The MONC Eastern Region would like to thank the following donors for their support Norton Belknap Tricia Lobo Sarah Billinghurst - Solomon Ruth Marcon Dr. & Mrs. Brereton Sondra Myers Francis Carling John Re & Charles Palmer Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Cesare Sally Pope Maude Davis Janet Stovin Natalie Holme Elsberg Martha Tian Theodore ‘Ted’ H. Jacobsen Alexander Traykovski Dominique Laffont All members of the host Fernand Lamesch committee Ellen Langner Eastern Region Committee National Council Organization Lara Marcon – Chair Mitchell L. Lathrop – President Andrew Urbanski – Treasurer Camille LaBarre – National Stefanie Van Steelandt – Auditions Chairman Auditions Director Gayletha Nichols – Executive Majal Aguirre Director of Auditions Tom Cannon Jr Melissa Wegner Associate VIP Launch Event . – Michelle Everett Director of Auditions October 2nd, 2014 Danielle Strauss Eric Owens – National Advisor 6.30pm To make a donation, please visit www.nycmonc.org/donate or fill out a pledge card. The MONC Eastern Region would like to thank Dr MONC Eastern Region is a registered 501 (c) (3) non-profit; all contributions are . Harmar and Leslie Brereton for hosting the VIP Launch event and for tax-deductible to the extent allowable by law. their generous support of young opera talent . Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Eastern Region - nycmonc.org PO Box 23-1528 Ansonia Station, New York NY 10023 Program !Janai Burgger Brian Michael Moore !‘O mio babbino caro’ from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi ! A winner of Placido Domingo’s prestigious Operalia vocal competition and of ‘Dein ist mein ganzes herz’ from Lehár’s Das Land des Lächelns the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, both in 2012, American ‘Pourquoi me réveiller’ from Massenet’s Werther soprano, Janai Brugger’s appearances include Liu at the Metropolitan Opera in ! the Zefferelli production of Turandot; she travelled to Prague to appear in Brian Michael Moore is a 22-year-old tenor from Cincinnati, Ohio. He studies with concert at the Peter Dvorsky Festival, she appeared in the May Festival with the Mark Oswald at the Manhattan School of Music, where he can soon be seen playing Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under the baton of James Conlon and joined Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohème conducted by Thomas Muraco, and as Prince Suo- Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel as High Priestess Aida in Chong in Lehàr’s Das Land des Lächelns directed by Dona Vaughn. Past credits performances at the Hollywood Bowl. Other recent roles include Michaela in include the title role in Gounod’s Faust and Tebaldo in Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Carmen with Opera Colorado, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with LA Opera and Montecchi with Thomas Muraco's Opera Repertoire Ensemble at MSM, Don Helena in The Enchanted Island at the Met. Recent successes include an Ottavio in Don Giovanni with the New York Opera Exchange, the Shepherd in appearance at Ravinia Festival with Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex with the Cincinnati May Festival under the baton of baton of James Conlon as First Lady Die Zauberflöte. As a member of the James Conlon, and Ein Tierhandler in Der Rosenkavalier as a young artist at the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Program, Ms Brugger’s Los Angeles Opera Cincinnati Opera. This past summer at the Brevard Music Festival, Brian was seen appearances include Barbarina Le Nozze di Figaro under the baton of Placido as the lead tenor Charlie Drouet in Robert Aldridge’s new opera Sister Carrie and as Domingo, Page Rigoletto with James Conlon, and Musetta La Bohème with a soloist in Sweeney Todd, as well as the understudy for the title role in Albert Patrick Summers. A native of Chicago, the artist obtained a Master’s degree Herring and a soloist in their Opera’s Greatest Hits concert. Brian has been a part of from the University of Michigan, where she studied with the late Shirley many prestigious ensembles including the chorus in performances at the NY Verrett. She won her Bachelor’s degree from DePaul University where she Philharmonic such as Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and William Walton’s Henry V, as studied with Elsa Charlston. In 2007, she appeared with Marilyn Horne at well as a chorus member of the Cincinnati Opera for five years, appearing in such Carnegie Hall in “The Song Continues”. operas as Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Aïda, and I Pagliacci. Brian has been a soloist with both the Cincinnati Pops! Orchestra as a part of their Summer Park Tour and with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Brian was a finalist of the 2014 Brandon Cedel Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Eastern Region and 1st Place ! winner of the 2014 Classical Singer Competition. !TBD Bass-Baritone Brandon Cedel has performed with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Opera Santa Barbara, Music Academy of the West, Opera Accompanied on the piano by Doug Martin. Orchestra of New York, and the Chautauqua Institution. He has also worked Full bios can be found at www.nycmonc.org/news with symphonies including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Harrisburg Symphony, Hershey Symphony and the Marina Del Rey Symphony. His repertoire includes Figaro in Mozart’s Le Nozze Di Figaro, Mephistopheles in Gounod’s Faust, the Forester in Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen, Antony in Barber’s Antony And Cleopatra, and Colline in Upcoming Events Puccini’s La Bohème. Brandon was the 2012 winner at the George London • District Auditions: November 18th & 19th at Merkin Hall Awards and Recipient of the Sarah Tucker Grant at the Richard Tucker • Region Finals: January 14th, 2015 at Merkin Hall Foundation. He was also the First Place Winner at the Giulio Gari Foundation • Grand Finals: March 22, 2015 Competition, Palm Beach Opera Competition, S. Livingston Mather Competition, and Sue Goetz Ross Memorial Competition. He was the 2011 • Gala: March 2015 Grand Prize Winner at the Gerda Lissner Vocal Competition. He has also ! received awards from the Liederkranz Competition, Licia Albanese Puccini Sign up to be notified about future events at www.nycmonc.org Foundation, Loren L. Zachary Competition, Opera Index, and the Mario Lanza Competition. He won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2013 and is currently in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. .