CONDUCTOR

Marco Armiliato

HOST & GUEST PERFORMER

Sondra Radvanovsky

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

GENERAL MANAGER

Peter Gelb

MUSIC DIRECTOR

James Levine

PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR

Fabio Luisi

Metropolitan Opera National CouncilGrand Finals Concert

The Metropolitan Opera National Council is grateful to the Charles H. Dyson Endowment Fund for underwriting the Council’s Auditions Program.

Grand Finals

National Council Auditions

Sunday, March 10, 2013, 3:00 pm

Sunday, March 10, 2013, 3:00 pm

ConductorMarco Armiliato

Host & Guest PerformerSondra Radvanovsky

“Tirannia gli diede il regno” from Rodelinda (Handel)Efraín Solís

“Se vuol ballare” from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)Richard Ollarsaba

“Salut à la France” from La Fille du Régiment (Donizetti)Sydney Mancasola

“Riez, allez, riez du pauvre idéologue” from Don Quichotte (Massenet)Musa Ngqungwana

“È la solita storia del pastore” from L’Arlesiana (Cilea)Michael Brandenburg

“Pleurez, mes yeux” from Le Cid (Massenet)Rebecca Pedersen

“Arise, ye subterranean winds” from The Tempest (Purcell)Matthew Anchel

2012–13 Season

National Council Auditions

Grand Finals

Today’s concert is being recorded for future broadcast over many public radio stations. Please check local listings.

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“Morrò ma prima in grazia” from Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi)Tracy Cox

“Oh beauty” from Billy Budd (Britten)Thomas Richards

“Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni” from La Sonnambula (Bellini)Brandon Cedel

INTERMISSION

Aleko’s Cavatina from Aleko (Rachmaninov)Richard Ollarsaba

“Hai già vinta la causa! ...Vedrò mentr’io sospiro” from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)Efraín Solís

“Caro nome” from Rigoletto (Verdi)Sydney Mancasola

“Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni” from La Sonnambula (Bellini)Musa Ngqungwana

Lenski’s Aria from Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)Michael Brandenburg

“Stridono lassù” from Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)Rebecca Pedersen

“Il lacerato spirito” from Simon Boccanegra (Verdi)Matthew Anchel

“Do not utter a word” from Vanessa (Barber)Tracy Cox

Aleko’s Cavatina from Aleko (Rachmaninov)Brandon Cedel

“La calunnia è un venticello” from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)Thomas Richards

guest performer

“Pace, pace, mio Dio” from La Forza del Destino (Verdi)Sondra Radvanovsky

announcement of grand finals winners

Before the performance begins, please switch off cell phones and other electronic devices.

Yamaha is the official piano of the Metropolitan Opera.

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Last season Matthew Anchel appeared with Germany’s Leipzig Opera as Alaska Wolf Joe in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and Harasta in The Cunning Little Vixen. He has also appeared with the Los Angeles Opera as a Domingo-Thornton Young Artist as Count Ceprano in Rigoletto and a Noble in Lohengrin. Other roles include Horaste in Walton’s Troilus and Cressida and the First Soldier in Salome with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Ferrando in Il Trovatore with Opera San José, and Henry VIII in Anna Bolena with dell’Arte Opera Ensemble. He has won prizes from the Palm Beach Opera Competition, Opera Index, Loren L. Zachary Competition, and George London Competition. (Eastern Region)

Matthew Anchelbass (new york, new york)age 25

Michael Brandenburg studied voice while completing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Aquatic Biology at Ball State University. He was a 2010 semi-finalist in Chicago’s Bel Canto Foundation Competition and a 2010 Indiana District winner in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. This spring, he was featured in recital with baritone Timothy Noble. Currently pursuing a performer diploma at the Jacobs School of Music, he recently made his operatic debut as Prince Charming in Massenet’s Cendrillon with Indiana University Opera Theater, where he is a Jacobs Fellow. (Central Region)

Michael Brandenburgtenor (austin, indiana)age 26

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Tracy Cox is currently in her third year in the Domingo-Thornton Young Artist program at the Los Angeles Opera where she made her professional debut as Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro and has also sung Pisana in Verdi’s I Due Foscari. Last summer she made her international concert debut at Moscow’s Vishnevskaya Opera Center. She received her master’s degree from UCLA and was a 2012 winner of the Marilyn Horne Song Competition. Next month she appears in recital in Santa Monica as part of Horne’s On Wings of Song series. Upcoming appearances include Female Chorus in The Rape of Lucretia and Debussy’s La Damoiselle Élue at the Cincinnati May Festival, and Alice in Falstaff with the Wolf Trap Opera. (Western Region)

Tracy Coxsoprano (dallas, texas)age 27

Brandon Cedel is currently a student at Curtis Institute of Music where he will receive his master’s degree this spring. He has sung with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Curtis Opera Theater, Opera Santa Barbara, Music Academy of the West, Opera Orchestra of New York, and at the Castleton Festival, Oman’s Royal Opera House, and Chautauqua Festival. He has also worked with orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Harrisburg Symphony, Hershey Symphony, and Marina Del Rey Symphony. He was the 2012 winner of the George London Award, Sullivan Foundation Award, and recipient of the Sara Tucker Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation. (Middle Atlantic Region)

Brandon Cedelbass-baritone (hershey, pennsylvania)age 25

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A graduate of the University of Cape Town, Musa Ngqungwana has sung Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Dulcamara in L’Elisir d’Amore, Don Profondo in Il Viaggio a Reims, and Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro with the University of Cape Town Opera School, the Innkeeper in Manon with ArtsCape Opera House, Ping in Turandot with Verona’s Teatro Filarmonico, and the Priest in The Cunning Little Vixen with ArtsCape Theater. Other Roles include the Governor’s Servant in Garwood’s The Scarlett Letter with Merriam Theater, Talpa in Il Tabarro at the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, Count Waldner in Arabella with the Helen Corning Warden Theater, the Commendatore in Don Giovanni at Rutgers, Lorenzo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi and Zuniga in Carmen with the Crested Butte Music Festival, and the Four Villains in Les Contes d’Hoffmann with Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts. Upcoming performances include Sancho Panza in Massenet’s Don Quichotte, the title role of Verdi’s Oberto, Dr. Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Samuel in Un Ballo in Maschera with the Academy of Vocal Arts. (Middle Atlantic Region)

Musa Ngqungwanabass-baritone (port elizabeth, south africa)age 28

Sydney Mancasola is currently a resident artist at Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts where she has sung Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande, and Antonia and Stella in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. She is the recipient of the Judith Raskin Memorial Award and has also received awards from the Sullivan Foundation, Gerda Lissner Foundation International Vocal Competition, Liederkranz Foundation Competition, George London Foundation Competition, and Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition. This spring she joins the Fort Worth Opera as Young Alyce in Tom Cipullo’s Glory Denied. She has a bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and is an alumna of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis’s Gerdine Young Artist Program, Brevard Music Center’s Janiec Opera Company, and Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program. (New England Region)

Sydney Mancasolasoprano (redding, california)age 25

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Richard Ollarsaba is a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he earned a post-graduate certificate and a master’s degree. While at UNCSA he was heard as Cecil in Maria Stuarda, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, and Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor. He earned his bachelor of music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and has appeared with North Carolina’s Piedmont Opera as Ferrando in Il Trovatore, Masetto in Don Giovanni, and Reverend Hale in Robert Ward’s The Crucible. This past summer he attended the Tanglewood Music Center where he sang Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, which was also broadcast on PBS’s Great Performances series. He will be a member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Ryan Opera Center and is currently a resident artist with Minnesota Opera (where he is heard this season as the High Priest in Nabucco, Lord Rochefort in Anna Bolena, and Timur in Turandot). (Upper Midwest Region)

Richard Ollarsababass-baritone (tempe, arizona)age 25

Rebecca Pedersen is a sophomore at Brigham Young University and is a resident artist at Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices. She recently appeared in concert with the Utah Symphony, conducted by Thierry Fischer, and was the 2010 and 2012 winner of the Utah Salute to Youth competition. As a freshman, she won both the BYU Singer of the Year Award and the Concerto Competition. She also maintains a close working relationship with the Utah Lyric Opera, where she has appeared in recent productions of La Traviata and La Bohème. She has also sung Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte for BYU and Genovieffa in Suor Angelica for Utah/Idaho Performing Arts Company. (Rocky Mountain Region)

Rebecca Pedersensoprano (bountiful, utah)age 21

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Recent performances for Efraín Solís include the title role of Eugene Onegin in Philadelphia with the Russian Opera Workshop and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Matthew in Thomas Pasatieri’s La Divina, and Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro with Italy’s Rome Opera Festival. At the San Francisco Conservatory of Music has sung Guglielmo and the title roles of Don Giovanni and Gianni Schicchi. This spring he joins Opera Santa Barbara as a part of their Studio Artist Program and this year also becomes a member of the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program where he will sing Junius in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Chapman University’s Conservatory of Music and is currently a candidate for a master of music degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. (Western Region)

Efraín Solís baritone (santa ana, california)age 23

Thomas Richards is currently pursuing his artist diploma at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). He is a 2010 graduate of George Washington University and a 2012 graduate of the CCM master of music program in voice. Recent performances include Dr. Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro, Leporello in Don Giovanni, Father Truelove in The Rake’s Progress, and Frank Maurrant in Weill’s Street Scene with CCM Opera and Colline in La Bohème at Colorado’s Central City Opera Festival. Recent awards include first prize in the 2013 Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition. This summer he sings Dr. Bartolo with the San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program. (Central Region)

Thomas Richardsbass-baritone (burnsville, minnesota)age 24

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this season Francesca da Rimini, Rigoletto, and the National Council Auditions Grand Finals Concert at the Met, La Rondine at Covent Garden, Rigoletto and Turandot at Munich’s Bavarian State Opera, La Fille du Régiment at the Paris Opera, La Traviata in Monte Carlo, and Andrea Chénier, La Traviata, and Tosca with the Vienna State Opera.met appearances More than 300 performances of 21 operas including La Bohème (debut, 1998), Il Trovatore, Tosca, Lucia di Lammermoor, La Rondine, Adriana Lecouvreur, La Traviata, La Fille du Régiment, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Turandot, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Andrea Chénier, Sly, and Cyrano de Bergerac.career highlights He made his Italian debut at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice with Il Barbiere di Siviglia and his international debut at the Vienna State Opera with Andrea Chénier in 1995, and recently made his debut at the Paris Opera with Otello. In Vienna he has conducted a number of works including Fedora, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, and La Sonnambula. He also conducts regularly at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, San Francisco Opera, Barcelona’s Liceu, Rome Opera, and Hamburg State Opera.

Marco Armiliatoconductor (genoa, italy)

this season Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Met and the Vienna State Opera, Aida in Munich, Tosca in Los Angeles, and her role debut as Maria Stuarda in Bilbao.met appearances She has sung more than 125 performances, including Tosca, Aida, Luisa Miller, Leonora in Il Trovatore, Lina in Stiffelio, Elvira in Ernani, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Roxane in Alfano’s Cyrano de Bergerac, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Musetta in La Bohème, Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Micaëla in Carmen, and Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto (debut, 1996).career highlights The title role of Suor Angelica in Los Angeles, Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia in Washington, Roxane, Lina, and Leonora at Covent Garden, Hélène in Les Vêpres Siciliennes and Elisabeth in Don Carlo with the Paris Opera, Hélène and Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at the Vienna State Opera, Roxane at La Scala, and Aida, Amelia, Elvira, Leonora, and the title role of Floyd’s Susannah in Chicago. She was a 1995 winner of the National Council Auditions and is a graduate of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.

Sondra Radvanovskysoprano (berwyn, illinois)

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From left: Camille LaBarre, Chairperson of the Metropolitan Opera National Council; Mitchell Lathrop, President of the Metropolitan Opera National Council; Gayletha Nichols, Director of Auditions; and Melissa Wegner, Associate Director of Auditions

Gayletha Nichols Director of Auditions

Melissa Wegner Associate Director of Auditions

Carrie-Ann Matheson Kevin Murphy Ted Taylor Musical Preparation

Raymond Menard Gary Dietrich Stage Managers

Peter McClintock Dramatic Coach

Valentina Celada Marian Torre Makeup

Tom Watson Robert Greene Hair Styling

Jay Cole Wardrobe

Rebecca Fay Photography Photographer

Dorothy Shrader Intern

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Sarah Billinghurst Metropolitan Opera Assistant Manager, Artistic

Jonathan Friend Metropolitan Opera Artistic Administrator

Christopher Hahn Pittsburgh Opera General Director

Gayletha Nichols Metropolitan Opera Director, National Council Auditions

Craig Rutenberg Metropolitan Opera Director, Music Administration

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Matthew Anchel Bass Eastern Region

Michael Brandenburg Tenor Central Region

Brandon Cedel Bass-Baritone Middle Atlantic Region

Tracy Cox Soprano Western Region

William Davenport Tenor Middle Atlantic Region

Hye Jung Lee Soprano Gulf Coast Region

Juan José De León Tenor Great Lakes Region

Christopher Lowrey Countertenor New England Region

Sydney Mancasola Soprano New England Region

Felicia Moore Soprano Eastern Region

Edward Nelson Baritone Mid-South Region

Musa Ngqungwana Bass-Baritone Middle Atlantic Region

Richard Ollarsaba Bass-Baritone Upper Midwest Region

Rebecca Pedersen Soprano Rocky Mountain Region

Thomas Richards Bass-Baritone Central Region

Efraín Solís Baritone Western Region

Jessica Strong Soprano Northwest Region

Karen Vuong Soprano Eastern Region

Benjamin Werley Tenor Midwest Region

Melinda Whittington Soprano Southeast Region

2013 Regional Winners

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The National Council would like to thank the following donors who have contributed to the National Finalists Fund. ($1,000 or more)

Marina & Marco ArmiliatoR. Joseph BarnettGordon BarrowsMercedes T. BassRobert E. BeckCarol E. DominaMrs. Charles H. DysonCherie L. HalladayWaine & Deanna JohnsonInjoa KimPamela S. KunkemuellerCamille & Dennis LaBarreDominique LaffontNicole & Fernand LameschThe Richard J. Massey FoundationBrenda & Leighton McCarthyHarvey R. & Ruth Miller Charitable FundMONC New England RegionWilliam C. & Susan F. MorrisEllen F. OelsnerDr. Kazuko K. PriceThe Shoe Charitable FoundationSarah & Howard SolomonMarjorie and Michael Stern

BENEFACTORS ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTIONSHarriet Bernson MemorialBooth-Ferris FoundationGeorge & Eleanor Caulkins EndowmentElizabeth Taylor Dunnington Memorial FundDyson FoundationEstate of Eric GordonEstate of Carl F. GreenwayIgo and Edith Frank GutmanIn Memory of Lucille S. HaysRosina Hoyt Hoppin MemorialCorinne M. Kennedy EndowmentLouise A. Meagher Memorial FundMrs. Jean S. H. Newell MemorialJudith Raskin Memorial FundDouglas H. Rodie Metropolitan Opera Club

Memorial FundAnne Rosoff MemorialNin Ryan FundAlexander & Louise Saunderson FundMr. & Mrs. Samuel L. Tedlow Bruno Walter Memorial Endowment FundKate F. Wheelan TrustMiss E. Sue Wyatt Fund

National Finalists Fund

Today’s concert serves as the final round of this season’s competition. Those who are selected as National Winners are awarded $15,000 each, and the remaining National Finalists receive $5,000 to further assist in their careers.

The National Council is grateful to its donors for prizes at the national level and to the Tobin Endowment for the Mrs. Edgar Tobin Award, given to each first-place region winner.

$15,000 AWARDS

The Birgit Nilsson Award of the American-Scandinavian Foundation

Barbara Barrows Award

Margaret M. Dyson Award

Faith Geier Award

Alton E. Peters Award metropolitan opera guild

Noreen Zimmerman Award

$5,000 AWARDS

Ellie Caulkins Award

Dominique Laffont Award

Judith Raskin Award

Anne de Richemont Smithers Award

Gail Robinson Award

Grand Finals Awards

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The National Council’s Education Fund provides grants to former first-place region winners to enable them to continue their musical studies. The Council is grateful to the following donors. ($250 or more)

Morton Alper & Phyllis Wildman

Jim & Bette AsselstineJane C. BergnerHeidi Heutel BohnArlyn M. BrewsterSara & Edward C. BrewsterJonathan Brezin &

Linda KeenKen & Helen DeGhettoDr. Stephen DiltsTeresa DonahuePaul & Elaine EdgcombSuzanne B. EngelErika ErichArthur F. FergusonDavid & Lorna Gladstone

FoundationDr. Veronika Grimm

MatthewsJane A. GrossKitty Webb HarrisJames Heagy in memory

of Jayne HeagyMrs. Sam B. HicksBetty E. HoehneSusan Hoeltke-Ward &

Craig W. WardMr. & Mrs. Gerd KeuffelThe Killip FamilyMr. & Mrs. Alexander M.

LaughlinAnne I. Lawrence

Donna Sydney LewisBarbara G. LiftonMrs. Joan C. LongRuth MarconMr. & Mrs. Leroy L. McLeodGerard M. MeistrellLeonard & Sally MichaelsMONC Mid-South RegionTatsuji Namba, M.D.Mrs. Thomond O’BrienDaniel & Rita PaulDr. & Mrs. Macon PhillipsGunther & Dorothy PiepkeJohn Re & Charles PalmerDonald W. Richman, M.D.Ronald K. RydellMartin & Ann SchmidtDr. & Mrs. Frank W.

Sharbrough IIIMr. & Mrs. Jan SmeetsMargaret Smith-BurkeMrs. William F. SonderickerPaul SpongNancy Steffen-FluhrElizabeth StevensMichael StinchcombDr. & Mrs. Wolfgang TretterUnited World FoundationLeonard J. WeissAnita N. WeissbergNadine WhitonStephanie WoodNoreen & Ned Zimmerman

Education Fund

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The National Council is grateful to the nationwide network of volunteer personnel who organize and finance the district and regional auditions leading up to today’s Grand Finals Concert.

CENTRAL REGION

David O’Connor, Chairperson James E. Houston, TreasurerRobert C. Marks, Membership ChairEdward E. Reicin, Development ChairHeidi Heutel Bohn, Auditions Director

ILLINOIS DISTRICT Robert G. Miller, Co-DirectorBarbara Ann Martin Green, Co-Director

INDIANA DISTRICTLaurie Burns McRobbie, Co-DirectorMaria L. Levy, Co-DirectorSarah J. Slover, Auditions Coordinator

OHIO DISTRICTRichard I. Lauf, DirectorLois Brenner, Treasurer

EASTERN REGION & NEW YORK DISTRICT

Lara Marcon, ChairpersonStefanie Van Steelandt, Auditions CoordinatorJennifer Bancroft, Vice ChairpersonAndrew Urbanski, TreasurerMegan Davis, Secretary

GREAT LAKES REGION & PITTSBURGH DISTRICT

Anita and Ross Dacal, Chairpersons

FOUR CITY DISTRICTMary Berlow, Co-DirectorDean G. Dover, Co-DirectorDianne Rubin, Co-Director Irving Rubin, Assistant Director

MICHIGAN DISTRICTTed Fellenbaum, Co-DirectorGlen Peterson, Co-DirectorMarty Taylor, Treasurer

GULF COAST REGION

Diane S. Dupin, Co-ChairpersonQuinn Peeper, Co-ChairpersonJo-Ann C. Adams, Co-DirectorEleanor Straub, Co-Director

HOUSTON DISTRICT Rhonda Sweeney, Director & Judge LiaisonJane Egner, TreasurerUrsula and Saul Balagura, Singer LiaisonsLucila and Bill Haase, Volunteer CoordinatorsKirk Hickey, Marketing Committee &

Program Chair

NEW ORLEANS/SHREVEPORT/MOBILE DISTRICTMelissa Gordon, Co-DirectorPhilip Straub, Co-Director

PUERTO RICO DISTRICT Ada Sofia Esteves, DirectorLori Jurgens, Treasurer

MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION

Eleanor M. Forrer, ChairpersonCarol Pierson, Auditions Co-DirectorDonna Wolverton, Auditions Co-DirectorRuth Shaw, Treasurer

PHILADELPHIA DISTRICTBrian Boyle, Co-DirectorMadelyn Mignatti, Co-Director

WASHINGTON, D.C. DISTRICT Brian Boyle, Director

MID-SOUTH REGION

Mark Ensley, ChairpersonLucia Outlan, Chief Financial OfficerCharlotte Neal, Auditions Director

ARKANSAS DISTRICTMartin and Melissa Thoma, Co-Directors

KENTUCKY DISTRICTLouise Shouse, Co-DirectorClifton Smith, Co-Director

MIDDLE/EAST TENNESSEE DISTRICTPhyllis Driver, Co-DirectorShelly Page, Co-Director

WEST TENNESSEE DISTRICTEvan Jones, Director

MIDWEST REGION

Barbara and Ronald Glass, Co-Chairpersons & Audition Directors

KANSAS CITY DISTRICTWilma Wilcox, DirectorMelinda J. Cannady, Assistant Director

ST. LOUIS DISTRICTMary Susman and Tom Herm, Directors

TULSA DISTRICTSusan and Timothy Young, Directors

Region and District Officers

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NEW ENGLAND REGION & BOSTON DISTRICT

Pauline Ho Bynum, ChairpersonBarbara and John van Scoyoc, Co-DirectorsMargot Holtzman, Treasurer & Web Mistress Marcia and Peter Miller, Registration

Chairpersons

CONNECTICUT DISTRICTRobin Valovich, Director

NORTHWEST REGION

Constance Clarke, ChairpersonMelvyn Poll, ChairpersonDwyla Donohue, DirectorStewart Law, DirectorBetty Carter, Assistant DirectorWilliam Maschmeier, TreasurerPatricia Haggerty, Assistant Treasurer

EASTERN WASHINGTON/IDAHO/MONTANA DISTRICTDiana Livingston Friedley, Co-DirectorLucretia L. Pladera, Co-DirectorSherry Knott, Assistant Co-Director

OREGON DISTRICTJutta Allen, Director

WESTERN CANADA DISTRICTDawne Dye, Director

WESTERN WASHINGTON/ALASKA DISTRICTKatherine Smith, Director

ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION & COLORADO/WYOMING DISTRICT

Stephen Dilts, ChairpersonMary Ann Ross, Auditions DirectorBarbara Bell, TreasurerLinda Giedl, Singer ArrangementsKaren Mohr, Newsletter & Publicity

UTAH DISTRICTJulie McBeth, DirectorCarol and Gunter Radinger, Co-DirectorsNatalie Cope, Auditions Coordinator

SOUTHEAST REGION

Margaret Talmadge, ChairpersonJohn LaForge, Auditions DirectorJ. Barry Schrenk, Director of

Finance & Membership

FLORIDA DISTRICTSwantje Knye-Levin, DirectorJoan Travis, Auditions Manager

GEORGIA DISTRICTAlexis Lundy, Co-DirectorCynthia W. Shepherd, Co-Director

NORTH CAROLINA DISTRICTLeslie Paliyenko, Director

SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICTVan and Bettie Edwards, Co-Directors

UPPER MIDWEST REGION & MINNESOTA DISTRICT

Alvina O’Brien, Co-ChairpersonMargaret Houlton, Co-Chairperson &

District Co-DirectorJudith Boylan, Auditions Co-DirectorConnie Fulmer, Auditions Co-DirectorLaura Pulju, Treasurer

IOWA DISTRICTSara Compton, Co-DirectorDonald Simonson, Co-Director

NEBRASKA DISTRICTLaura Franz, Co-DirectorMarjorie Hewitt, Co-DirectorBeverly Lightner, Operations ManagerJames Hewitt, Treasurer

NORTH DAKOTA DISTRICTG. Paul Larson, Director

WISCONSIN DISTRICTMelanie Cain, Co-DirectorKathy Pyeatt, Co-DirectorTanya Kruse Ruck, Assistant Director

WESTERN REGION

Molly Siefert, ChairpersonFred Dear, Assistant Co-ChairpersonMarianne Grant, Assistant Co-ChairpersonEleanor Pott, Treasurer & Auditions Co-DirectorElisa Justice Holdridge, Auditions Co-DirectorMaridee Moorhead, Auditions Co-Director

ARIZONA DISTRICTArlyn Brewster, DirectorJudith Wolf, President of District Board &

Acting Treasurer

LOS ANGELES DISTRICTSusan Heard, Co-DirectorAnn Mosser, Co-DirectorDorothy Wait, Co-Director

SAN DIEGO DISTRICTCarol and Ted McLaughlin, Co-DirectorsKaren Pennix, Co-Director

SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT Tracy Grant, Director

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These artists on the 2012–13 season roster were participants in the National Council Auditions.

SOPRANOS Anne-Carolyn BirdJennifer BlackDeanna BreiwickJanai BruggerJennifer CheckMelissa CitroKiera DuffyMary DunleavyRenée FlemingJennifer ForniLori GuilbeauWendy Bryn HarmerHolli HarrisonHaeran HongHei-Kyung HongDísella LàrusdóttirAudrey LunaOlga MakarinaAngela ManninoAngela MeadeHeidi MeltonLatonia MooreErin MorleyLisette OropesaMarjorie OwensDanielle PastinSusanna PhillipsPatricia RacetteSondra RadvanovskyJennifer RowleyDeborah VoigtAmber WagnerClaudia WaiteCorinne Winters Margaret Jane WrayJennifer Zetlan

MEZZO-SOPRANOS Lindsay AmmannMeredith ArwadyElizabeth BishopStephanie BlytheCatherine CookMichelle DeYoungEmily FonsEve GigliottiKatharine GoeldnerSusan GrahamTheodora HansloweJennifer Holloway Jennifer Johnson CanoHeather JohnsonDaveda Karanas

Edyta KulczakMaya LahyaniMargaret LattimoreKate LindseyMichaela MartensMaryAnn McCormickRebecca RinglePatricia RisleyKrysty SwannRenée TatumDolora ZajickMaria Zifchak

COUNTERTENORS Anthony Roth CostanzoDavid DanielsJeffrey MandelbaumAndrey Nemzer

TENORS Paul ApplebyNoah BaetgePhilippe CastagnerEric CutlerMichael FabianoMichael ForestBryan HymelAnthony KalilJames KryshakJay Hunter MorrisRonald NaldiSimon O’NeillSean PanikkarMatthew PlenkMatthew PolenzaniGregory SchmidtMark SchowalterScott ScullyAlek ShraderBruce SledgeAndrew StensonTony StevensonCarl Tanner

BARITONES Joshua BenaimMichael ChioldiMark DelevanNathan GunnThomas HampsonJohn HancockLevi HernandezJoshua HopkinsMalcolm MacKenzie

John MooreNicholas PallesenEdward ParksDavid PershallMark RuckerChristopher

SchaldenbrandDavid WonHyung Yun

BASS-BARITONES Kyle AlbertsonPatrick CarfizziDavid CrawfordRichard Paul FinkRyan Speedo GreenPhilip HorstEvan HughesKyle KetelsenKeith MillerEric OwensTyler SimpsonDonovan SingletaryPhilip SkinnerAlfred WalkerJeffrey Wells

BASSES Richard BernsteinJordan BischPhilip CokorinosPaul CoronaKirk EichelbergerAndrew GangestadOren GradusEric HalfvarsonChristopher JobEric JordanSamuel RameyMorris RobinsonMatthew Rose

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