Prelude News
BREAKING NEWS
Congratulations to our Alumni for winning their respective Metropolitan Opera Council District Auditions!
We are so proud and wish them continued success for the upcoming rounds!
Soprano, Nina Mutalifu (Prelude 2018)
Soprano, Melanie Spector (Prelude 2019)
Baritone, Ben Reisinger (Prelude 2017)
Prelude to Performance's Costume Designer Charles Caine is featured on the cover of "The Artful Mind"
“We are beyond grateful Charles is Prelude’s costume designer!”
-Martina Arroyo Foundation and Prelude to Performance
Congratulations alumna, Hongni Wu!
Mezzo, Hongni Wu who was our Prince Orlovsky in the Prelude 2016 production of Die Fledermaus was one of five winners in the Grand Finals Concert at the Metropolitan Opera in April.
Read about the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions’ final stages.
“I’m so glad I’m in Martina Arroyo Foundation this year, it was my pleasure to work with such a great teacher and incredible singers. They are very professional and helped me a lot! Ms. Martina gave us two role classes for each week, she was really helping us to make us believe you were the person. The coach teacher, Maestro, and stage director are all amazing! I can’t explain how thankful I am for this opportunity. I would like to attend the Young Artists Program next year. Thank you so much!!”
Rising star, Jennifer Rowley, (MAF Role Class) made her debut at National Opera of Paris (Bastille)
"A singer of enormous gift and promise."
-New York Times
Prelude alumna Hongni Wu, 23
"Hongni Wu, a mezzo-soprano, brought technical agility, warm colorings and an ample sound to Cruda sorte, a bel canto showpiece from Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri. Then, after intermission, in a bold choice, she sang the opening scene of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier with youthful bloom and richness."
-Anthony Tommasini, New York TImes
Christian Zaremba (Prelude 2012 -Pistola) sang Angelotti in Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera.
"A stage animal with a big bass voice."
-New York Times
Prelude alumni Ryan Speedo Green's inspiring story "Sing for Your Life"
"A beautiful tribute to the power of good teachers."
-Terry Gross, Fresh Air
“Sing for Your Life — an incisive portrait of a young black man from a poor and constricted home in southeastern Virginia who comes to possess, of all things, the potential for greatness at the highest levels of opera. ”