Season

Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 5:00PM

Conducted by Doug Han

Performed in German

Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 2:00PM

Conducted by Doug Han

Performed in German

Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 2:00PM

Performed in German

Symphony Space on Broadway

New York City

Saturday, June 5, 2010; 4:30PM; Symphony Space on Broadway, NYC
Saturday, June 12, 2010; 8:30PM; Symphony Space on Broadway, NYC

Saturday, May 1, 2010; 8:30PM; Symphony Space on Broadway, NYC
Saturday, May 8, 2010; 8:30PM; Symphony Space on Broadway, NYC

Saturday, February 27, 2010; 8:30PM; Symphony Space on Broadway, NYC
Saturday, March 6, 2010; 8:30PM; Carnegie's Weill Hall

Saturday, January 23, 2010; 8:30PM; Symphony Space on Broadway, NYC
Saturday, January 30, 2010; 8:30PM; Symphony Space on Broadway, NYC

Saturday, November 7, 2009; 8:30PM; Carnegie's Weill Hall
Friday, November 13, 2009; Symphony Space on Broadway, NYC

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Concerts
Saturday, December 5, 2009; 8:30PM; Symphony Space

Saturday, May 1, 2010; 8:30PM; Symphony Space
Saturday, June 5, 2010; 8:30PM; Symphony Space

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Competition
Saturday, April 14, 2012; 8:00PM; Symphony Space
Prizes: 1st Prize: $1,000; 2nd Prize: $500; 3rd Prize: $250; Audience Choice

	KORNGOLD:	“Mein Sehnen Mein Wähnen…” (Die Tote Stadt)
		— Robert Balonek —
	STRAUSS:	“The Composer's Aria…” (Ariadne Auf Naxos)
		— Kaitlyn Costello —
	THOMAS:	“O vin dissipe la tristesse…” (Hamlet)
		— Jonathan Estabrooks —
	STRAUSS:	“Grossmächtige Prinzessin…” (Ariadne Auf Naxos)
		— JeanMarie Garofolo—
	BIZET:	“Seguidilla…” (Carmen)
		— Erin Greene —
	MOZART:	“Martern aller Arten”(Die Entführung aus dem Serail)
		— Julie-Anne Hamula —
	DONIZETTI:	“Prendi… (L’elisir d’amore)
		— Stefanie Izzo —
	MOZART:	“Hai già vinta la causa…(Le nozze di figaro)
		— Michael Krzankowski —
	DONIZETTI:	“O mio Fernando…” (La Favorita)
		— Beth Lytwynec —
	MOZART:	“Come scoglio…”(Così fan tutte)
		— Meredith Mecum —
	OFFENBACH:	“Les oiseaux…” (Les contes d'Hoffmann)
		— Monica Pasquini —
	GUERRERO:	“Mi Aldea …” (Los Gavilanes)
		— Ricardo Rivera —
	PUCCINI:	“Donde lieta…” (La Bohème)
		— Shanna Spiro —
	VERDI:	“La donna è mobile…” (Rigoletto)
		— Jonathan Winell —

Conductor Keith Chambers was appointed Assistant Conductor of New York City Opera in 2007 and is Music Director of the Emerging Artist Program & Chorus Master for Opera New Jersey. He has conducted Tosca for Amarillo Opera, Roméo et Juliette for Asheville Lyric Opera, The Station for Sugar Land Opera, The Living Opera (Hansel and Gretel, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Pasquale, & The Pirates of Penzance), Halifax Summer Opera (Giulio Cesare), Moores Opera Center (Die Fledermaus & La finta giardiniera), and Opera in the Ozarks (Don Giovanni & L’elisir d’amore). He serves on faculty of the Seattle Opera Young Artist Program and is a Program Director for the RESONANZ Festival. Mr. Chambers is the past Artistic Director of The Living Opera and Chorus Master/Music Director of Shreveport Opera. Additional performances include Toledo Opera, Connecticut Opera, American Opera Projects, and American Lyric Theater. He has appeared as concerto soloist with the Delaware Symphony, Clear Lake Symphony, and Naples Philharmonic, and often performs with his wife, dramatic soprano Kirsten Chambers.

The Israeli born mezzo-soprano studied voice at Juilliard and piano at the Rubin Academy, Israel. Gal is a winner of the Paris and Munich International Competition, and Young Concert Artists, NY. Gal has sung at La Scala, Paris, Covent Garden, Vienna Staatsoper, Glyndebourne, Santa Fe, Pesaro, collaborating with conductors such as Von Karajan, Abbado, Mehta, Barenboim, with New York, Israel, Chicago and Berlin philharmonic orchestras. Gal has appeared in the title role of Peter Brook’s Theatre/Film production of La Tragedie de Carmen, and recorded for major labels including RCA, CBS, Philips and EMI. Gal holds a teaching position at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, N.J. and a private studio in NYC. As an extremely well received master teacher, Gal has been invited to give Master Classes/Seminars at top conservatories and voice organizations around the world.

Encompass Arts Founder, Katherine Olsen, is one of the most famous and sought-after opera coach/accompanists in the world today. She is currently on the board of the Singer’s Development Foundation and the Marcello Giordani Foundation. In 2001, she was appointed Principle Coach and Artistic Administrator for Baz Luhrmann’s Tony Award-winning production of Puccini’s La Boheme. She worked closely with the company in both the pre-production phase and during the performance runs in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. Ms. Olsen was part of the casting team responsible for hiring both principle artists and chorus. Several of the young artists she selected for La Boheme have gone on to further operatic achievements including: MET tenor, Joseph Kaiser, who portrays Tamino in Kenneth Branaugh’s film The Magic Flute, conducted by James Conlon; Ben Davis who portrays Papageno in the same film; Alfred Boe Alfie Boe crossover recording artist; and David Miller, now a recording artist with the group Il Divo.

Doug Han has conducted Massenet's Cendrillon last October and will be conducting Mozart's Die Zauberflöte later this evening. Maestro Han has just finished a rewarding two-year association with the Knowlton Festival, a groundbreaking collaboration between the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Rome's historic Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. Mr. Han joined the festival at the express invitation of artistic director Kent Nagano and served as coach/répétiteur for productions of the Bellini operas Norma and La Sonnambula (starring Grammy award-winning coloratura Sumi Jo) as well as the Bel Canto Concert "June Anderson and Friends". He also worked closely with the winners of Operalia 2008 (the Plácido Domingo Competition).

Baritone, Robert Balonek has performe Count Robinson (Matrimonio Segreta) at Pine Mountain, Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro) at Chelsea Opera, Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), Prospero and Ferdinand (Hoiby’s The Tempest), Ottone (Poppea), Gêolier (Dialogues of the Carmelites), Title Role in (Gianni Schicchi), Francis (Confession) - World Premeire at Purchase Opera. At Mannes, he performed Ford (Falstaff), Guglielmo (Cosi fan Tutte). Mr. Balonek recorded Prospero in The Tempest for Albany Records. He is a Liederkranz winner, Opera Index encouragement award winner, and a Career Bridges Scholarship winner. He can find Mr. Balonek on Itunes as Prospero in Hoiby’s The Tempest. Mr. Balonek was the soloist for the Bach’s Mathew Passion for the Mannes Baroque Ensemble and Fauré Requiem soloist for the Westchester Choral Society.

Mezzo-Soprano, Kaitlyn Costello is a young artist with a multi-faceted talent in the arts. Ms. Costello is a past winner of the District Metropolitan Opera Competition, Metropolitan Opera Southeast Regional Finalist and Encouragement award winner, and Brumby Concerto Competition winner to name a few. This summer, Ms. Costello will perform with the Central City Opera as Mercédès in Carmen. Ms. Costello is also looking forward to performing the title role in Carmen for the family matinee performance on July 28^th. Along with Ms. Costello accomplishments as a vocalist, she is also an accomplished dancer with professional training of over 17 years.

Hailed by the New York Times as a “robust baritone” and 1^st place winner of the prestigious Oratorio Society of New York Vocal Competition at Carnegie Hall, Jonathan Estabrooks is one to watch. He has performed for President Clinton and UN deligates, appeared with the NYFOS at Carnegie Hall, the NAC Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber Orchestra and on a 20-city tour with the Jeunesses Musicale du Canada. His growing list of principal roles include: Guglielmo, Papageno Shaunard, Pelleas, Tarquinius and Smirnov (The Bear). Upcoming engagements: Concerts in New York, Florida, Virginia and his debut as Silvio in I Pagliacci with Opera Lyra Ottawa.

JeanMarie Garofolo, Coloratura Soprano, is described as possessing a voice that is “beautiful and warm in tone with strong high notes.” (Muncher Merkur) Most recently, she made her Carnegie Hall debut at the Liederkrantz Winner’s Concert, where she placed third in the Lieder Division. She has received many awards for her singing. She was the winner of the 2010 Chicago NATS competition, The Jenny Lind Soprano Competition, and The Italian Cultural Center of Chicago Competition. Ms. Garofolo was also the featured singer at the Erwin Piscator Awards in New York honoring Peter Gelb. On the operatic stage, she has captivated many audiences performing in several productions such as Massenet’s Cendrillon in the role of La Fee, with NY Lyric Opera Theatre.

Erin Greene, mezzo-soprano, recently performed the role of Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, Maddelena in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Cordula Wagner in Rushton’s The Shops with Center City Opera Theater. With the College-Conservatory of Music, she performed the roles of Isabella in Catan’s Rappaccini’s Daughter and La Voce in Resphigi’s Lucrezia. Ms. Greene has received a BM degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a MM from the College-Conservatory of Music. She is currently a studio artist with Center City Opera Theater and will be performing the role of Orlofsky in Strauss’ Die Fledermaus.

Julie-Anne Hamula, soprano, has been praised for her “warm tone”, “agile phrasing” and “considerable vocal energy” (Austin XL). Most recently, she has sung Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffman with Tri-Cities Opera. Also with Tri-Cities Opera, she has sung Fiordiligi (Cosí fan Tutte), Adina (L’elisir d’amore), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), and Gilda (Rigoletto). Other roles include Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah with The Butler Opera Center, and Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Austin. She was recently a finalist in the Liederkranz General Opera Competition and was awarded the Phyllis Bryn-Julson Award at the Civic Morning Musicals Competition in Syracuse, New York.

Stefanie Izzo is a New York native soprano who recently made her international operatic debut as Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore with Musica Viva Hong Kong. She has appeared in such roles as the Coloratura in Dominick Argento’s Postcard from Morocco, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Candide (Cunegonde) . Other local credits include: The Marriage of Figaro (Susanna) and Hansel & Gretel (Dew Fairy) with the Brooklyn Repertory Opera, Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Peaseblossom) with Dell'Arte Opera Ensemble, Sweeney Todd (Johanna), and HMS Pinafore (Josephine) with the Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island. An avid linguist, Stefanie has studied languages and performed recitals in Italy, Germany and Austria.

Michael Krzankowski is quickly establishing himself on the operatic stage. He recently made his debut with San Antonio Opera where he “had outstanding moments as the foolish count,” in Le nozze di Figaro. He has been described as “warm and persuasive,” with “a gentle, unforced effervescence to his singing.” He performed Harlekin in Ariadne auf Naxos, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the title role in Eugene Onegin with the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program. Internationally, Mr. Krzankowski sang Count Gil in Il segreto di Susanna with the Lucca Opera Festival, and the title role in Don Giovanni with the Europäische Akademie.

Katherine LaPorta is a coloratura soprano quickly establishing herself as a skilled artist with a rich timbre, versatile repertoire, and astounding accuracy. Upcoming: Ginerva in Handel's Ariodante with the New York Opera Forum and Gretel in Hansel and Gretel with Opera Theater of Connecticut. She recently sang the role of Die Königin der Nacht in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte with Connecticut Lyric Opera and New York Lyric Opera Theatre’s Artist-in-Residence Concert Series. Other Roles Include: Gilda (Rigoletto), Monica (The Medium), Pauline (La Vie Parisienne), Pamina (The Magic Flute). She holds a Masters and Bachelors Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Connecticut.

American mezzo-soprano Beth Lytwynec, a finalist in the 2011 NY Lyric Opera Theatre Competition, and a National Semi-Finalist in the 2010 Classical Singer Competition, is making her New York Lyric Opera Theatre debut singing the role of Maddalena in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Ms. Lytwynec has portrayed the role of Jo March in Boston Opera Collaborative’s production of Little Women, Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi, the title role of Serse, Mme. de la Haltière in Cendrillon, Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Mrs. Grose in The Turn of the Screw, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, and Lampito in Lysistrata.

Soprano, Meredith Mecum has been awarded Second Place in the Ades Vocal Competition at Manhattan School of Music, and an Encouragement Award from the Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition. She covered the role of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni as a Young Artist with Ash Lawn Opera, appeared as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus with Martina Arroyo’s Prelude to Performance, and as Rose Segal in the New York premiere of John Musto's Later the Same Evening at Manhattan School of Music. Upcoming performances include Soprano Soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Williamsport Symphony Orchestra and Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Opera New Jersey.

Monica Pasquini, coloratura soprano, is currently a studio artist with Center City Opera Theater in Philadelphia where she is singing the roles of Francesca in the North American premiere of The Shops, Norina in Don Pasquale and Despina in Cosi fan tutte. She has performed in numerous operatic roles, including: Belinda in Dido & Aeneas, Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ruth Baldwin in the southeastern premiere of John Musto’s Later the Same Evening, The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute and Madame Herz in Der Schauspieldirektor. Monica holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rollins College and a Master of Music degree from Florida State University.

Baritone, Ricardo Rivera has performed Ford in Falstaff and Don Alfonso in Cosi Fan Tutte with the Mannes Opera, Moralès in Carmen and Fiorello in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Opera North, and L'horloge comtoise and Le chat in L'Enfant et les Sortièges and Roderick in La chute de la maison Usher (Debussy) with Pocket Opera of NY. He has won awards from the Gerda Lissner, Licia Albanese-Puccini, Opera Index, Career Bridges, and MONC Competitions, and was a recipient of the Richard F. Gold Career Grant. He is currently completing his Professional Studies Diploma at the Mannes College of Music.

Shanna Spiro completed her Bachelors degree at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music in May 2008 where she graduated summa cum laude. Her roles include Juno, Fiordiligi, Nutrice ,The Countess (scenes), Gretel (scenes). Ms. Spiro recently performed as Dorothée, The Dew Fairy, Micaëla (scenes), and Countess Ceprano with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre. Competition winnings include: Finalist for the New York Lyric Opera Theatre Vocal Competition in 2010. This summer, Ms. Spiro will be attending BASOTI in San Francisco, California, where she will be performing the role of Dido in Dido and Aeneas.

Jonathan Winell, a New York City born tenor, graduated from The Hartt School of Music, 2007, and attended AVA where he studied with Bill Schuman. He has been the student of Doris Jung Popper since 2002. Among roles performed are Camille in The Merry Widow, Nadir in Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Lord Percy in Anna Bolena and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte. Mr. Winell spends summers in Florence, Italy, studying Italian and voice. He has sung in a number of opera concerts and has been a winner of several competitions and awards, both here and in Italy. He was Ernesto (cover) in Don Pasquale for the Opera New Jersey Young Artists Summer Program.

JUDGES: Ruth Falcon, Jeanne Goffi-Fynn, Robin Guarino, Juliana Janes-Yaffe’,

Arthur Levy, Lori McCann, Anthony Morss, Gordon Ostrowski, David Rosenmeyer, William Tracy

Born in Taipei,Taiwan. Ms.Chen graduated from the National Academy of Art with highest honor and performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 in 1990. In 1992, Ms. Chen entered the Mannes College of Music in New York and Studied with Madame N.Svetlanova. In 1994, she performed Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on the theme of Paga-nini with the Mannes Orchestra conducted by Maestro M.Charry. Shortly after graduating from Mannes with a special piano award, Ms.Chen made her debut at the Weill Recital Hall of the Carnegie Hall in 1995. Ms. Chen has been performing solo and chamber music works throughout many places in countries like U.S.A., France, Germany, Italy, Austria,etc. Ms.Chen performs often in the "Alexander Paley Chamber Music Festival" Richmond, Virginia and in Moulin d'Ande in France.In December 2001, Ms.Chen made her Paris debut in Salle O.Messiaen in Maison de Radio France with Concerto Pathetique for two pianos by Liszt.

Native of Korea, Saffron Y. Chung considers New York City her home. She received her Bachelors of Music from Oberlin College, where she was the first student to double major in Piano Performance and Vocal Accompanying. She also has Masters of Music in Accompanying from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. She has worked as an assistant conductor of opera companies such as Chautauqua Opera, El Paso Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Madison Opera and Utah Festival Opera Company, under the baton of Harry Bickett, Richard Buckley, Barbara Day,-Turner, Victor De Renzi, John DeMain, Raymond Harvey, David Larsen, Robert Lyall, Luis Salemno, and Bob Tweeten. She just returned from leading a workshop of Brahms lieder for the voice department at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Soprano/Voice Teacher Ruth Falcon has performed in leading opera houses in Europe including the Paris Opera, Vienna State Opera, Bavarian State Opera, Royal Opera at Covent Garden, Hamburg State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera Monte Carlo, Prague Opera. and Teatro La Fenice. In 1989, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut and followed with many other leading roles with that company. She was the winner of competitions in Bussetto, Vercelli, Rio de Janiero, Geneva, and the Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions in New York, and she has performed with many of the world's great conductors. She is also a voice teacher of international reputation. She has trained many star performers on the operatic stage, including Deborah Voigt, Margaret Jane Wray, and Sondra Radvanovsky, and is on the faculty of the Mannes School of Music. She teaches apprentices in the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

Soprano Jeanne Goffi-Fynn is active both as a performer and teacher in the New York City area. Dr. Goffi-Fynn received her Doctorate from Columbia University, Teachers College where she was recently appointed as director of the Doctoral Cohort Program in the Program of Music and Music Education. She continues working in the area of Vocology, specifically in the retraining of singers, after completing internships at the Grabscheid Voice Center, Mount Sinai Hospital and at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in the diagnosis and treatment of singing voice disorders. She has presented workshops and masterclasses with NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing), The Voice Foundation, and the New York Singing Teachers Association (NYSTA) in addition to pedagogical presentations at CMS (College Music Society) and NYSSMA (New York State Schools of Music), and ISM (International Society for Music Education).

Stage Director Robin Guarino was a protégé of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (at the Bayerische Staatsoper and The Metropolitan Opera). She received her MFA in Film at Bard College. She has been on the Metropolitan Opera

stage directing staff since 1992. She was Dramatic Advisor for the Juilliard Vocal Arts Masters Program from 2004-2009 and presently holds the J. Ralph Corbett Distinguished Chair of Opera at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She has taught at the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Merola Opera Program, Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artist program. She has directed productions at Seattle Opera, Glimmmerglass Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, The Gotham Chamber Opera, EOS Orchestra, and The Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival. She has premiered works by composers such as Ned Rorem, Jonathan Sheffer, Mark Adamo, Libby Larsen, Jake Heggie, David Del Tredici, and Douglas Cuomo.

Soprano/Voice Teacher Juliana Janes-Yaffé has been a soloist at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Lincoln

Center Festival, New-York Historical Society, 92nd Street Y, Symphony Space, Mannes College of Music,

Steirischer Herbst Festival, and with Concordia Orchestra, Colorado Springs Symphony, Brooklyn Philhar-

monic, Dallas Symphony, Oakland Symphony, San Jose Symphony, Florida Philharmonic, Istanbul Philhar-

monic, Orchester der deutschen Oper Berlin, Tokyo City Philharmonic, Orquestra del Teatro Colón, Orchestra

dell'Opera di Genova, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Munich, and 92nd

Street Y. Full-time principal soprano contracts included Münster (Germany), Essen, and Stuttgart; guest en-

gagements in San Francisco, New York, Darmstadt, Aachen, Osnabrück, Kassel, Berlin, and Miami. She is

part-time faculty at Mannes College of Music, Preparatory Division, previously at NYU (German Diction).

Arthur J. Levy, is on the faculty of Mannes College of Music and Manhattan School of Music in New York

City; he has been a vocal consultant and master class teacher at the Glimmerglass Opera and the Roundabout

Theatre and has taught at the State University of New York at Purchase, and at the opera house in Stuttgart,

Germany. He works with singers who appear in all the major opera houses of the world, including a number

of Tony award winning Musical Theatre performers. Mr. Levy has appeared on CBS 60 Minutes, with his student Audra Mcdonald. He has performed as tenor soloist in both opera and oratorio and is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and has had additional studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Soprano/Voice Teacher Lori McCann holds a B.M. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison,

M.A.degree from San Diego State University, and D.M.A. and Artist Diploma from the University of Cin-

cinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She has performed extensively in opera, oratorio, and recital. Engage-

ments have included Berliner Kammeroper and the Neue Opernbühne, Virginia Opera, Chautauqua Opera,

Opera Company of Brooklyn, Whitewater Opera, Sorg opera, Shreveport Opera, and Pacific Chamber Opera.

She is Assistant Professor of Voice at Montclair State University, where she teaches Applied Voice, Diction

for Singers, Vocal Technique for Musical Theater, and Performance Practicum. Previously, she was on faculty

at Columbia University Teacher’s College and New York University. She is the current President of the New

Conductor Anthony Morss studied at the New England Conservatory and the National Orchestral Assoc-

iation in New York. He was Chorus Master and Associate Conductor with the Symphony of the Air under

Leopold Stokowski. He served as Chorus Master of Juilliard's American Opera Center and as Music Direct-

or of the Majorca and Saragossa Symphonies, and the Norwalk (CT) Symphony. He has guest conducted

orchestras in Madrid, Barcelona, Marseille, Cape Town and Slovak Radio Symphony, and has led opera

productions at the Marseille Opera, New Jersey Lyric, the Majorca Opera Society, Tampa Bay Opera and

National Grand Opera, and at Lincoln Center. He has served as Music Director for the New York State Opera

Company, Verismo Opera of New York, the Maine Opera, Asociacion Pro-Zarzuela en America, and Eastern

Opera Theatre of New York. He is currently Music Director of the New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera.

Gordon Ostrowski, Assistant Dean/Opera Producer, has served as administrator, artistic producer, stage

director, and teacher at Manhattan School of Music since 1991. He serves on the board of directors of Opera

America, the National Opera Association, and the Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera, He has taught

classes and directed concert operas for Opera Tuscia in Viterbo, Italy. He has directed productions for the

New Opera Festival of Rome. Since 2002 he has been the stage director for Centro Studi Lirica in Novafeltria,

Italy. Since 1998 he has taught acting style at the Chautauqua Opera. He has previously served at Michigan

Opera Theatre as assistant to the director, the Cincinnati Opera as assistant and stage director, the University

of Southern California as producer/stage manager, and Santa Fe Opera as production assistant and assistant

David Rosenmeyer made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting the Oratorio Society of New York - of which

he is Associate Conductor - in Stravinsky’s Mass in April 2007.During the last season Mr. Rosenmeyer con-

ducted the Bellas Artes Opera company of Mexico in a staged gala as part of the Cervantino Festival in Guana-

juato and was the conductor of Rossini’s Barbiere with Bleecker Street Opera and Handel’s Serse with Pocket

Opera of New York and returned to Carnegie Hall with Britten’s Te Deum and OSNY. Has worked as a coach

and conductor with the International Vocal Arts Institute in their programs in Tel-Aviv, Puerto Rico and Mon-

treal. He has conducted the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina and the Israel Chamber Orchestra as

well as others in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Hungary, Israel and Mexico. Was the Music Director of the Bach

Pianist/coach William Tracy is head coach of the Opera Studio at Manhattan School of Music. He received

BM and MA degrees from California State University, Northridge. He was an apprentice at the San Francisco

Opera, then coach/accompanist for the San Francisco Opera Center. He then served as assistant artistic dir-

ector/resident conductor of the Anchorage Opera in Alaska. He has appeared in the Great Performers at Lincoln

Center series, for the Metropolitan Opera Lectures, and in masterclasses of Regine Crespin, Evelyn Lear and

Benita Valente. He was principal coach/assistant conductor for Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis,

Wolf Trap Opera, Kentucky Opera, and Central City Opera; accompanist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic,

the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, the Carmel Bach Festival and the National Chorale.

J’nai Bridges
Kimberly Christie
Rebecca Fay
Jennifer Feinstein
Chelsea Rose Friedlander
Blake Friedman
Angela Gribble
Samantha Guevrekian
Jeremy Moore
Sarah Nisbett
Heather Phillips
Ann Sauder
Shanna Spiro
Diana Wangerin

Soprano JooYoung Bang is a native of Seoul in South Korea. Ms. Bang is a Master’s degree candidate at Manhattan School of Music where she will perform Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro in 2010. Ms. Bang has performed Romeo et Juliette ( Juliette), Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia) and Un ballo in Maschera (Oscar) at MSM.

J’nai Bridges is the 2009 National Opera Association Legacy Award Winner, first-prize winner: Harlem Opera Theater Competition, first-prize winner of the Leontyne Price Foundation Competition, a recipient of the College Success Foundation Scholarship, and Manhattan School of Music the 2009 Richard F. Gold Career Grant.

Kimberly Christie is a cum laude graduate from Mason Gross, where she earned a BM in vocal performance and also received an award for outstanding vocalist. She has performed Blondchen from Die Entführung ausdem Serail with ConcertOPERA, Philadelphia, Spring and a Fairy in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen at Mason Gross.

Rebecca Fay, soprano, from Olympia, Washington, won her first Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition at the young age of twenty-two. Upcoming: Opera Santa Barbara singing Juliette (Roméo et Juliette) and Nannetta (Falstaff). This summer, she will sing Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Ash Lawn Opera Festival.

A graduate of Indiana University, Ms. Feinstein is pursuing her second M.M. from Yale University. Upcoming: Carmen in La Tragedie de Carmen with Yale Opera and mezzo solos in the Verdi Requiem, Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana Chautauqua Opera and Mrs. Segstrom(cover) in A Little Night Music with Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

Chelsea Rose Friedlander, soprano, will be receiving her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance at the Cleveland Institute of Music in May 2010. Chelsea recently won Second Place in the 2010 Barry Alexander International Vocal Competition. She has performed Blondchen , Marie, Sophie, and the Dew Fairy.

“Fresh Lyric Tenor” (OperaNews Online) Blake Friedman, praised for his “climactic high notes” (Q on Stage), is a native of Chicago, Illinois, and is currently attending the Manhattan School of Music where he is a member of the Professional Studies Degree program as recipient of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Scholarship Award.

Angela Gribble is currently a Master’s degree candidate at the Manhattan School of Music. This summer she will be singing the role of Königin de Nacht (Die Zauberflöte) with Prelude to Performance. Roles include: Despina (cover) in Così fan tutte with Pocket Opera of New York, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Dorinda in Orlando.

Versatile American soprano, Samantha Pruyn Guevrekian, noted for her pure, sweet-sounding soprano voice, is the recipient of the Paul Straney Vocal Scholarship Competition, 2^nd place in the Marcella Sembrich Voice Competition. Roles: Sister Gertrude in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Belinda in Dido & Aeneas, Despina in Così Fan Tutte.

Jeremy J. Moore, baritone, debuted in this country at age ten singing the title role in Amahl and the Night Visitors. He made his European debut performing Nardo in La finta giardiniera and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte in Salzburg, Austria. Roles include: Title role, Don Giovanni with Delaware Valley Opera, Papageno, The Magic Flute.

A 2010 vocal fellow at Tanglewood Music Center, mezzo-soprano Sarah Nisbett is first prize winner of the National Opera Association Vocal Competition and first runner-up of the William C. Byrd International Young Artist Competition. Operatic roles include the Handel and Mozart heroes Oreste and Sesto and Marcellina in “Nozze di Figaro”.

Soprano Heather Phillips, 25, of North Canton, Ohio holds a masters at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She’s performed roles with Cincinnati Opera, Kentucky Opera, Opera Theatre of Lucca, Italy, Brevard Music Festival and Bay View Music Festival. Upcoming appearances include Musetta in La Bohème (Crested Butte Music Festival).

Lauded as a "sumptuously and flexibly voiced mezzo-soprano" by the Bloomington Herald Times. A native of Peoria, Illinois, Ann has a Masters of Music at the Indiana University School of Music. Roles include: Sesto(Giulio Cesare), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), and Dorabella (Così fan tutte). Upcoming: Austin Lyric Opera as Zulma in L'Italiana in Algieri.

Shanna Spiro is a lyric soprano who currently resides in Manhattan and studies with Shirley Love. She performed the Countess Ceprano in New York Lyric Opera Theatre’s Rigoletto at Symphony Space and was an Artist-in-Resident, performing at Sympony Space in January. Ms. Spiro performed as Mimi, Dido, and The Countess in Westchester.

Diana Wangerin is a lyric soprano currently residing in New York City. Ms. Wangerin performed the role of Marcellina at Symphony Space with Osh opera. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music in May 2009. Roles include: Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Ceres in The Tempest.

DIVISION II (8:00 p.m.)
Javier Bernardo
Jonathan Beyer
Lazaro Calderon
Andrew Cummings
Catherine Freeman
Stephan Hartley
Keiko Kai
SeiHee Lee
Michelle Serrano Moeritz
Michael McAvoy
Sarah Joy Miller
Jin-won Park
Yungee Rhie
Jennifer Sgroe
Sun A. Yeo

The Peruvian tenor Javier Bernardo, is a graduate student at Juilliard where he studies with Dr. Robert C. White, Jr. Competition winnings include: The Gerda Lissner Foundation, the Classical Singer, and the Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions in Florida. Roles include: Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Ferrando in Cosi fan tutte.

Jonathan Beyer is a baritone who has performed with Dallas Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Fort Worth Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, The Chautauqua Institution, Tanglewood Music Center, Opera Grand Rapids and Aix-en-Provence, and in the Chicago, Pittsburgh, Baton Rouge Symphonies.

Puerto Rico native Lazaro Calderon’s roles include the Duke (Rigoletto), Des Grieux (Manon) both with NYLOT, Rodolfo (Boheme) with the Ischia, Italy Opera Festival, as well as Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), and Alfred (Die Fledermaus) with the University of Memphis. Calderon covered Ruggiero in La Rondine with Sarasota Opera.

Acclaimed by the New York Times in Shaw Sings! with Encompass New Opera Theater at Symphony Space in NYC, Andrew Cummings performed the title role in Rigoletto with NYLOT at Carnegie’s Weill Hall. Roles include: Renato in Un Ballo in Maschera ( New Jersey Assoc. of Verismo Opera) and Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro (OperaDelaware).

A Resident Artist of both Connecticut Opera and the New York Lyric Opera Theatre, she various roles such as: The Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Paride in Gluck's Paride ed Elena, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro. She was recently a featured soloist with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall.

Stephen Hartley has been seen in the Los Angeles Times ,Chicago Tribune, and the New York Times. His baritone has been described as “burnished and hardy” and “beautifully lyric”. Venues include: Santa Fe Opera, Virginia Opera, Indianapolis Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Sarasota Opera, Long Beach Opera. Upcoming: Carnegie Hall debut.

Keiko Kai, mezzo-soprano, made her operatic debut by singing the role of the Third spirit in The Magic Flute. She has performed The Third lady (The Magic Flute), Mrs. Nolan (The Medium), The Woman (world premiere, A Night of Pity by R.Cuckson), Dorabella (Cosi fan Tutte), Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro).

A native of Seoul, Soprano SEI HEE LEE .She received her Master of Music degree and Professional studies diploma (PSD) from Mannes College of Music , where she studied with Ruth Falcon and Amy Burton and was a recipient of a scholarship. She made her professional debut, Genovieffa in Puccini Suor Angelica with Empire Opera in New York.

Michelle Serrano Moeritz, 2005 First Place Regional Winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Competition, is a young Cuban-American Soprano which critics laud as “very reminiscing of the young Mirella Freni”. A musician of expansive artistry, she has received rave reviews as Verdi’s Desdemona as well as Mozart’s Donna Elvira.

A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Michael McAvoy has performed Wagner in Faust (CT Lyric Opera) and Alessio in La Sonnambula (CT Concert Opera) and Curio in Julius Caesar. Competition Winnings: Opera Theatre of CT Amici Competition. Michael studied at Franco American Vocal Academie in France and is an Resident Artist in Naples.

Sarah Joy Miller has performed the role of Mimi in Baz Luhrmann’s Broadway La Bohème. The Los Angeles native has appeared as Fiordiligi, Faust’s Marguerite, and in the title roles of Lucia di Lammermoor. She has been heard with the Hong Kong Opera, Radio Classica (Italy). Competition Winnings: New York Metropolitan Opera Council Auditions.

Born in Seoul, Korea, Jin-Won Park, soprano, studied at The University Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria where she earned a Bachelor of Music in voice and a Master of Music in opera. Awards include: Minister of Culture music scholarship and a prize at International Mozart Competition and the Ferruccio Tagliavini International Competition in Austria.

Yungee Rhie earned MM from Indiana University and BM from Ewha Womans University in Korea. Currently, she studies with Valentin Peytchinov. Recent roles include Rosina with Opera North Young Artist Program, Fairy Godmother and Olympia with Indiana University Opera, Dorinda with BASOTI program, and Euridice and La Speranza.

Jennifer Sgroe’s operatic performances include Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Adele (Die Fledermaus), Romilda (Xerxes), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Greta Fiorentino (Street Scene), Drusilla (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), Esther (Democracy), Sandman/Dew Fairy (Hansel & Gretel). Concert performances include Angel (Handel’s Jephtha).

Sun A. Yeo was heralded as “the extraordinarily beautiful singing and acting of Yeo as Amelia...” (Raoul Abdul, The New York Amsterdam News, July/24-30/2008) in Un Ballo in Maschera with The Martina Arroyo Foundation. Roles include: Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutte, Mimi in La Bohème, Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera, Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro.

DIVISION I
Shanna Spiro
Heather Phillips
Diana Wangerin
Jeremy Moore
Sarah Moulton
Sasha Hashemipour
Blake Friedman
Rebecca Loeb
Angela Gribble
Kimberly Christie
Kristen Blanton
Ann Sauder
Vania Chan
Mara Saskin
J’nai Bridges
Joo Young Bang
Nina Berman
Allison Pohl
Rebecca Fay
Sarah Nisbett
Chelsea Rose Friedlander
Samantha Guevrekian
Justin Hopkins
Jennifer Feinstein
Ricardo Rivera

DIVISION II
Alina Lindquist
Javier Bernardo
Casey Hutchinson
SeiHee Lee
Sarah Joy Miller
Catherine Freeman
Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai
Yungee Rhie
Sara Murphy
Jonathan Beyer
Lindsay Davis
Stephen Hartley
Keiko Kai
Natalie Aroyan
Jin-Won Park
Sooyeon Kim
Jennifer Sgroe
Michael McAvoy
Sun A. Yeo
Victor Khodadad
Zoe Vandermeer
Michelle Serrano Moeritz
Megan Chenovick
Andrew Cummings
Lazaro Calderon

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Artist in Residence Concerts

	Madame Goldentrill	Juliana Lima
	Miss Silverpeal	Marie Putko
	Mr. Angel	Dorian Balis

Act I
	“Die schlägt die Abschieds-stunde…”	Madame Goldentrill
	“Bester Jüngling!”	Miss Silverpeal
	“Ich bin die erste Sängerin…”	Miss Silverpeal, Mr. Angel,
		Madame Goldentrill

	Suor Angelica	Shannon D. Levy
	Princess	Nadine Kulberg
	Sister Osmina	Margaret Meyer
	Sister Dolcina	Margaret Meyer
	The Abbess	Milica Nikcevic
	Monitress	Milica Nikcevic
	Mistress of Novices	Nadine Kulberg
	Sister Genovieffa	Lauren Alfano
	The Alms Sister	Jenne Carey
	A Novice Soprano	Jenne Carey
	Lay Sister	Jenne Carey

Pandolfe

Michael Celentano

Noèmie

Yolanda F. Johnson

Dorothée

Vivian Borghese Holfeld

La Fée

Shauna McCarthy

Cendrillon (Lucette)

Nanae Soma

Madame de la Haltière

Maria Oesterreich

Le Prince Charmant

Tara Gruszkiewicz

Act I

	“Faites-vous très belles ce soir…”	Mme. de la Haltière, Noémie and Dorothée
	“Ah! Douce enfant…”	La Fée

Act II
	“Allez, laissez-moi seul…”	Le Prince Charmant
	“Toi qui m’es apparue…”	Le Prince Chamant, Cendrillon

Act III
	“Enfin, je suis ici…”	Cendrillon
	“C’est vrai! C’est vrai!”	Mme. de la Haltière, Noémie and Dorothée Pandolfe
	“Ah! Maman! Ah! Maman!”	Mme. de la Haltière, Noémie and Dorothée
		Pandolfe, Cendrillon
	“Afin qu’ils ne puissant se voir…”	La Fée
	“À deux genoux, Bonne Marraine…”	Cendrillon, Le Prince Charmant, La Fée

Act IV
	“Possez dans son écrin…”	Le Prince Charmant, La Fée, Cendrillon,
		Pandolfe, Mme. de la Haltière