Please be informed that the Metropolitan Opera Western Regional Audition Finals held on November 20 at USC Bovard Auditorium will be broadcast on:
December 10, Friday, at 7:00pm on
KUSC-FM – 91.5 (Los Angeles)
KPSC-FM – 88.5 (Palm Springs)
KQSC-FM – 88.7 (Santa Barbara)
KDSC-FM – 91.1 (Thousand Oaks)
I was the singer number 4. After the competition, there is a short interview with me by Gene Parrish.
For everyone’s information, here is what each singer sang:
1. Amber Wagner, Soprano (24)
- Vissi d’arte (Puccini’s Tosca)
after intermission: Il est doux, il est bon from Massenet’s Hérodiade
*** 3RD PLACE ***
2. Tom Corbeil, Baritone (27)
- Quel torrente, che cade dal monte (Handel’s Giulio Cesare)
after intermission: I was never saner from Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress
3. Sarah Jane McMahon, Soprano (24)
- Non, Monsieur, mon mari (Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Téresias)
after intermission: Ich bin Euer Liebden sehr verbunden from R. Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier
4. Rodell Aure Rosel, Character Tenor (29)
- The Aria of the Worm (Corigliano’s Ghosts of Versailles)
after intermission: Albert, the Good! from Britten’s Albert Herring
*** 1ST PLACE – WESTERN REGION REPRESENTATIVE FOR NATIONAL SEMI-FINALS IN NEW YORK IN MARCH 2005 ***
5. Christina Borgioli, Soprano (25)
- Dove sono (Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro)
after intermission: Ah, je ris de me voir from Gounod’s Faust
6. Michael Cavalieri, Baritone (27)
- Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (Korngold’s Die tote Stadt)
after intermission: Si corre dal notaio from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi
7. Allison Watson, Mezzo-soprano (28)
- Voi lo sapete (Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana)
after intermission: August, how can you turn away? from Moore’s The Ballad of Baby Doe
8. Kalil Wilson, Tenor (23)
- Lonely house (Weill’s Street Scene)
after intermission: Dalla sua pace from Mozart’s Don Giovanni
*** 2ND PLACE ***
9. Vannessa Douglas, Soprano (25)
- Porgi amor (Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro)
after intermission: Klänge der Heimat from J. Strauss’ Die Fledermaus
10. Randy Bills, Tenor (24)
- Il mio tesoro (Mozart’s Don Giovanni)
after intermission: Salut! demeure chaste et pure from Gounod’s Faust
*** SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD – 4TH PLACE ***