NATIONAL COUNCIL 2020–21 SEASON

NEW ORLEANS &

PUERTO RICO
DISTRICT AUDITIONS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020
The 2020 National Council Finalists photo: fay fox /  met oper a

CAM I LLE LA B A RR E NAT IO NA L CO UN CIL AU D ITION S

ch a i r ma n
The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions program cultivates young opera
CAR OL E . DOMI N A
singers and assists in the development of their careers. The Auditions are held annually
p resi d e n t
in 39 districts and 12 regions of the United States, Canada, and Mexico—all administered
MEL I S S A WE G N ER by dedicated National Council members and volunteers. Winners of the region auditions
execu ti v e d i re cto r
advance to compete in the national semifinals. National finalists are then selected and
BRADY WA LS H compete in the Grand Finals Concert. During the 2020–21 season, the auditions are being
a d mi n i strator
held virtually via livestream. Singers compete for prize money and receive feedback from
L ISET T E OROP E S A judges at all levels of the competition.
n ati o n a l a d v i s o r
Many of the world’s greatest singers, among them Lawrence Brownlee, Anthony Roth
Costanzo, Renée Fleming, Lisette Oropesa, Eric Owens, and Frederica von Stade, have won
National Semifinals the Auditions. More than 100 former auditioners appear appear on the Met roster each season.
Sunday, May 9, 2021
The National Council is grateful to its donors for prizes at the national level and to the Tobin
Grand Finals Concert Endowment for the Mrs. Edgar Tobin Award, given to each first-place region winner.
Sunday, May 16, 2021
Support for this program is generously provided by the Charles H. Dyson National Council
The Semifinals and Grand Finals are Audition Program Endowment Fund at the Metropolitan Opera.
currently scheduled to take place at
the Met. We are closely monitoring
the COVID-19 pandemic and will make ED U CAT IO N FU N D
alternate arrangements in compliance
with any and all necessary safety and
Education Fund grants are available to contestants of the National Council Auditions who
health regulations in place during the reach the semifinal round or further and demonstrate improved skills in a follow-up audition;
spring of 2021. each eligible contestant may be granted a total of up to $5,000 upon multiple hearings
For up to date auditions results, alumni within three years from when the contestant competed in the National Council Semifinals.
news, and other general information,
follow @MONCAuditions on Facebook To learn more about donating to the National Council Auditions or the Education Fund,
and Instagram. please visit metopera.org/MONCSupport.
S I N G E RS

Sydney Anderson Angel Azzarra Claudia María de Daniel Gallegos Ricardo Garcia
Lourdes Díaz López

Angel Raii Gomez Shelén Hughes Samuel Kidd Kameron Lopreore Alexander
McKissick

Agostina Migoni Titus Muzi Natalia Nieves Shayleen Norat Jehu Otero Mateo

Krista Renée Pape Spencer Reichman Ricardo José Rivera Amber Romero Emily Treigle

Jason Zacher
L EADE R S H I P F OR T HE 2020– 21 S EA S O N

Regional Chairpersons District Directors

David O’Connor Kimberley Smith Royce Blackburn

centr al arizona Louise Pinkerton
north dakota–manitoba
Lara Marcon Martin and Melissa Thoma
Ark ansas Rebeccka Coe
Stefanie VanSteelandt
eastern new orleans
Barbara and John VanScoyoc
Boston Lara Marcon
Diane Dupin
Melissa Gordon Stefanie VanSteelandt
gulf coast Leah Wietig new york
buffalo-toronto

Barbara and Ronald Glass Steven LaCosse

midwest Karen Mohr Leslie Paliyenko
color ado-w yoming north carolina
Pauline Ho Bynum
new engl and Robin Valovich Annette Condeluci
connec ticut
Christopher Scott
Clint Singley pit tsburgh
northwest Swantje Knye-Levin
Joan Travis Ada Sofia Esteves
florida
Stephen Dilts puerto rico
rock y mountain
Alexis Lundy Kate Thickstun
Randall Romig Jason Meeks Joan Henkelman
southeast georgia san diego

Connie Fullmer Rhonda Sweeney Fred Dear

houston
Jimmy Longoria Patty Doherty
upper midwest
Diana Livingston Friedley Michele Patzakis
idaho-montana Khori Dastoor (Consultant)
Molly Siefert san fr ancisco
Marianne Grant
western Jason Pompeii
illinois Bettie and Van Edwards
south carolina
Sara Compton
Donald Simonson Jocelynne McCall
iowa Jan Simpson
tennessee
Melinda J. Cannady
Dr. Wilma B. Wilcox Kathleen and Leonard Pataki
tulsa
k ansas cit y

Cacey Nardolillo Julie McBeth

kentuck y Carol and Gunter Radinger
utah
Karen Gottlieb
Laurel Howat Maxine Levy
washington
Susan Malinowski
los angeles
Nicolas Krusek
western canada
Joan Mitchell
mexico
Lisa Hanson
wisconsin
Theodore Fellenbaum
Barbara Wiltsie
michigan

Laura Franz
Adrienne Dickson
nebr ask a
TH A N K YOU TO O U R NAT IO NA L CO U NCIL M EM B ERS A N D CON TRIB U TORS
Ms. Jo-Ann C. Adams
Dr. Joan T. Ades
Mr. and Ms. Alan Agle
Mr. Donald J. and Dr. Marie Z. Amoruso
Mrs. Susan K. Appel
Mr. R. J. Barnett
Mr. Norton Belknap
Mrs. Jane C. Bergner
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Braddock
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brauer
Dr. and Mrs. Harmar Brereton
Mrs. Sara Brewster
Mr. Roger E. Burke
Mrs. Pauline H. Bynum
Mr. Arthur B. Casper
Mrs. Eleanor N. Caulkins
Mr. Ellis Chernoff
Mr. Theodore Chu
Ms. Emily Cornelius
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Craven
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Crawford
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Dacal
Mrs. Julia W. Dayton
Mr. Frederick L. Dear
Dr. Stephen Dilts
Mrs. Carol E. Domina
Mr. & Mrs. Ross Dacal
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis H. Dunn
Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Dupin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Edge
Ms. Suzanne B. Engel
Dr. Theodore L. Fellenbaum
Mrs. Marina Kellen French
Ms. Connie Fullmer
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Glass
Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Glaze
Mrs. Lynn C. Goldberg
Ms. Beth A. Goodman
Ms. Melissa Gordon
Mr. Christopher T. Clark
Dr. Veronika Grimm-Matthews
Dr. and Mrs. Randolph Guthrie
Mrs. Charles Henkelmann
Mr. Thomas Herm
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hobart
Mr. and Mrs. James Houston
Mrs. Margaret Talmadge Howell
Ms. Lily Hsieh Mrs. Douglas Dockery Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. William Jagoda Mrs. George J. Towne
Dr. and Mrs. Waine C. Johnson Ms. Joan Travis
Mr. Michael Kalkstein Mr. and Mrs. John VanScoyoc
Mr. John Kander Dr. Wilma B. Wilcox
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Kennedy Dr. Judith G. Wolf
Dr. Karen and Mr. Kevin Kennedy Dr. and Mrs. Timothy Young
Mrs. Leona Kern Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zimmerman
Ms. Injoa Kim
Dr. Richard Klein
Ms. Swantje Knye-Levin
Mr. Thomas F. Kranz
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis W. LaBarre
Mrs. Dominique F. Laffont
Mr. and Mrs. Fernand Lamesch
Mrs. Walter J. Laughery, Jr.
Dr. Edward D. Levy, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Lightdale
Ms. Susan Malinowski
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McDowell
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Michaels
Mr. Paul Hart Miller
MONC St. Louis District
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Oelsner
Ms. Lisette Oropesa
Mrs. Constance V. Pathy
Mr. and Ms. Lawrence T. Perera
Dr. and Mrs. Macon Phillips Jr.
Prof. Lisa A. Raskin
Dr. & Mrs. Jonathan M. Raskin
Dr. and Mrs. Cornelius Rosse
Mr. Milton B. Rubin
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rustin Jr
Mrs. Christine F. Saurel
Dr. and Mrs. Frank Sharbrough
Ms. Louise Shouse
Ms. Katherine Simmons
Ms. Kimberley Smith
Ms. Dorothy Smith
Mrs. Hope G. Smith
Mrs. Charles F. Smithers
Ms. Anne Solomon
Mrs. William F. Sondericker
Ms. Rhonda Sweeney
Mrs. Beatrice B. Taplin
Mrs. Eva Tausig
Ms. Martha J. Taylor