Soprano Susanna Phillips is Selected as Winner of Juilliard's 13th Annual Alice Tully Vocal Arts Debut Recital
Ms. Phillips, an Alumna of Juilliard, to Make Her New York Solo Recital Debut on Thursday, November 19 at 8 PM in Alice Tully Hall
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Susanna Phillips made her Metropolitan Opera last season as Musetta in La bohème. She also appeared as Mozart's Countess in Le nozze di Figaro with the Dallas Opera and as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with the Boston Lyric Opera. Recital appearances have included the Vocal Arts Society at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and at Carnegie Hall with the Marilyn Horne Foundation in New York. She returned to her native Alabama to perform Strauss' Vier Letzte Lieder with the Huntsville Symphony.
Ms. Phillips was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and a winner of several of the world's leading vocal competitions - Operalia (both first place and the audience prize), the MacAllister Awards, and the George London Foundation. She received her master of music in May 2004 and her bachelor of music in May 2003 from Juilliard in an accelerated program.
Tickets to New York debut recital are $20 and $15 and available beginning on October 22 at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office or through CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500. Half-priced tickets for students and seniors are available only at the Box Office. TDF vouchers are accepted.
Juilliard's 13th annual Alice Tully Vocal Arts Debut Recital is supported by a generous gift from the Alice Tully Foundation. Past recipients of the Alice Tully Vocal Arts Debut Recital include: Jennifer Aylmer, William Ferguson, Sari Gruber, Stephanie Houtzeel, Mariana Karpatova, Brenda Patterson, Randall Scarlata, Shenyang, Raquela Sheeran, Lauren Skuce, Katherine Whyte, and Sarah Wolfson.
About Juilliard Vocal Arts
One of America's most prestigious programs for educating singers, The Juilliard School's Department of Vocal Arts offers young artists programs tailored to their talents and needs. From bachelor and master of music degrees to advanced artist diploma programs in voice and opera studies, Juilliard provides frequent performance opportunities, featuring singers in its own recital halls, on Lincoln Center's stages, and around New York City. In its nearly 80 year-history, Juilliard's opera department has presented numerous premieres of new operas as well as works from the standard repertoire.
Juilliard graduates may be heard in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world; diverse alumni artists include well-known performers such as Edie Adams, John Aler, Sasha Cooke, Jan DeGaetani, Faith Esham, Simon Estes, Lauren Flanigan, Renée Fleming, Anthony Dean Griffey, Barbara Hendricks, Hei-Kyung Hong, Gwendolyn Killebrew, Michael Maniaci, Audra McDonald, Susanne Mentzer, Leona Mitchell, Leontyne Price, Florence Quivar, Neil Rosenshein, Risë Stevens, Tatiana Troyanos, Shirley Verrett, Veronica Villarroel, and Robert White, among others.
In February 2008, Juilliard and the Metropolitan Opera announced a joint training program to identify and educate the finest young opera singers and accompanists, preparing them for careers in the world's great opera houses. Metropolitan Opera Music Director James Levine will serve as Artistic Director for the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program in Partnership with The Juilliard School. Brian Zeger, Artistic Director of Juilliard Vocal Arts, will serve as the new program's Executive Director. The program begins with the 2010-2011 season.
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