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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’

Second Place ribbon

4. Mark Hockenberry, baritone: Ja vas lyublyu

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

Second Place ribbon

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

7. Shainy Manuel, soprano: Porgi, amor

First Place ribbon

8. Octavio Moreno, baritone: Largo al factotum

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Filed Under: Keep Off Homepage, Listen, Our Students, Quest for the Best, Watch

Love in Seville a Hit—See Photos

February 15, 2018 by Frank Finkenberg

A sunny afternoon at the home of member Carmen Dolny provided the setting for great singing by Asleif Willmer and delicious Spanish cuisine by Maria Teresa Limón, as OGSA threw a pre-Valentine’s Day party. Thanks also to Leslie Clark, who produced a slide show of the festivities. (When you’re on the page, click the right-pointing arrow to the right of the headline to start the show.)

Asleif, who won the Guild’s Quest for the Best in 2011 as an undergraduate, enchanted the gathering with two arias from Don Giovanni, in the role of Zerlina, and two from The Marriage of Figaro, as Susanna. Her lyric coloratura soared as she brought these characters to life. Then, audience members bid to hear two additional arias, the Silver Song from The Ballad of Baby Doe, and “Je veux vivre” from Romeo and Juliet.

With her DMA at Arizona State University completed, Asleif has already been hired by Saratoga Opera for this summer. She will also be Juliette in a cabaret production of Romeo and Juliet in Manhattan. Asleif is marked for stardom, and those at Quest in 2011 saw and heard her here first! Discover more future stars and enjoy a reception at this year’s Quest for the Best, on March 24 at Holsclaw Hall.

Filed Under: News, Our Students, Photos

Videos of Top Quest 2015 Arias

December 17, 2015 by Frank Finkenberg

Now you can see as well as hear the first, second, and third place winners of Quest for the Best 2015, in both graduate and undergraduate divisions. Videos from the 2016 Quests for the Best are coming soon.

Videos of Graduate arias
Videos of Undergraduate arias

Filed Under: News, Our Students, Quest for the Best

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