Quest for the Best Concert April 29; 12 Students to Sing and Receive Awards
Here is the 2021 Student Vocal Showcase
During this unusual time, the Opera Guild Board of Directors has worked hard, in close cooperation with the Fred Fox School of Music faculty and staff, to continue to aid local students of opera and bring the joys of opera to the community. Although it was not possible to hold our annual festive Quest for the Best! this year, thanks to the generosity of our members and other donors we were still able to award over $8,000 to a great crop of current students. They recorded their arias in a COVID-safe environment at school or in their homes.
As an online audience-judged competition would have faced insurmountable technical and artistic hurdles, prizes for the Showcase are equal in each division—$700 for graduate students and $400 for undergraduates. But just as in Quest, a limited number of singers were nominated, and their choice of aria approved, by their primary voice teacher.
Please visit our website to view (and download) all the graduate and undergraduate arias. The successful nominees are listed below in alphabetical order, with direct links to their arias.
Graduate Students — $700 Awards
| Yue Huang |
| Yiyan Ji |
| MyeongJu Kang |
| Suyoung Lee |
| Yongjae Lee |
| Bethany Pehrson |
| Diana Peralta |
| Rebeckah Resare |
Undergraduates — $400 Awards
| Rachel Alvord |
| Nannette Avendano Rodriguez |
| Arianna Campbell |
| Topher Esguerra |
| Lylah Field |
| Nadari Hockenhull |
| Abigail Juganaru |
| Timothy Simon |
2021 Student Vocal Showcase Graduate Student Arias
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.
Yue Huang, soprano: Je suis encore tout étourdie, from Manon, by Jules Massenet
Yiyan Ji, mezzo: When I am laid in earth, from Dido and Aeneas, by Henry Purcell
MyeongJu Kang, soprano: Je suis Titania, from Mignon, by Ambroise Thomas
Suyoung Lee, baritone: Largo al factotum , from Il barbiere di Siviglia, by Rossini
Yongjae Lee, baritone: Io morrò ma lieto in core, from Don Carlo, by Giuseppe Verdi
Bethany Pehrson, soprano: Crudele?…Non mi dir, from Don Giovanni, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Diana Peralta, mezzo: ¿Qué te importa que no venga?, from Los Claveles, zarzuela by José Serrano (1873-1941)
Rebeckah Resare, soprano: Ah! Je veux vivre dans le rêve, from Roméo et Juliette, by Charles Gounod
2021 Student Vocal Showcase
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2021 Student Vocal Showcase Undergraduate Students
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.
Rachel Alvord, soprano: O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi, by Giacomo Puccini
Nannette Avendano Rodriguez, soprano: Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio, from Le nozze di Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arianna Campbell , soprano: Tornami a vagheggiar, from Alcina, by George Frideric Handel
Topher Esguerra , tenor: Is there not one maiden breast, from The Pirates of Penzance, by Arthur Sullivan
Lylah Field , soprano: Deh vieni, non tardar, from Le Nozze di Figaro, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nadari Hockenhull, soprano: Obéissons quand leur voix appelle, from Manon, by Jules Massenet
Abigail Juganaru, soprano: Batti, batti o bel Masetto, from Don Giovanni, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Timothy Simon, soprano: Vainement, ma bien-aimée, from Le roi d’Ys, by Édouard Lalo