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JOSEPH KAISER,
tenor
Vienna State Opera
Arabella
GREGORY KUNDE,
tenor
Teatro dell’Opera (Rome)
Andrea Chénier
WILL LIVERMAN,
baritone
English National Opera at The Hackney Empire
Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD
NICOLE CABELL,
soprano
Angers Nantes Opéra
La bohème
KATHLEEN KIM,
soprano
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Nixon in China
MARJORIE OWENS,
soprano
Washington Concert Opera
Leonore
(original version of
Fidelio
)
DAVID PORTILLO,
tenor
Theater an der Wien (Vienna)
Ariodante
EMILY FONS,
mezzo-soprano
Opéra de Lille
La Cenerentola
STEPHEN POWELL,
baritone
San Francisco Opera
The Makropulos Case
Alumni Perform
Around the World
in 2016/17
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