around the world, as pictured above. We are grateful For up to date auditions results, alumni to Kiswe—the cloud-based video platform that we’ve used for these auditions—for their news, and other general information, partnership and support of this new format. follow @MONCAuditions on Facebook and Instagram. The auditions are sponsored by MONC, including members and hundreds of volunteers from across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. More than $250,000 in prize money has already been awarded at the district and regional rounds this season thanks to their generosity and dedication. Your gifts ensure the future of this important opportunity for young singers. Visit metopera.org/Competition to make a gift today. SEMIFINALISTS Cheyanne Coss Jongwon Han Courtney Johnson Duke Kim Soprano Bass-Baritone Soprano Tenor Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountain Eastern Western Hyoyoung Kim Chuanyuan Liu Brittany Olivia Logan Greer Lyle Soprano Countertenor Soprano Soprano Southeast Eastern New England Southeast Jennifer Mariel Shaina Martinez John Marzano Raven McMillon Soprano Soprano Tenor Soprano Gulf Coast Upper Midwest Northwest New England Timothy Murray Jazmine Olwalia Murrella Parton Erica Petrocelli Baritone Mezzo-Soprano Soprano Soprano Western Upper Midwest Southeast Central Jacqueline Piccolino Angel Romero Emily Sierra Anne Marie Stanley Soprano Tenor Mezzo-Soprano Mezzo-Soprano Central Midwest Eastern New England Hilary Grace Taylor Emily Treigle Ethan Vincent Mezzo-Soprano Mezzo-Soprano Baritone Midwest Gulf Coast Central REPERTOIRE In today’s competition, each semifinalist will sing the first aria listed. Then, the judges will request to hear a second selection from the remaining three options. ANNE MARIE STANLEY mezzo-soprano “O mon Fernand” from La Favorite (Donizetti) “Wie du warst! Wie du bist!” from Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) “Ces lettres!” from Werther (Massenet) “Must the winter come so soon?” from Vanessa (Barber) ERICA PETROCELLI soprano “Amour, ranime mon courage” from Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) “Das war sehr gut, Mandryka” from Arabella (R. Strauss) “Porgi, Amor” from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) “Come scoglio” from Così fan tutte (Mozart) DUKE KIM tenor “Fra poco a me ricovero” from Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) “Questa o quella” from Rigoletto (Verdi) “Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön” from Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) “Ah! Mes amis ... Pour mon âme!” from La Fille du Régiment (Donizetti) COURTNEY JOHNSON soprano “Tacea la notte placida” from Il Trovatore (Verdi) “Mi tradì” from Don Giovanni (Mozart) “Signore, ascolta” from Turandot (Puccini) “Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante” from Carmen (Bizet) JAZMINE OLWALIA mezzo-soprano “We had one room” from Elizabeth Cree (Kevin Puts) “Smanie implacabili” from Così fan tutte (Mozart) “O ma lyre immortelle” from Sapho (Gounod) “Ah, Tanya, Tanya” from Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) GREER LYLE soprano “Das war sehr gut, Mandryka” from Arabella (R. Strauss) “Gde zhe ty, moy zhelanniy?” from The Enchantress (Tchaikovsky) “Dove sono i bei momenti” from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) “Depuis le jour” from Louise (G. Charpentier) ANGEL ROMERO tenor “Sì, ritrovarla io giuro” from La Cenerentola (Rossini) “Je crois entendre encore” from Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Bizet) “Un’aura amorosa” from Così fan tutte (Mozart) “Dal labbro il canto” from Falstaff (Verdi) BRITTANY OLIVIA LOGAN soprano “I Want Magic” from A Streetcar Named Desire (Previn) “Porgi, Amor” from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) “Glück, das mir verblieb” (Marietta’s Lied) from Die Tote Stadt (Korngold) “Senza mamma, bimbo, tu sei morto” from Suor Angelica (Puccini) EMILY TREIGLE mezzo-soprano “Addio, addio, o miei sospiri” from Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) “Deh per questo istante solo” from La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart) “Allez, laissez-moi seul ... Coeur sans amour” from Cendrillon (Massenet) “I bought this suitcase in New York” from Flight (Jonathan Dove) JENNIFER MARIEL soprano “Dove sono i bei momenti” from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) “Un bel dì” from Madama Butterfly (Puccini) “Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (Song to the Moon) from Rusalka (Dvořák) “Stridono lassù” from Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) CHUANYUAN LIU countertenor “Welcome, wanderer … I know a bank” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Britten) “Vivi, tiranno, io t’ho scampato” from Rodelinda (Handel) “Dawn, still darkness” (Refugee’s Aria) from Flight (Jonathan Dove) “Me voici dans son boudoir” from Mignon (Thomas) RAVEN MCMILLON soprano “Ah! Douce enfant” from Cendrillon (Massenet) “Padre, germani, addio” from Idomeneo (Mozart) “Caro nome” from Rigoletto (Verdi) “Ich bin Euer Liebden sehr verbunden” from Der Rosenkavalier (R. Strauss) EMILY SIERRA mezzo-soprano “Ces lettres!” from Werther (Massenet) “Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein” from Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss II) “Deh per questo istante solo” from La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart) “Waiting” (Myrtle’s Aria) from The Great Gatsby (John Harbison) MURRELLA PARTON soprano “Tacea la notte placida” from Il Trovatore (Verdi) “I Want Magic” from A Streetcar Named Desire (Previn) “Non mi dir” from Don Giovanni (Mozart) “Robert, toi que j’aime” from Robert le Diable (Meyerbeer) ETHAN VINCENT baritone “O Carlo, ascolta … Io morrò, ma lieto in core” from Don Carlo (Verdi) “Ya vas lyublyu” (Yeletsky’s Aria) from The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky) “Avant de quitter ces lieux” from Faust (Gounod) “Within this frail crucible of light” from The Rape of Lucretia (Britten) JACQUELINE PICCOLINO soprano “Ó marno, ó marno to je” from Rusalka (Dvořák) “Otchego eto prezhde ne znala” (Iolanta’s Arioso) from Iolanta (Tchaikovsky) “Morrai; sì, l’empia tua testa” from Rodelinda (Handel) “Sì, mi chiamano Mimì” from La Bohème (Puccini) JOHN MARZANO tenor “Miles” from The Turn of the Screw (Britten) “Fuor del mar” from Idomeneo (Mozart) “Pastorello d’un povero Armento” from Rodelinda (Handel) “Ah! je vais l’aimer” from Béatrice et Bénédict (Berlioz) CHEYANNE COSS soprano “Take me back” (Emily’s Aria) from Our Town (Ned Rorem) “Prendi; prendi, per me sei libero” from L’Elisir d’Amore (Donizetti) “Ach, ich fühl’s” from Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) “Je veux vivre dans ce rêve” from Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) HILARY GRACE TAYLOR mezzo-soprano “Sein wir wieder gut” from Ariadne auf Naxos (R. Strauss) “Parto, parto” from La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart) “Baby Precious? Is it you?” from After Life (Tom Cipullo) “Where shall I fly?” from Hercules (Handel) TIMOTHY MURRAY baritone “E fra quest’ansie in eterno vivrai” from Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) “Kogda bï zhizn domashnim krugom” (Onegin’s Aria) from Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) “Hai già vinta la causa … Vedro mentr’io sospiro” from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) “Bella siccome un angelo” from Don Pasquale (Donizetti) SHAINA MARTINEZ soprano “Tanto amore segreto … Tu che di gel sei cinta” from Turandot (Puccini) “Ah! je ris de me voir” (Jewel Song) from Faust (Gounod) “The trees on the mountain” from Susannah (Carlisle Floyd) “Non so le tetre immagini” from Il Corsaro (Verdi) JONGWON HAN bass-baritone “Ves tabor spit” (Aleko’s Cavatina) from Aleko (Rachmaninoff) “Madamina, il catalogo è questo” from Don Giovanni (Mozart) “Quand la flamme de l’amour” from La Jolie Fille de Perth (Bizet) “Schweig, schweig” from Der Freischütz (Weber) HYOYOUNG KIM soprano “Où va la jeune hindoue” (Bell Song) from Lakmé (Delibes) “Caro nome” from Rigoletto (Verdi) “Ach, ich fühl’s” from Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) “Una voce poco fa” from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) SEMIFINALS JUDGES ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF Michael Heaston Veronika Arkhangel Artistic Administrator, The Metropolitan Opera Brady Walsh Melissa Wegner Miah Im National Council Auditions Director of Opera Studies, Rice University Head Coach, Aspen Opera Theater Marc Siciliano HGO Studio Music Director, Houston Grand Opera Corey Smith Kiswe Thomas Lausmann Director of Music Administration, The Metropolitan Opera Molly McBride Line Producer Gayletha Nichols Director of Apprentice Program for Singers, Madi Bray-Trophia The Santa Fe Opera Hilary Ley Kathy Liu Lisette Oropesa Sydney Mulloy Soprano, MONC National Advisor Annmarie Zito Additional Auditions Staff Tazewell Thompson Director of Opera Studies, Manhattan School of Music Gina Lapinski Librettist and Stage Director Dramatic Coach Melissa Wegner Executive Director, National Council Auditions, GRAND FINALS AWARDS The Metropolitan Opera $20,000 The American-Scandinavian Foundation Birgit Nilsson Award SEMIFINALS PIANISTS Faith P. Geier Award Kyoung han Bae Dominique
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