NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS

SEMIFINALS SUNDAY, MAY 9, 2021 - Ted Pickell performs for the judges of the Western Region Auditions in Kiswe

CAMILLE LABARRE NATIONAL COUNCIL AUDITIONS chairman The Metropolitan 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 Bass-Baritone Soprano 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 (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 (Donizetti)

“Questa o quella” from (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 (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 (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 (Puccini)

EMILY TREIGLE mezzo-soprano “Addio, addio, o miei sospiri” from (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 (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 (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 (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 (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” (’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 (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 (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 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 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 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 Laffont Award Christopher Cano Alton E. Peters Award (Metropolitan Opera Guild) Mitchel Casas Noreen Zimmerman Award Elias Dagher $10,000 Brandon Eldredge Ellie Caulkins Award Gracie Francis Pamela Craven Award Kathleen Kelly Nicole and Fernand Lamesch Award Minji Kim Judith Raskin Award Andrew King Anne de Richemont Smithers Award Alexander Kostadinov Kirill Kuzmin Marie-France Lefebvre BENEFACTORS ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTIONS Glenn Lewis The Edna Mandery Allison Vocal Scholarship Louis Lohraseb Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brissenden Fund Brent McMunn George and Eleanor Caulkins Endowment Gerald Martin Moore Mrs. Joe Rice Dockery Fund Imre Pátkai Dyson Foundation Josh Quinn Estate of Eric Gordon Jay Rozendaal Gilbert and Louise Ireland Humphrey Bethany Self Corinne M. Kennedy Endowment Jason Wirth Louise A. Meagher Memorial Fund Ting Ting Wong Estate of Ingvelde Rappaport William Woodard Judith Raskin Memorial Fund Bruno Walter Memorial Endowment Fund Kate F. Wheelan Trust EDUCATION FUND Over $1,000

Mr. R. Joseph Barnett Dr. and Mrs. Harmar Brereton Mr. and Mrs. David A. Domina Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre Dr. and Mrs. Waine C. Johnson Dr. Karen and Mr. Kevin Kennedy The Kurtz Family Foundation in memory of Olive Jeannette Kurtz Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Oelsner

Selections Performed with Permission of the Following Publishers Boosey & Hawkes European American Music Distributors Company C.F. Peters E. C. Schirmer G. Schirmer / Wise Music Classical

Elizabeth Cree Chamber opera in one act, based on the novel The Trial of Elizabeth Cree by Peter Ackroyd

Commissioned by Opera Philadelphia

Music by Kevin Puts Libretto by Mark Campbell

By arrangement with Aperto Press, publisher Bill Holab Music: Sole Agent

LEADERSHIP FOR THE 2020–21 SEASON

Regional Chairpersons District Directors

David O’Connor Kimberley Smith Rebeccka Coe David Loewe arizona Susan Mitchell central Martin and Melissa Thoma Lara Marcon arkansas Lara Marcon Stefanie VanSteelandt Stefanie VanSteelandt eastern Barbara and John VanScoyoc new york boston Diane Dupin Steven LaCosse Leah Wietig Leslie Paliyenko Melissa Gordon buffalo-toronto gulf coast north carolina

Karen Mohr Royce Blackburn Barbara and Ronald Glass colorado-wyoming Mary Susman and Tom Herm Louise Pinkerton north dakota–manitoba midwest Robin Valovich connecticut Pauline Ho Bynum Annette Condeluci new england Swantje Knye-Levin Christopher Scott pittsburgh Joan Travis Clint Singley florida northwest Ada Sofia Esteves puerto rico Alexis Lundy Stephen Dilts rocky mountain Jason Meeks Kate Thickstun georgia Karen Valentino Randall Romig san diego southeast Rhonda Sweeney houston Michele Patzakis Connie Fullmer Diana Livingston Friedley Fred Dear and Patty Doherty Jimmy Longoria idaho-montana san francisco upper midwest Jason Pompeii Bettie and Van Edwards Molly Siefert illinois south carolina Marianne Grant western Sara Compton Jocelynne McCall Donald Simonson Jan Simpson iowa tennessee

Melinda J. Cannady Kathleen and Leonard Pataki tulsa Dr. Wilma B. Wilcox kansas city Julie McBeth Cacey Nardolillo Carol and Gunter Radinger kentucky utah

Karen Gottlieb Maxine Levy washington Laurel Howat Susan Malinowski Nicolas Krusek los angeles western canada

Joan Mitchell Lisa Hanson mexico wisconsin

Theodore Fellenbaum Barbara Wiltsie michigan

Laura Franz Adrienne Dickson nebraska NATIONAL SUPPORT gifts over $250 to the education fund, memberships, and awards

Ms. Jo-Ann C. Adams Mr. Michael Kalkstein Dr. Joan T. Ades Mr. John Kander Mr. and Ms. Alan Agle Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Kennedy Mr. Donald J. and Dr. Marie Z. Amoruso Mrs. Leona Kern Mrs. Susan K. Appel Ms. Injoa Kim Mr. Norton Belknap Dr. Richard Klein Mrs. Jane C. Bergner Ms. Swantje Knye-Levin Mr. and Mrs. Richard Braddock Mr. Daniel Kopti Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brauer Mr. Thomas F. Kranz Mrs. Sara Brewster Mrs. Walter J. Laughery, Jr. Mr. Roger E. Burke Dr. Edward D. Levy, Jr. Mrs. Pauline H. Bynum Dr. and Mrs. Charles Lightdale Mr. Arthur B. Casper Ms. Susan Malinowski Mr. Ellis Chernoff Mr. and Mrs. Jack McDowell Mr. Theodore Chu Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Michaels Ms. Emily Cornelius Mr. Paul Hart Miller Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Crawford Ms. Joan Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Ross Dacal MONC St. Louis District Mrs. Julia W. Dayton Ms. Lisette Oropesa Mr. Frederick L. Dear Mrs. Constance V. Pathy Dr. Stephen Dilts Mr. and Ms. Lawrence T. Perera Mr. and Mrs. Dennis H. Dunn Dr. and Mrs. Macon Phillips Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Dupin Dr. and Mrs. Cornelius Rosse Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Edge Mr. Milton B. Rubin Ms. Suzanne B. Engel Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rustin Jr Dr. Theodore L. Fellenbaum Mrs. Christine F. Saurel Mrs. Marina Kellen French Dr. and Mrs. Frank Sharbrough Ms. Connie Fullmer and Mr. Jimmy Longoria Ms. Louise Shouse Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Glass Ms. Martha Siefert Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Glaze Ms. Katherine Simmons Mrs. Lynn C. Goldberg Mr. Clint Singley Ms. Beth A. Goodman Ms. Kimberley Smith Ms. Melissa Gordon Ms. Dorothy Smith Mr. Christopher T. Clark Ms. Anne Solomon Ms. Marianne Grant Mrs. William F. Sondericker Dr. Veronika Grimm-Matthews Mr. David Spiro Dr. and Mrs. Randolph Guthrie Ms. Rhonda Sweeney Mrs. Charles Henkelmann Mrs. Beatrice B. Taplin Mr. Thomas Herm and Ms. Mary Susman Mrs. Eva Tausig Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hobart Ms. Martha J. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. James Houston Mrs. Douglas Dockery Thomas Mrs. Margaret Talmadge Howell Mrs. George J. Towne Ms. Lily Hsieh Ms. Joan Travis Ms. Judith T. Hunt Mr. and Mrs. John VanScoyoc Mr. and Mrs. William Jagoda Dr. Wilma B. Wilcox Mr. Jeffrey Jansen Dr. Judith G. Wolf Dr. and Mrs. Waine C. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Young