https://www.martinaarroyofdn.org/home-footer-cta daily 0.75 2018-04-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ae10964352f530c1fd6a419/1521492366325/ Home Footer CTA https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5ab020a8352f5367117e6c0f/5ab02186758d4671e7c293e8/1521492366325/BUTTERFLY-master675.jpg Home Footer CTA https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5ab020a8352f5367117e6c0f/5ae1094f88251b3e983799c1/1524697424188/signature.png Home Footer CTA https://www.martinaarroyofdn.org/martinaarroyofdn daily 1.0 2020-12-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5db9e8fcdb02c0683e234805/1572464907564/Bob+Sherman%2C+Harolyn+Blackwell+and+alumni+singers.jpg Home “Robert Sherman announced that there would be a surprise guest, who wished to pay tribute to Arroyo and Prelude to Performance. It was Harolyn Blackwell, who sang a lovely rendition of “O mio babbino caro…” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5ade7c16aa4a996c380a2b21/5b1db90403ce640b7ee7b129/1528675209687/Jennifer+Rowley.jpg Home - JENNIFER ROWLEY (Role Class) jenniferrowley.com Soprano Jennifer Rowley is acclaimed worldwide for her unforgettable voice and remarkable stage presence. In the 2017/2018 season, following her performances of the same title role with Nashville Opera, Ms. Rowley returned to The Metropolitan Opera in their new production of Tosca where she presented a “magnificent” (ZealNYC) portrayal. Ms. Rowley later starred as Leonora in Il trovatore on the Met stage, celebrated as “glorious, showing the listener the range her instrument truly possesses” (Operawire). In May she reprises the role of Tosca in Philadelphia's Verizon Hall. This summer, Ms. Rowley will debut in the title role of Simon Mayr’s rarely performed bel canto opera Medea in Corinto in New York with Will Crutchfield’s newly formed summer festival, Teatro Nuovo. Next season, Ms. Rowley returns to The Metropolitan Opera as Tosca and in her title role debut as Adriana Lecouvreur, as well as several additional engagements with the house through 2020. Next season also marks her first appearance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in September, as Leonora in Il trovatore. In the future she debuts at The Dallas Opera, and will sing her first Amelia in Un ballo in Maschera. Ms. Rowley’s triumphant Metropolitan Opera role début as Roxane in Alfano’s Cyrano de Bergerac inspired universal critical praise, with The New York Times raving that this was a “break-through moment,” further adding that for the heartbreaking final scene, “Ms. Rowley sang with an intensity of expression and a subtly embittered sound that suggested a singer for enormous gift and promise.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5ade7c16aa4a996c380a2b21/5afba169f950b71b08da2a88/1528675203828/Joshua+Conyers.jpg Home - JOSHUA CONYERS (Prelude 2011) Joshuaconyers.com In 2017 and 2018 Mr. Conyers fulfilled two seasons of residence in the Benenson Young Artist Program at Palm Beach Opera.Mr. Conyers makes his Carnegie Hall Debut in 2018. In the summer of 2018 he joins Wolf Trap Opera as a Filene Young Artist to perform Monterone and cover the title role in Rigoletto, perform Le comte de Pâris in Roméo et Juliette, and to be the Baritone soloist in Bernstein’s Songfest, a performance with the National Orchestral Institute which will be recorded. Mr. Conyers has fulfilled young artist residencies with Palm Beach Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theater, and the Martina Arroyo Foundation's Prelude to Performance program. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5ade7c16aa4a996c380a2b21/5ae0f13388251bb6255f6afe/1527134158861/Taylor.jpg Home - TAYLOR STAYTON, Prelude 2006/07 (Ernesto and Ferrando) Taylorstayton.com Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, Gran Teatre del Liceu,, Opera de Lille, Baayerische Staatsoper, Teatro dell Opera di Roma, Washington National Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera Dijon, Staatsoper Dresden, The Norwegian National Opera Opera Orchestra New York. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5ade7c16aa4a996c380a2b21/5ae0ef73352f53223e1eb894/1527134218313/Haslett.jpg Home - NICOLE HASLETT, Prelude 2012 (Nanetta) Nicolehaslett.com Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Opera Berlin, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Alice Tully Hall, Finalist for Metropolitan Opera Competition, Gerda Lissner and George London Foundation (encouragement award.) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5ade7c16aa4a996c380a2b21/5ae0ebc4352f53223e1dc84d/1527134077861/Michele.jpg Home - MICHELE ANGELINI, Prelude 2005 (Almaviva) Micheleangelini.com Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Rossini Opera Festival, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Teatro Real, Bayerische Staatsoper, Laeiszhalle (Hamburg) Opera Royal Versailles, , Royal Swedish Opera, Bilbao, Teatro Comunale de Bologna, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatre Royal de la Monnaie, Savonlinna Festival, Opera Philadelphia, Washington Concert Opera, Carnegie Hall, Opera Orchestra of New York and Caramoor. Awards include First Prize in the 2010 Savonlinna Opera Festival International Singing Competition, First Prize in the 2012 Gerda Lissner Foundation Singing Competition, Top Prize winner of the 2013 Opera Index Award, and an Encouragement Award in the memory of Charles Anthony from the George London Foundation. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5ade7c16aa4a996c380a2b21/5ae0eaf6aa4a999c1b41afff/1527134142175/Ryan_Speedo_Green_pc_Dario_Acosta_c_300dpi-1.jpg Home - RYAN SPEEDO GREEN, Prelude 2010/11 (Sarastro and Commendatore) Ryanspeedogreen.com Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Ravinia Festival, Mostly Mozart Festival, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, LA Philharmonic, Houston Grand Opera Honors and awards include National Grand Finals winner of the 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a 2014 George London Foundation Award, a 2014 Annenberg grant recipient, a 2014 Gerda Lissner Foundation First Prize winner, both the Richard and Sara Tucker Grants from the Richard Tucker Foundation and recently, the Marion Anderson award. In the fall of 2016, Little, Brown published Sing for Your Life, by New York Times journalist Daniel Bergner, Ryan’s voyage from a difficult childhood to the Met Stage. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5ade7c16aa4a996c380a2b21/5ae0eae8575d1ffd0a862ec0/1527134227077/Brandie_Sutton.jpg Home - BRANDIE SUTTON, Prelude 2015 (Madama Butterfly) Brandiesuttonsoprano.com Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Mostly Mozart Festival, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Grand Theatre de Geneve, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Semperoper, Dresden AlterOpera Frankfurt, Teatro Petruzzelli (Bari) Carnegie Hall, National Symphony in Washington, DC, Radio Orpheus, Moscow, Krsnoyarsk Philharmonic, Royal Danish Orchestra, Jazz at Lincoln Center. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5ade7c16aa4a996c380a2b21/5ae0eacc03ce64ae5544cf4e/1527134190410/Yurij.jpg Home - YURIY YURCHUK, Prelude 2013 (Hoffmann Four Villains) Yuriyyurchuk.com Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Wexford Festival Opera, Ukraine National Opera, Zurich Opera Yuriy is a prize winner in Queen Sonja International Singing Competition (Norway), Montserrat Caballe International Singing Competition (Spain), Ottavio Ziino International Singing Competition (Rome), Monastero Foundation Bel Canto competition (USA), Fritz and Lavinia Jensen competition (USA) and Chicago NATS vocal competition. Sang for the Royall family at the Buckingham and Windsor palaces, appearances for BBC TV series and BBC radio 3 Sean Rafferty's In Tune. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5ade7c16aa4a996c380a2b21/5ae0eac16d2a733a77460985/1527134210305/alasdair+kent.jpg Home - ALASDAIR KENT, Prelude 2014 (Almaviva) Alasdairkent.com Rossini Festival, Wolftrap, Opera Queensland, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, Opéra de Toulon Teatro di San Carlo, Hungarian State Opera, Theater Basel, Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari. Philadelphia Opera, Portland Opera, AVA Resident Artist. Honors include winning First Prizes in the Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition, the Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, the Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation Bel Canto Award, the AVA Giargiari Bel Canto Competition, and the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition. The tenor was also a National Semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Finalist in the Paris Opera Competition and was awarded the Marten Bequest Traveling Scholarship by the Australia Council. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5e0ec1cd86f7c46262678813/1578028068327/Elisabeth+Harris.png Home - Elisabeth Harris, mezzo, Prelude 2019 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5fcd04835d2e6f3bda404545/1607271564226/Melanie+Spector%2C+Met+Winner.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5e0ec6a59567dd14f48a3444/1578028078412/Brandie_Sutton.jpg Home - Brandie Sutton, s oprano, Prelude 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5fcd462824c49707d32d50dd/1607288366824/Nina+Mutalifu%2C+Met++District+Winner.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5e0eb0489567dd14f48774f2/1578029475726/Patrick+Guetti+Credit+Simon+Pauly+1+%281%29.jpg Home - Patrick Guetti, bass, Prelude 2011 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5e28e99975cc18521603aaa9/1579739559809/Jonathan+Tetelman.png Home - OPERAWIRE Artist Of The Week for January 20th: Jonathan Tetelman! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5fcd0492d336b863f0c60161/1607271574909/Ben+Reisinger%2C+Met+Winner.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5e0eb9b9b798ea3c9a32ac4f/5e0eb9ced2e16f330f9c70b9/1578024326754/Ben+Reisinger+headshot+%281%29.jpg Home - Baritone, Ben Reisinger, Prelude 2017 (Doctor in Gianni Schicchi and Dancaire cover in Carmen) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5e0eb9b9b798ea3c9a32ac4f/5e0eb9c8b798ea3c9a32adf3/1578024443740/WooYoung%2BYoon%2BHeadshot+%281%29.jpg Home - Tenor, Woo Young Yoon, Prelude 2017 (Cover for Don Jose in Carmen) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5e0eb9b9b798ea3c9a32ac4f/5e0eb9c2d2e16f330f9c6ff8/1578024512302/Jimin+Park%2C+baritone%2C+Eisenstein+2019+%281%29.jpg Home - Baritone, Jimin Park, Prelude 2019 (Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5e0eb9b9b798ea3c9a32ac4f/5e0eb9bda7a1d87c716d7e7b/1578024474055/Michael+Parham%2C+baritone%2C+Falke+2019+%281%29.jpg Home - Baritone, Michael Parham, Prelude 2019 (Falke in Die Fledermaus) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5e0eb9b9b798ea3c9a32ac4f/5e0eb9b9d2e16f330f9c6f51/1578023497738/nina-mutalifu_orig+%281%29.jpg Home - Soprano, Nina Mutalifu, Prelude 2018 (Alice Ford, Falstaff) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5e245cb46208476247866e60/5e245cfbc77df9729065c420/1579441880641/Tetelman_Headshot_Sq_670.jpg Home - Tenor, Jonathan Tetelman Eisenstein in 2016 (Die Fledermaus) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5e245cb46208476247866e60/5e245cb8732aba3bf23eeb5b/1579441793747/Hogni+Wu+photo.jpg Home - Mezzo, Hogni Wu Prince Orlovsky in 2016 (Die Fledermaus) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5e245cb46208476247866e60/5e245cb53e92f954396e088b/1579442543520/DSC_0527+resized%281%29.jpg Home - 2016 production of Die Fledermaus Tenor, Jonathan Tetelman, (Eisenstein) Mezzo, Hogni Wu, (Prince Orlovsky) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5c0ab9ba4ae237eda46dbc59/1572457435449/Martina+Black+%26+White+Dress.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b105ce3352f53fde37475e1/1538761025025/Foundation+logo.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b7050e6352f5356c8d59676/1538761025031/Ryan_Speedo_Green_pc_Dario_Acosta_c_300dpi-1.jpg Home - Ryan Speedo Green, Prelude Alumn 2010/11 Bass-Baritone Ryan Speedo Green is quickly establishing himself as an artist of international demand at the world’s leading opera houses. "Scene-stealing bass-baritone with a robust voice." -New York Times Learn more about Ryan → https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5b0c4fbc8a922dbfa280eb42/5b0c4fe6758d461b37078aaa/1538761025010/unnamed-7.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5b0c4fbc8a922dbfa280eb42/5b0c4fc0f950b7b0342c6dbc/1538761025015/unnamed-4.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/5b0c4fbc8a922dbfa280eb42/5b0c4fbc6d2a73781c424644/1538761025019/unnamed-6.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5c8928a4ec212d06b497f767/1552492709562/Yaptracker+Fledermaus.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b2490c40e2e723648da8b01/1528659289385/Sharon+Sweet.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5db9cbdb31f01c38c5f8acbb/1572457559130/Martina+Black+%26+White+Dress.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf2a585e4dc43000154c0d4/1578020340580/Jonathan+Tetelman.png Home - Jonathan Tetelman, tenor https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf2a3bfd00a9a0001c66582/1559408209539/download-2.jpg Home - "A beautiful tribute to the power of good teachers." -Terry Gross, Fresh Air https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf2abd5adb6f600013033c8/1578020340583/Ryan_Speedo_Green_pc_Dario_Acosta_c_300dpi-1.jpg Home - Ryan Speedo Green, Bass Baritone (Prelude 2010/11) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf2a3bfd00a9a0001c6657e/1559406353815/Hongni+Wu.jpg Home - Hongni Wu, mezzo-soprano Next year she sings Second lady in Die Zauberflöte; Flora in La traviata; Karolka in Jenufa and Tebaldo in Don Carlo, also will be covering Emilia in Otello. ROH will be touring to Tokyo in September too and I’ll be covering Siébel in Faust there. Plus three Recitals and Summer performance on the main stage at the Royal Opera House next year! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf2a84d29215a0001e1a0e9/1578020340576/Michele.jpg Home - Michele Angelini, tenor "The reviews are in and Michele had a phenomenal success in his first Massenetian role, Nicias, to Placido Domingo's powerful Athanaël and Ermonala Jaho's seductive and emotional Thaïs at the Teatro Real Madrid and Festival Castell de Peralada with Maestro Patrick Fournillier!" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ae134290e2e72a556545bbf/1525749356614/unnamed-2.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ae1fa8c88251b874a328272/1524759201006/2013-08-12-ArroyoRoleClass.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b2490ff03ce643d6e290a03/1521488952413/Martina+Arroyo+Foundation+Prelude++to+Performance++2012+Falstaff+photo+by+Jen+Joyce+Davis.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b6b965db8a0455c2c8901b3/1538758768642/Falstaff.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b6b96e2032be44a49d61e73/1564722525817/Don+Pasquale+Joshua+Devane+and+Malatesta+Young+Kwang+Yoo+hands+up+photo+by+Jen+Joyce+Davis.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5db98771e7e33d565bed994b/1572439947090/Michael+Parham+as+Falke+Breuderlein.jpeg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5db9b446d9107d32068bea5a/1572451413903/Alumni+Chorus+2019+Die+Fledermaus.jpg Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5e0ecc96b798ea3c9a34df47/1572376601936/ Home https://www.martinaarroyofdn.org/martina-arroyo-foundation daily 0.75 2020-05-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5afc99f18a922d1d71ddca46/1526503941473/download-1.png The Foundation https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5afc99b7aa4a995b5bdc785a/1526503864509/NEA-logo-color+web.jpg The Foundation https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5afc9a7e758d4652136c46cb/1526504067044/NYSCA.jpg The Foundation https://www.martinaarroyofdn.org/prelude-to-performance-programs daily 0.75 2020-12-06 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceadc16c8302545b919b37c/1561216642608/ Programs MICHAEL CELENTANO, Tenor (Alfred cover) Michael Celentano is a former young artist at Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, NY. Recent appearances include Max in Bronx Opera’s production of Der Freischütz, Miner in La Fanciulla del West and Ensemble in L’Amore de tre Re, both with New York City Opera. Upcoming performances include Ismaele in Nabucco with David Serero Productions, and Ensemble for The Metropolitan Opera's upcoming 2019 production of Götterdämmerung. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5d1d6c34eaad05000168f59b/1562430614058/Evan+Nelson.png Programs EVAN JULIUS NELSON, Baritione (Frosch) (Frank cover) Hailing from Albany, Georgia, Mr. Nelson is a recent graduate of Florida State University and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in Vocal Performance at Binghamton University. This past summer, Mr. Nelson was seen as Sciarrone in Tosca with Opera on the Avalon as well as Lutz in an adaptation of Romberg’s The Student Prince with the Chautauqua Institution Voice Program. In addition to his role at Chautauqua, Mr Nelson also had opportunities to participate in several recitals and masterclasses throughout his time there. Mr. Nelson’s operatic credits include Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni , Mr. Gedge in Britten’s Albert Herring , Marquis D’Obigny in Verdi’s La Traviata , and The Keeper of the Mad House in Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress . Highlights in musical theatre and operetta include roles such as The Sergeant of Police in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance , Mr. Lindquist in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music , and Miles Gloriosus in Sondheim’s A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum . Mr. Nelson is a proud alumnus of young artist training programs such as Opera in the Ozarks (2016, 2015) and La Musica Lirica (2013). In the 2017-2018 season, Mr. Nelson had appearances as Osmin in The Billy Goats Gruff and Man with a Cornet Case in Postcard from Morocco with Binghamton University. He also performed as a member of the chorus in La Bohème and the role of Garcia in La Tragèdie de Carmen with Tri-Cities Opera. For the past two years, Mr. Nelson has received 1st place in the Lower Graduate category at The Finger Lakes District NATS competition. During the 2018-2019 season, Mr. Nelson is excited for his upcoming appearances as Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas with Binghamton University and Bob Becket in HMS Pinafore with Tri-Cities Opera. Mr. Nelson previously studied with David Okerlund while in Tallahassee, and is currently a student of Thomas Goodheart. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceae2b74785d31a37642f6b/1561216679706/ Programs - Louis Alexander Riva MICHAELA LARSEN, Soprano (Ida) Originally from Brighton, Michigan, Michaela Larsen is currently in the third year of her undergraduate degree in Music Education, studying with Marc Embree. Ms. Larsen has appeared in MSU Opera Theater’s productions as Jennie Hildebrand in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, Adele in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, and is currently working on the role of Nella in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and will cover Giulia in Rossini’s La Scala di Seta in their upcoming Spring productions. She has been featured as a soloist with University Chorale on Tarik O’Reagan’s Tryptich. In the summer of 2018, Ms. Larsen sang in the Masterclasses at Centro Studi Della Giacoma with Richard Fracker in Todi, Italy. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0eff488a922d7a69d68610/1561216649795/ Programs - Linda Collazo LINDA COLLAZO, Mezzo-Soprano (Orlovsky cover) Ecuadorian and Puerto-Rican Mezzo-Soprano Linda Collazo is a graduate of the Macaulay Honors College, having studied Vocal Performance at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. A graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, Linda has been studying opera since a young age and has performed in venues all over New York City and abroad. Her most recent engagements include being an Apprentice Artist with Sarasota Opera for their Winter 2019 season, performing as a solo Handmaiden in their production of Puccini’s Turandot and as Carmen from Bizet’s Carmen in their scenes program. Her latest performances have also included being the mezzo-soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Queens College Choral Society, performing as a soloist in the Cantanti Project’s Cantamos at the United Palace Theater, and being a soloist at the United Nations and the Repetorio Español for their galas. Throughout 2018, Linda has performed Mozart’s Requiem with the Forest Hills Choir, has covered the role of Meg Page in Verdi’s Falstaff as a part of Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance, and has played the roles of Dinah in Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti as a part of the Queens College Arts Festival and Cherubino in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro with the Queens College Opera Theater. Linda also recently performed as the mezzo soloist in Bernstein’s Symphony no. 1: Jeremiah and Songfest, and Frank London’s 1001 Voices with the Queens College Orchestra. In 2017, Linda made her operatic debut in Centro Studi Italiani in Urbania, Italy, performing as La Cesca in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi as part of “Si parla, si canta.” Prior to this, Linda made her main stage operatic debut as Prince Orlofsky in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus with the Queens College Opera Theater. During this time, Linda was also a soloist in Mozart’s Alma Dei Creatoris and Vivaldi’s Gloria with the Cornerstone Chorale. Throughout 2015 and 2016, Linda performed many times with the New York Lyric Opera Theater, performing as the 3rd Spirit in Mozart’s The Magic Flute in both Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, performing in opera scenes in their opera galas in Carnegie Hall, and understudying the role of Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel for a performance at the Opera America’s Marc A. Scorca Hall. Linda’s hard work ethic has also earned her many awards and scholarships in the past years. Along with winning first place in both the Friday Woodmere Music Club’s Young Artist Competition in 2018 and the Bronx Arts Ensemble Young Artist Contest in 2016, Linda has been awarded honorable mention in the Five Towns Music Competition, and was a finalist in the Civic Morning Musicals Competition and the New York International Voice Competition. Additionally, she has been awarded the Queens College’s Jane and Paul Smaldone Memorial Scholarship, the Hélène B. Guidice Award, Erik Horlick Memorial Award, and Claire Bartels Freshman Award. In the Spring of 2019, Linda will play María Magdalena in a new Spanish opera by Rafael Grullon titled El Caminante with the Mimesis Ensemble. Linda is from the Bronx, New York and is a student of Dr. Sherry Overholt. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceadef71905f4a0b94f3057/1561216658125/ Programs - Molly Burke LISA FAIETA, Soprano (Rosalinda) Lisa Faieta is a Canadian soprano from Toronto who currently lives in New York where she has been actively working, training, and competing. Last year, she received an Encouragement Award from the Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition. This winter, she will be covering the role of Magda Sorel (with performance) with Bronx Opera. Her expressive voice and stage presence infuse her performance with emotional weight. Lisa began her professional career as a coloratura performing such roles as The Queen of the Night from The Magic Flute, and Baby Doe from The Ballad of Baby Doe. She has continued to grow into larger repertoire, becoming a Verdi soprano to watch. She made her professional debut with Opera Nova Scotia in their production of The Beggar's Opera as Lucy. Known for her "very distinctive voice, powerful with lots of slice" she has performed with many local, emerging companies such as Loose TEA Music Theatre and Bronx Opera and has also produced and directed two performances in Toronto. Some of her other roles include the cover of Alice Ford with Bronx Opera, Micaëla with Loose TEA Music Theatre, Donna Elvira with Opera by Request, and Elettra with Summer Opera Lyric Theatre. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceae9eb9b747a2124f92f9e/1561216709886/ Programs - Shantal Martin JIMIN PARK, Baritone (Eisenstein) Jimin Park is from Seoul, Korea. He earned his BM from Yonsei University and is pursuing his Masters at Manhattan School of Music in Vocal Performance. He is under the tutelage of Joan Patenaude-Yarnell. He has performed Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro) at Yonsei University, Gianni Schicchi (Marco) in a part of Manhattan School of Music’s Opera Theater and Les pêcheurs de perles (Zurga) of Manhattan School of Music's Opera repertoire ensemble. He has going to perform Emmeline (Mr. Maguire) of Manhattan School of Music's Opera Theater. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceaf0a5652dea904b68513a/1561216745474/ Programs - John Kim ESTEBAN ZUNIGA, Tenor (Dr. Blind) Hailing from Costa Rica, tenor Esteban Zuniga is currently pursuing a Master of Music at Manhattan School of Music, under the tutelage of Maitland Peters. At the National University of Costa Rica, Zuniga earned his Bachelor of Music with emphasis on vocal performance and teaching. While studying, he dedicated years to teaching voice to beginners of all ages in a private music academy. He also had many opportunities to sing important roles, appearing as Nadir in Les Pêcheurs de perles, Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Curzio in Le nozze di Figaro. He also sang leading roles in Zarzuelas, including El Huesped del Sevillano by Jacinto Guerrero and El Poeta Calculista by Manuel García. As a soloist, Zuniga has performed in Camille Saint Saens’s Oratorio de Noël, J.S. Bach’s Der Kaffekantate, Mozart’s Requiem, and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceae609e4966b600dcdebf6/1561216694374/ Programs - Joshua DeVane YEJIN LEE, Soprano (Adele) Yejin Lee is a first year graduate student in classical voice performance at Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Ashley Putnam. She holds Bachelor and Master's degrees of Music in Voice Performance in Kookmin University in Seoul, South Korea (based on Full-Scholarship.) She most recently sang the role of Gretel in Hansel and Gretel at the Manhattan school of Music and performed Echo in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos in Opera Scene at Manhattan School of Music. She received Honorable mention at Kenett Symphony voice competition. Also She was the Eastern regional winner of NATS Competition 2018 and recently won at the competition of New York Lyric Opera Theatre. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceae45a6e9a7f68cd9ff6db/1561216687764/ Programs - Eric Delagrange ELISABETH HARRIS, Mezzo-soprano (Orlovsky) New Zealand mezzo-soprano Elisabeth Harris is a second-year Master’s degree candidate at Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Professor Shirley Close. Previous operatic credits include: Così fan tutte (Dorabella); La Cenerentola (Tisbe); Le nozze di Figaro (Cherubino); Eugene Onegin (Madame Larina); Die Fledermaus (Prince Orlofsky); Dido and Aeneas (Witch I), and partial roles in Gianni Schicchi (Zita), Falstaff (Mrs Meg Page), and Iphigénie (Iphigénie, cover). Ms Harris has performed as a soloist with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Auckland Choral; Orchestra Wellington; the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra; Napier Civic Choir; and the Kāpiti Chamber Choir in works including: Handel’s Messiah; Beethoven Symphony No. 9; the Mozart Requiem; Haydn’s Paukenmesse; Mendelssohn’s Elijah; Donizetti’s Messa Di Requiem; Schumann’s Requiem; Brahm’s Liebeslieder Waltzes and Bach’s B Minor Mass. In April this year, Ms Harris is looking forward to performing the role of Aunt Hannah in Tobias Picker’s Emmeline. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceaee4d4785d31a3764a488/1561216733341/ Programs - José Luis Maldonado YICHEN XUE, Baritone (Frank) Yichen Xue, baritone from Anshan, China. In 2014, he graduated from Middle School attached to China Conservatory; In the summer of 2014, he had his first official performance at National Centre in Beijing. The biggest TV Station CCTV described this concert in the most famous TV show <Daily News>, “ Yichen has Incredible and powerful voice, he pushed classical music to the public in a brilliant way.” He continued his Bachelor of Music Degree at Manhattan School of Music, study with Mr. Maitland Peters. He had his first recital “Mozart’s Aria” at Manhattan School of Music in his first year of B.M. Degree. In 2016, he had his recital of Schubert’s “ Winterreise ”. he had his junior recital at Manhattan School of Music with another wonderful singer Ziyi Dai. Yichen appears in “Le nozze di Figaro” as Count Almaviva with International lyric academy at summer 2017. Yichen has performed in “Snow Maiden” as Bermyata at Manhattan School of Music and he graduated from Manhattan school of Music in 2018. Mr. Xue continue his M.A degree at Hunter College Study with Ron Raines, Yichen will appear in “ Patience& Sarah” as Pa Dowling at Hunter College Opera this May 2019. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceaef6a971a18139a42f138/1562209528231/Screen+Shot+2019-05-26+at+3.56.15+PM.png Programs - Maura Grace YOONJEONG YOO, Soprano (Adele cover) Soprano Yoonjeong Yoo is currently pursuing her Professional Studies Diploma in Opera at Mannes, studying with Amy Burton. Yoo received Master's degree in Opera at New England Conservatory where she played Queen of the night in The Magic Flute and Ruth in Later the same evening. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Sookmyung Women's University. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceae05b71c10bbe0727fdc7/1561216672814/ Programs - Yeseul Choi AMY GUARINO, Soprano (Sally) Amy Guarino is a soprano, music educator, and videographer based in New York City. She is a recent graduate of the Aaron Copland School of Music at CUNY Queens, having earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. She is currently pursuing a post-baccalaureate certificate in Music Education from ACSM and will be graduating in May 2019. This past semester Amy student taught at Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn under Robert Lanaghan, as well as at the United Nations International School in Queens under Ellen Cava-Haag. Next fall, Amy will continue her studies at ACSM, pursuing a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance. Amy is a student of H. Roz Woll. Amy's roots as a performer are in musical theatre. She is the former director (2016-17, Assistant Director 2015-16) of the Musical Theater Organization at ACSM, which puts on two shows a year. In MTO’s most recent production, Amy performed “I Don’t Care,” as well as “If I Loved You.” In December, Amy performed in It’s A Grand Night For Singing with Queens College Opera, where she also staged the show’s finale, “So Long, Farewell.” Amy has also performed with community theater companies in the NYC area. Credits include: Summer Serenade (Soloist/Dance Captain), Nunsense: The MEGA Musical (Sister Mary Leo/Assistant Choreographer) Fiddler on the Roof (Chava), Les Miserables (Ensemble/Worker Woman), Anything Goes (Ensemble/Featured Dancer), The Claus Family Christmas Spectacular (Mandy), The Sound of Music (Louisa von Trapp). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5d0e45d4bdbb98000174a7e6/1561216853943/Daniel+Noone+Eisenstein+cover.jpg Programs DANIEL NOONE, Tenor (Eisenstein cover) Daniel Noone, tenor, is an exciting young full voiced tenor. A two time Studio Artist at Sarasota Opera, Daniel has covered roles in their productions of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, D’Albert’s Tiefland, and most recently Calaf in Puccini’s Turandot. A graduate of Catholic University MM '16. While at Catholic University Daniel performed leading roles in Lucia di Lammermoor, Romeo et Juliette, Madama Butterfly, Die Zauberflöte, Rigoletto, and Gianni Schicchi. An active performer in the Washington DC area, Daniel has performed at many Embassies including Australian, Italian, and Bulgarian. Past summers have included The Castleton Festival (Romeo Cover Romeo et Juliette) and Miami Music Festival (Judge Danforth The Crucible). Daniel has also performed in staged theater most notably Tony in Terrence McNalley's Masterclass at Alexandria's Metrostage. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceaeb996e9a7f68cda0403f/1561216716716/ Programs - Matthew Greenberg DAEWON SEO, Baritone (Falke cover) Baritone Daewon Seo is Native of South Korea. He has performed many roles throughout his career including Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos by Strauss with Miami Music Festival, Il conte in Le Nozze di Figaro with Oberlin Opera Theater and Figaro in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Vater in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel with the Butler Opera Center, and the title role in Don Giovanni with the Seoul National University Opera Theater. An experienced concert artist, he has been a featured soloist in performances of Orff’s Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. He won the S.Livingston Mather Competition, The Lois Alba Aria Competition and William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition and earned first prize at the Korean Art Song Competition, and Third prize at the Ewha-Kyunghyang Competition, also in Korea. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University, a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and Artistic diploma from Oberlin Conservatory. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5d20cd46a6c12f0001943973/1562431134450/lindsay.jpg Programs LINDSAY CHERIN (Adele Auditor) Lindsay Cherin (Adele/Ida auditor) is an up and coming opera singer from New Jersey. She is a rising Junior at Ithaca College, majoring in Vocal Performance. Lindsay recently performed as the Understudy for Dorothee and in the Ensemble for Centrillion at Ithaca College. She performed in regional theater productions of Les Miserables, Rent, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Aida The Musical at NJPAC. Lindsay has won various awards at the Hal Leonard Vocal Competition, SMC Young Artist Classical Competition, and 2nd Place in the NJ 101.5 Jersey Talent Show. She also performed in All State Chorus, All Eastern Chorus, and The All National Chorus at the Grand Ole Opry. She is thrilled to be a part of the Martina Arroyo Foundation production of Die Fledermaus. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceaece91905f4a0b94fbdc5/1561216724068/ Programs - Nam Won Huh CONGJU SONG, Tenor (Alfred) CongJu Song is a graduate student at the Mannes school of Music, student of Bonnie Hamilton and Joshua Greene. CongJu's roles include: Tony in Leonard Bernstein(National Centre for the Perfoming Arts,National Music Hall of China Conservatory; MSU Opera Theatre,(Detroit Opera House),Turiddu in Mascani’s Cavalleria rusticana(Beijing Concert Hall),General in Guan’s Mu Lan(Jiangsu Grand Theatre),Ge San in WeiDong’s Valley of Red River (National Music Hall of China Conservatory),Su Wu in WeiYa’s Su Wu in Han dynasty(National Music Hall of ChinaConservatory), Eisenstein in Karl Haffner’s Die Fledermaus (National Centre for the Performing Arts,Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Centre),Immortal in The Three orphans(National Music Hall of China Conservatory). Other recent credits include:Don José in Carmen’s “C’est toi!C’est moi!” (National Music Hall of China Conservatory), Rodolfo in La Bohème’s act 3 (China Conservatory of Music), Alfredo in La Traviata’s “Parigi,O cara” (China Conservatory of Music),Monsieur in Der Schauspieldirektor “Schlußgesang” (Mannes school of Music),Max in Der Freischütz“Trio”(Mannes school of Music). Some important concerts CongJu sang include: “Exploring Sonic Frontiers” in Carnegie Hall(soloist), “Chang’An Gate” in Musikverein (soloist),“Travel Faraway Across the Sea to See You” in Sydney Opera House (Duet), “José Carreras Final World Tour (Life in Music)” in Beijing Poly Theatre(Soloist),Classical also prevails National Tour in Chinese Poly Theatre (Soloist). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cead4a4971a18139a41ef15/1561216633056/Screen+Shot+2019-05-26+at+1.56.59+PM.png Programs - Rachel Barg BANLINGYU BAN, Soprano (Rosalinda cover) Hailed by the New York Times “conveys the inner resilience of this tragic heroine through the bright tones and strong delivery of the vocal lines” and “enjoyable audibly with a nice pearly quality” by the Opera News. Born in Shandong, Chinese Soprano Banlingyu Ban made her American debut at the Carnegie Hall in 2015 followed by a series of concerts at the Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, National Opera Center, Carnegie Hall, United Nations, Bryant Park, Gammage Auditorium, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Fitzgerald Theatre, etc. As an opera singer, Ms. Ban was chosen as the study cover of Tosca, Le nozze di Figaro and La Traviata by Arizona Opera 2017-2019 season. She sang the role “Mimi” in La Bohème, “Romilda” in Xerxes with ASU Music Theatre and Opera, a featured soloist in Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass. The title role “Cio-Cio-san” in Madama Butterfly with Heartbeat Opera, “Monica” in The Medium and “Genovieffa” in Suor Angelica with Chicago Summer Opera. She had also performed “Giannetta” in L’elisir d’amore with The Mannes Opera and sang “Lauretta” and “Nella” in Gianni Schicchi with Burletta Opera Festival in Shanghai Lyceum Theatre. Ms. Ban received a magazine cover by Music Life News and interviews with New York Lounge, The New Yorker and Opera News. Her competition awards include, winner of Lois Alba Aria Competition 2018, the Platinum Award in Forte International Music Competition; Winner of New York Lyric Opera Theatre Competition; 3rd Place and Best Puccini Performance Award of Tuscia International Opera Competition in Italy as well as the Excellence Award from Asia International Vocal Festival in Hong Kong. Ms. Ban is currently a DMA candidate at Arizona State University. She graduated with Professional Studies Diploma at Mannes School of Music and held B.M and M.M Degrees from Shanghai Conservatory of Music. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5ceae881652dea904b67ffb3/1561216703290/ Programs - Natalia Gonzalez-Santaliz MICHAEL PARHAM, Baritone (Falke) Michael Parham, a young baritone hailing from Chattanooga, Tennessee found his passion for music through his choral experiences with the Chattanooga Boys Choir and the Oakwood University Aeolians. It was not until he performed Schaunard in Puccini’s La Boheme, while participating in the Manhattan School of Music’s Manhattan Summer Voice Festival, that he discovered his passion for operatic repertoire. Thenceforth, Michael has vigorously studied Bel Canto technique and both operatic and oratorio repertoire. Last season, he made professional role debuts in Cavalleria Rusticana and Rigoletto. As well, he made his debut in the eponymous role of Don Giovanni with UNLV Opera Theater. During his time as Artist-In-Residence at the Grace Presbyterian Church of Las Vegas, Michael was a featured soloist in Theodore Dubois’ 7 Last Words of Christ. Prior to his fach change, Michael performed leading tenor roles in various opera and scene programs including: The Magic Flute, Die Fledermaus, and L’incoronazione di Poppea. In 2012, Michael he was a soloist in Haydn’s Creation at the Moscow International House of Music for the US Ambassador to Russia. This season you may also hear Michael portraying the roles of Peter in Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel with Opera Las Vegas. Michael’s past teachers include Dr. Julie Foster, Richard Heard, and Timothy Noble. He recently finished his Masters of Music at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he continues to study privately under the tutelage of Dr. Alfonse Anderson, whom he met while studying abroad at the American Institute for Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0c82d20e2e723b748605b0/1527546586034/download-1.png Programs https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0c82e203ce64b89550d967/1527546601128/download-5.png Programs https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0c82c4562fa7e07b26ecf5/1527546568701/download-3.png Programs https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0476cdaa4a99b7ce40e605/1527019222130/8x11+opera+poster+2018+corrected+edited+123.jpg Programs https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf0932645061900014acc0c/1559270190014/Vera+Junkers.jpg Programs - Nam Won Huh VERA JUNKERS (German Instructor) Vera Junkers, a graduate of Hunter College, holds a Ph. D. in French literature from the Graduate Center of C.U.N.Y. She has spent a lifetime teaching French and has been honored by the French government, named a "Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques." The same lifetime has been devoted to loving music - opera in particular. Her languages are, in alphabetical order, English, French, German, Italian, Russian. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf08c3cf1e91f00015a412b/1559268425215/Valery+Ryvkin.jpg Programs - Yeseul Choi VALERY RYVKIN (Conductor) Valery Ryvkin,as Temple University Boyer College of Music's Associate Professor of Voice and Opera & Artistic Director and Conductor of Temple Opera, Valéry supported young singers' musical development and taught singers and accompanists alike to critically think about music and confidently perform. Valéry's ongoing interest in supporting the development of young artists has led him to work in recent years with the University of Cincinnati, the i Sing International Festival in Suzhou, China, LA Opera's Young Artist Program, Queens College, USC, UCSB, the Merola Young Artist Program, Opera San José, Pittsburgh Opera and more. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf0628cf1e91f00015863ff/1528250638450/Sadie+Rucker.jpg Programs - Kyuyoung Lee SADIE RUCKER (Publicity) Sadie Rucker holds a Master of Music Education degree from Drake University with emphasis on voice and piano. She is the personal coach and accompanist for her husband, baritone Mark Rucker in recital around the US. She has been in charge of publicity for Prelude to Performance since its inception. She is also mother to Mary Carolyn Delaney who is a lawyer in Wisconsin and Michael Delaney who is an artist living in New York. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf0628cf1e91f00015863ef/1528142021695/willie+waters+cropped.jpg Programs - Maria Brea MAESTRO WILLIE ANTHONY WATERS (Music Director) Maestro Willie Anthony Waters is the former General and Artistic Director of Connecticut Opera. He conducted numerous noteworthy productions for the company, including the Arena production of Aïda in 1991, Otello, Porgy and Bess and Salome. He has been a guest conductor for numerous American and European opera companies and symphony orchestras, and for several in South Africa. In 2002, Maestro Waters debuted at New York City Opera, and in 2008, he made his debut at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin. In 2005, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Hartford. Recent engagements include Carmen for Florida Grand Opera, Tosca for Opera Memphis, and Die Fledermaus for Opera Hamilton (Ontario), University of Connecticut and Northwestern University. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf08c0064518000011fd8a8/1559268364944/Alan+Fischer.jpg Programs - Joshua DeVane ALAN FISCHER (Director) Alan has recently retired from Music at the Govenor's School for the Arts in Norfolk, Virginia after 25 years. Alan was Department Chair, Vocal Music and Director. He taught applied voice, acting, stage direction, vocal music survey, opera workshop, and studio classes, and directed and conducted the spring opera production. He is also a tenor. Graduates from that school who worked with Alan include Ryan Speedo Green, Will Liverman, Marjory Owens and Barbara Quintiliani. He has quite a legacy and in his retirement now is able to offer his knowledge and experience to others. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf0628cf1e91f00015863d5/1528142422084/Martina+Arroyo.jpg Programs - Rachel Barg MARTINA ARROYO (Founder and Role Class) For many years, Martina Arroyo's name has been synonymous with music making of the highest order. She has performed at New York's Metropolitan Opera, the Paris Opera, London's Covent Garden, Milan's La Scala, the Vienna State Opera and the Buenos Aires Teatro Colon, and in the concert halls of Salzburg, Berlin, Rome, Paris and New York. She was appointed by President Ford as a member of the National Endowment for the Arts, where she served for six years. Ms. Arroyo is a trustee emerita of the Hunter College Foundation, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera Guild. She is a recent recipient of the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors, the 2009 Opera News Award and 2010 NEA Opera Award. Her teaching credentials include Indiana University in Bloomington, University of California Los Angeles, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and Wilberforce University in Wilberforce, Ohio. Ms. Arroyo was the first recipient of the Americans for the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award. Other organizations that have honored her include The Chester Ludgin Foundation, Orpheus Orchestra, Opera Noire, The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, and most recently the Gerda Lissner Foundation. She was also inducted as a Fellow into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has delighted television and radio audiences with appearances on "The Odd Couple" and over 20 appearances on the "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson; she is a frequent guest and host on the "Singers' Roundtable," the intermission feature of live radio broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5cf0628cf1e91f00015863e3/1528142050423/Partic1.jpg Programs MARK RUCKER (Administrative/Artistic Director) Mark Rucker first sang Renato in Un ballo in maschera with Luciano Pavarotti. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Amonasro in Aida and returned as Don Carlo in La forza del destino, Rigolettoand Tonio in I Pagliacci. His Italian debut was Rigolettoin Bologna and he returned to Italy for such roles as Macbeth and Nabucco. Other appearances have included Stankar in Stiffelio at Wiener Staatsoper, Macbeth and Rigoletto for Opera Liege, Nabucco for the Savonlinna Festival and Amonasro for Arena di Verona. His Carnegie Hall debut was Don Carlo in La forza del destino, Antonio in Linda di Chamonix at the Concertgebow and Il trovatore with New Orleans Opera. Also sang Amonasro and his first Dutchman in Der Fliegende Holländer in Belgium. 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Future engagements include a debut in a leading role in Frankfurt and a return to the concert stage in Paris. Leonie Rysanek Award from the George London Foundation, Hildegard Behrens Foundation Award, and a first place winner in the Gerda Lissner and the Serge and Olga Koussevitzky vocal competitions. She is the 2014 grand prize winner of The Music Academy of the West’s Marilyn Horne Song Competition. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a5839a/1527733614435/Jeff+Byrnes.jpg Legacy - JEFFREY BYRNES Prelude 2016 JEFFREY BYRNES Prelude 2016 (Marcello) Studio artist at the Michigan Opera Theatre, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Theater St. Louis, Semi-Finalist in the Metropolitan National Council Auditions in 2016, and he was awarded the Encouragement Award in the New Orleans district in 2010. Finalist in the 2017 Mildred Miller International Vocal Competition. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f30af2b6a28f41d1952d2/1527722171433/Noah.jpg Legacy - NOAH STEWART Prelude 2005 NOAH STEWART Prelude 2005 (Nemorino) DECCA Recording Artist, ROH Covent Garden, Bregenzer Festspiele, Glimmerglass Festival, Scottish Opera, Bolshoi Opera, Teatro Real Madrid and Opera Perm, Hallé Orchestra, RTÉ Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (UK), Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philhamonic Orchestra, Manchester Philharmonic, Gulbenkian Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, BBC Proms, named a BBC Music Ambassador and made his broadcasting debut at The Cardiff Singer of the World on the BBC. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a5838c/1527734633071/emily+righter.jpg Legacy - EMILY RIGHTER Prelude 2017 EMILY RIGHTER Prelude 2017 (Carmen) Gotham Chamber Opera, Opera Tampa, Carnegie Hall, Salzburger Landestheater, Spoleto Festival,Santa Fe, Chicago Opera Theater, NYCO. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a583af/1527734321672/Leah+Marie+de+Gruyl.jpg Legacy - Leah Marie de Gruyl Prelude 2017 Leah Marie de Gruyl Prelude 2017 (La Principessa) Resident Artist with Pittsburgh Opera, Dallas Opera, PORTopera, Carnegie Hall, Cincinnati Opera, Opera Theater St. Louis, Rome Festival Opera, Sarasota Opera, Virginia Opera, Dallas Opera. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58378/1527733876653/Ethan+Simpson.jpg Legacy - ETHAN SIMPSON Prelude 2016 ETHAN SIMPSON Prelude 2016 (Schaunard cover) AVA Resident Artist, Cesar in Movie “ Bel Canto”, Metropolitan Opera Council Finalist 2018 Honors include Paris Opera’s Mozart Awards 2017, the Lotte Lenya Competition, the Giulio Gari Foundation, the Dallas Opera Competition, the Vero Beach Opera International Vocal Competition, the Bel Canto Foundation. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58390/1527723149010/Ryan_Speedo_Green_pc_Dario_Acosta_c_300dpi-1.jpg Legacy - RYAN SPEEDO GREEN Prelude 2010/11 RYAN SPEEDO GREEN Prelude 2010/11 (Sarastro, Commendatore) Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Ravinia Festival, Mostly Mozart Festival, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, LA Philharmonic, Houston Grand Opera Honors and awards include National Grand Finals winner of the 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, a 2014 George London Foundation Award, a 2014 Annenberg grant recipient, a 2014 Gerda Lissner Foundation First Prize winner, both the Richard and Sara Tucker Grants from the Richard Tucker Foundation and recently, the Marion Anderson award. In the fall of 2016, Little, Brown published Sing for Your Life, by New York Times journalist Daniel Bergner, Ryan’s voyage from a difficult childhood to the Met Stage. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58398/1527732161566/Claire+Coolen.jpg Legacy - CLAIRE COOLEN Prelude 2015/16 CLAIRE COOLEN Prelude 2015/16 (Marie cover, Musetta) National Theatre in Belgrade, Knoxville Opera, Sarasota Opera, Opera Tampa, On Rai 3 Radio in Rome, Italy she performed on the well known popular classical program “La Barcaccia”, Siena Music Festival in Siena, Italy, Yale University. Banff Opera Theatre filmed and sang the role of Musetta in the motion picture film The Bohemians, a modern adaptation of Puccini’s La Boheme due for release in 2016. (www.thebohemiansmovie.com) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a583a3/1527723818173/Patrick.jpg Legacy - PATRICK GUETTI Prelude 2011 PATRICK GUETTI Prelude 2011 (Commendatore) Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Glyndebourne, LA Philharmonic with Dudamel, Lyric Opera Chicago and Santa Fe Honors and Awards: Grand prize winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2014, Sarah Tucker Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation, Audience Favorite Award at the Gigari Bel Canto Competition in 2013, and First Prize in the Prémio “Verdi” competition. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58384/1527731206901/Kirsten.jpg Legacy - KIRSTEN SCOTT Prelude 2013/14 KIRSTEN SCOTT Prelude 2013/14 (Nicklausse, Rosina) Library, NY Supreme Court, Merkin Hall, Harris Hall, Wheeler Opera House, Aspen Opera Theater and Tanglewood. Florida Grand Opera, Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, Jordan Hall. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58374/1527731609463/alasdair+kent.jpg Legacy - ALASDAIR KENT Prelude 2014 ALASDAIR KENT Prelude 2014 (Almaviva) Rossini Festival, Wolftrap, Opera Queensland, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, Opéra de Toulon Teatro di San Carlo, Hungarian State Opera, Theater Basel, Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari. Philadelphia Opera, Portland Opera, AVA Resident Artist. Honors include winning First Prizes in the Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition, the Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, the Joan Sutherland & Richard Bonynge Foundation Bel Canto Award, the AVA Giargiari Bel Canto Competition, and the Mildred Miller International Voice Competition. The tenor was also a National Semifinalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Finalist in the Paris Opera Competition and was awarded the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship by the Australia Council. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a583a9/1527731433459/Yurij.jpg Legacy - YURIY YURCHUK Prelude 2013 YURIY YURCHUK Prelude 2013 (Hoffmann Four Villains) Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Wexford Festival Opera, Ukraine National Opera, Zurich Opera Yuriy is a prize winner in Queen Sonja International Singing Competition (Norway), Montserrat Caballe International Singing Competition (Spain), Ottavio Ziino International Singing Competition (Rome), Monastero Foundation Bel Canto competition (USA), Fritz and Lavinia Jensen competition (USA) and Chicago NATS vocal competition. Sang for the Royall family at the Buckingham and Windsor palaces, appearances for BBC TV series and BBC radio 3 Sean Rafferty's In Tune. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58388/1527733493524/Jessica+Sandidge.jpg Legacy - JESSICA SANDIDGE Prelude 2015/16 JESSICA SANDIDGE Prelude 2015/16 (Madama Butterfly cover/ Mimi) Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, New York City Opera, New York Grand Opera. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a583ab/1527732228510/Brandie_Sutton.jpg Legacy - BRANDIE SUTTON Prelude 2015 BRANDIE SUTTON Prelude 2015 (Madama Butterfly) Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Mostly Mozart Festival, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Grand Theatre de Geneve, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Semperoper, Dresden AlterOpera Frankfurt, Teatro Petruzzelli (Bari)Carnegie Hall, National Symphony in Washington, DC, Radio Orpheus, Moscow, Krsnoyarsk Philharmonic, Royal Danish Orchestra, Jazz at Lincoln Center. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58382/1527724821320/Leah.jpg Legacy - LEAH HAWKINS Prelude 2012 LEAH HAWKINS Prelude 2012 (Meg Cover) A native of Philadelphia, Leah Hawkins is in her final season of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera. In the 2017-18 season she appeared at WNO as Ma Zegner in the world premiere of Proving Up by Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek, and Voce dal cielo in Verdi's Don Carlo. In the 2016-17 season she appeared at WNO as the I-Will-Sell-My-Children-Mom in the premiere of Mohammed Fairouz’s The Dictator’s Wife and, to great acclaim, as Cousin Blanche/Sadie Griffith in Champion, Terence Blanchard’s “opera in jazz.” Additionally she appeared in Justice at the Opera with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, performing scenes from Aida and Un ballo in maschera with the Washington National Opera Orchestra. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a5839f/1527734728306/BEN+WERLEY.jpg Legacy - BEN WERLEY Prelude 2017 BEN WERLEY Prelude 2017 (Don Jose) Florida Grand Opera Young Artist, Auditions Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Merola Opera Program, Virginia Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Colorado. Semi-finalist, Metropolitan Opera National Council https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58372/1527731133026/WON+WHI+CHOI.jpg Legacy - WON WHI CHOI Prelude 2013 WON WHI CHOI Prelude 2013 (Hoffmann) Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Festival artist with Theater Erfurt in Germany. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58396/1527731284066/Jorell.jpg Legacy - JORELL WILLIAMS Prelude 2013 JORELL WILLIAMS Prelude 2013 (Bel Core) Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center Festival, Seattle Opera, Santa Fe, NYCO, Atlanta Opera, Opera Maine, Chautauqua Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Caramoor, On-Site Opera Juneau Symphony Orchestra, Harlem Chamber Players, Budapesti Nyari Fesztival and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for Marsalis’ Abyssinian Mass. Omaha Symphony, Marc and Eva Stern Fellowship at Songfest, Top awards from the Gerda Lissner International Competition, Schuyler Foundation for Career Bridges, Licia Albanese Puccini Foundation, The American Prize, Serge Koussevitzky Foundation, David Adams Art Song Competition, The American Traditions Competition, Civic Morning Musicals Foundation, the National Association of Negro Music. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58386/1527731713662/Cecilia+Lopez.jpg Legacy - CECILIA LOPEZ Prelude 2014 CECILIA LOPEZ Prelude 2014 (Violetta) Cecilia Violetta López, has been named one of opera’s “25 Rising Stars” by Opera News. Metropolitan Opera, Zomeropera in Belgium, Florida Grand Opera, Bard SummerScape, Loft Opera, Michigan Opera Theater, Opera Tampa, Idaho, Saratoga, Austin and Orlando. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58394/1527724917878/Robert.jpg Legacy - ROBERT KERR Prelude 2012/14 ROBERT KERR Prelude 2012/14 (Falstaff, Germont) Glimmerglass, Rose Theater at Lincoln Center, Columbus Symphony, Gotham Chamber Opera,New York City Opera Orchestra in Japan, Opera Columbus, Philharmonia Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Merola Opera Program. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a5837e/1527722995046/CLARISSA+LYONS.jpg Legacy - CLARISSA LYONS Prelude 2009 CLARISSA LYONS Prelude 2009 (Mimi) Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Cleveland Orchestra Vienna’s Musikverein, and Philharmonie Luxembourg, Wolf Trap Opera’s Filene Young Artist Program , 2016 Catherine Filene Shouse Career Development Grant from Wolf Trap Opera, Bel Canto Young Artist at Caramoor , Boston Symphony at Tanglewood. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58392/1527724346109/Haslett.jpg Legacy - NICOLE HASLETT Prelude 2012 NICOLE HASLETT Prelude 2012 (Nanetta) Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Opera Berlin, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Alice Tully Hall, Finalist for Metropolitan Opera Competition, Gerda Lissner and George London Foundation (encouragement award.) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a583a7/1527725026607/Maria.jpg Legacy - MARIA BREA Prelude 2013/15 MARIA BREA Prelude 2013/2015 (Gianetta, Marie) Apprentice Artist Program at Palm Beach Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, The Alice Tully Hall. First prize in the Giulio Gari Competition, New York Lyric Opera Competition .Second prize in the Gerda Lissner International Vocal competition 2017 and she received an Encouragement award from The Metropolitan Opera National Council, The Gerda Lissner Lieder/ Song Competition. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b1db73c03ce640b7ee76a49/1528674197582/Jennifer+Rowley.jpg Legacy JENNIFER ROWLEY Martina Arroyo Role Class Metropolitan Opera: Cyrano de Bergerac, Tosca, Il Trovatore Adriana Lecouvreur (upcoming) Paris Opera : Il Trovatore https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58376/1527733384478/Karolina+Pilou.jpg Legacy - KAROLINA PILOU Prelude 2015 KAROLINA PILOU Prelude 2015 (Marquise of Berkenfield) Metropolitan Opera, Winner, Gerda Lissner, Licia Albanese-Puccini Competition, Olga Forrai Foundation. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a583ad/1527733757948/Jose+Rubio.jpg Legacy - JOSE RUBIO Prelude 2015 JOSE RUBIO Prelude 2015 (Schaunard) New York City Opera, Carnegie Hall, Portland Opera, Music Academy of the West, Music Festival of Lucca, Northwest Philharmonia. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a5836e/1527724120509/meghan.jpg Legacy - MEGHAN PICERNO Prelude 2011 MEGHAN PICERNO Prelude 2011 (Zerlina) Currently starring as Christine Daaé in the US Premiere and 1st National Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, New York City Opera, BAM, Williamsburg. Canadian Institute of Vocal Arts Festival in Montreal, Barcelona Opera Studio, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center; David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, The National Center of Performing Arts in Beijing, Quarterfinalist Operalia International Vocal Competition in London at The Royal Opera House, 1st prize in the Arkadi International Vocal and New York Lyric Opera's Vocal Competitions. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a5836a/1527721061193/Michele.jpg Legacy - MICHELE ANGELINI Prelude 2005 MICHELE ANGELINI Prelude 2005 (Almaviva) Awards include First Prize in the 2010 Savonlinna Opera Festival International Singing Competition, First Prize in the 2012 Gerda Lissner Foundation Singing Competition, Top Prize winner of the 2013 Opera Index Award, and an Encouragement Award in the memory of Charles Anthony from the George London Foundation. Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Rossini Opera Festival, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Teatro Real, Bayerische Staatsoper, Laeiszhalle( Hamburg) Opera Royal Versailles, , Royal Swedish Opera, Bilbao, Teatro Comunale de Bologna, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatre Royal de la Monnaie, Savonlinna Festival, Opera Philadelphia, Washington Concert Opera, Carnegie Hall, Opera Orchestra of New York and Caramoor. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a5837a/1527734523424/Brian+Major.jpg Legacy - BRIAN MAJOR Prelude 2017 BRIAN MAJOR Prelude 2017 (Escamillo) Sarasota Opera, Columbus Symphony, Saratoga, Upcoming: Opera Theater of the Rockies, Opera Grand Rapids, Toledo Opera, Opera Carolina. First Place Opera Ebony Benjamin Matthews Vocal Competition; First Place, Harlem Opera Theater Vocal Competition. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f30c98a922dfc86be25c4/1527722196693/CALENOS.jpg Legacy - ELENI COLENOS Prelude 2006 ELENI CALENOS Prelude 2006 (Dona Elvira) Glyndebourne, Thessaloniki State Symphony, Wiesbaden Staatstheater, Palm Beach Opera, Athens State Orchestra, Zomeropera, Sarasota Opera, Carnegie Hall, Opera Orchestra of New York, Gerda Lissner award winner, the Renata Tebaldi International Vocal Competition in San Marino (2009), and the Concurso del Canto de Bilbao (2008). New York). In the spring of 2009, Ms. Calenos appeared as the principal soloist with Greek composer A. Paraskevas at Weil Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a58370/1527724719066/Hyona.jpg Legacy - HYONA KIM Prelude 2012/15 HYONA KIM Prelude 2012/15 (Dame Quickly, Suzuki) San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center Festival artist with Opera Dortmund 2018 Metropolitan Opera Competition Winner, Grand winner, Joy of Singing, First Prize Wnner Gerda Lissner, multiple grant winner at the Licia Albanese-Puccini and Giulio Gari Competitions. She has won the Suri Competition and the Schubert Lied Competition in her native country, South Korea. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a5839d/1527734179808/MICHELLE+JOHNSON.jpg Legacy - MICHELLE JOHNSON Prelude 2017 MICHELLE JOHNSON Prelude 2017 (Suor Anglica) Glimmerglass Festival, Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Boston Philharmonic, Columbus Symphony, Sarasota Opera, Columbus Opera. Ms. Johnson is a winner of numerous competitions, most notably the Grand Prize Winner at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, William Matheus Sullivan Foundation, Gerda Lissner Foundation and Giulio Gari Foundation. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a583a5/1527724445086/Christian.jpg Legacy - CHRISTIAN ZAREMBA Prelude 2012 CHRISTIAN ZAREMBA Prelude 2012 (Pistola) Metropolitan Opera, Wolftrap, Glimmerglass, Michigan Opera Theater, Minnesota Opera, Lyric Opera Kansas City, On Site Opera, Opera Omaha, Portland Opera. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aafe71e710699e523a6a7d3/t/5b0f2baa575d1f1f43a5836c/1527722254207/courville.jpg Legacy - ANDRE COURVILLE Prelude 2007/11/12 ANDRE COURVILLE Prelude 2007/11/12 (Herman, Raimbaldo, Don Alfonso) Awards in eight national and international vocal competitions, including First Prize in the Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition and Top Prize in the Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition. AVA Resident Artist, Philadelphia Orchestra, Badisches Staatstheater , Spoleto Festival, Santa Fe Opera, Rochester Philharmonic , Caramoor Music Festival, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Opera Orchestra of New York, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Philadelphia Sinfonia at Verizon Hall. 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