metropolitan opera national council auditions

The Washington Post lauded her “sympathetic attention to the poetry” in her performance of rare classics and newly discovered masterpieces. Mezzacappa made her Kennedy Center debut in Pro Musica Hebraica’s Spring 2010 concert, An Evening of French Jewish Music.

The judges selected Cruda sorte! from Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri as her second aria. The Council’s auditions are designed to discover promising young opera singers and “are considered the most prestigious in North America for singers seeking to launch an operatic career.” Margaret began her audition with a rendition of O ma lyre immortelle from Gounod’s Sapho. She will advance (along with soprano Elizabeth Zharoff) to the semi-finals in New York. The auditions are free and open to the public.Mezzo-soprano Margaret Mezzacappa has won the 2012 Regional Finals competition for the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions at the Kennedy Center. Louis District auditions will take place at the 560 Music Center at Washington University on Saturday Janustarting at 10am and ending at approximately 4pm. Typically there are three District winners who go on to compete in the regional competition with the hope of continuing to the national level in New York. Each participating singer is expected to prepare five arias, two of which they will perform at the audition- one of their choosing and one chosen by the judges. Louis District typically hosts up to 35 singers. Approximately 1200 singers take part in these auditions. The purpose of the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions is to discover exceptional young talent and provide a venue for young opera singers across North America at all levels of development to be heard by representatives of the Metropolitan Opera and to assist those with the greatest potential for operatic careers.Īuditions take place in 42 districts around the country during the fall and winter.

Metropolitan opera national council auditions