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Online sales for Quest for the Best 2020 are now open.

November 23, 2019 by Frank Finkenberg

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2020 Quest for the Best Tickets and Donations

October 28, 2019 by Frank Finkenberg

Quest for the Best 2020 has been canceled,  as have all public events at the University of Arizona.

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2019 Quest for the Best Graduate Student Arias

April 12, 2019 by Frank Finkenberg

The Fred Fox School of Music technical staff captured all the arias on video. The top undergraduate student prize winners are:

RankAmountDonorWinner
First (tie)$1250OGSA in honor of Patrick and Patricia SchifanoChunghee Lee
First (tie)$1250OGSA in memory of Stokes TolbertDiana Peralta
Third$750Mary Casady in memory of Richard L CasadyYuchen Luo

To download any aria in a choice of video resolutions,click on its title. This takes you to the Vimeo website; then simply click on the Download button.
Uncompressed audio files are also available upon request to the webmaster.

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2019 Quest for the Best Undergraduate Student Arias

April 10, 2019 by Frank Finkenberg

The Fred Fox School of Music technical staff captured all the arias on video. The top undergraduate student prize winners are:

RankAmountDonorWinner
First$800AnonymousEmma Petersen
Second$600Carolyn & Russ RussoEzra Zurita
Third$500Patrick and Patricia SchifanoKelsie Grimsley

To download any aria in a choice of video resolutions,click on its title. This takes you to the Vimeo website; then simply click on the Download button.
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2018 Quest for the Best Graduate Student Arias

July 1, 2018 by Frank Finkenberg

The Fred Fox School of Music technical staff captured all the arias on video. The top graduate student prize winners are:

RankAmountDonorWinner
First$1500OGSA in honor of Stokes TolbertOctavio Moreno
Second (tie)$1200Richard & Suzanne ClarkKaitlin Bertenshaw
Second (tie)$1200The GroundskeeperMark Hockenberry

To download any aria in a choice of video resolutions,click on its title. This takes you to the Vimeo website; then simply click on the Download button. Depending on the resolution chosen, these files may be 50MB or larger. Audio files are also available upon request to the webmaster.)

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1. Kristen Lucas, soprano: Ah, non credea mirarti

2. Brian McNiff, tenor: Una furtiva lagrima

3. Jamey Wright, soprano: Quando m’en vo’

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4. Mark Hockenberry, baritone: Ja vas lyublyu

5. Chunghee Lee, soprano: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta

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6. Kaitlin Bertenshaw, mezzo-soprano: O don fatale

7. Shainy Manuel, soprano: Porgi, amor

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8. Octavio Moreno, baritone: Largo al factotum

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