The Metropolitan Opera is one of the best known opera companies in the world, a vibrant home for the most creative and talented singers, conductors, composers, orchestra musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world.  Known as the venue for the world’s greatest voices, the Met has been under the musical direction of James Levine since 1976.  Under the leadership of General Manager Peter Gelb, the Met has launched a series of bold initiatives that are designed to broaden the company’s audience and revitalize its repertory.

The Lindemann Young Artist Development Program was created in 1980 by Maestro Levine to identify and develop extraordinarily talented young artists in the realm of opera.  The program has trained a new generation of celebrated American and international opera singers, as well as coaches and pianists, who perform at the highest standards in productions at the Met and opera houses around the world.

The Young Artist Development Program has been named after Mr. and Mrs. George Lindemann in recognition and gratitude for their leadership and generous support.

While many opera companies across the country conduct young artist training programs, the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program is unparalleled for the quality and scope of resources available to its participants.  Throughout their instruction, young artists draw upon the vast pool of world-renowned talent available at the Met, including current and former Met artists, internationally recognized coaches and master teachers, and staff from the Metropolitan Opera’s music and artistic departments.  Program participants have access to daily rehearsals and practice sessions, where they can observe opera’s great singers preparing their roles for the current Met repertory.  They are presented with the unparalleled opportunity to perform onstage in Met productions, as many are assigned supporting roles and serve as cover's for featured singers.

In a unique partnership between two prestigious musical institutions, the Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School joined forces with the beginning of the 2010-11 season.  The program’s participants now have access to both organizations’ considerable resources and personnel, in an effort to expand learning and performing opportunities for young artists.  This includes one fully staged or concert opera production per year at Juilliard, conducted by Maestro Levine, featuring members of the Young Artist Program and the Juilliard Orchestra.

The inaugural production was Smetana’s The Bartered Bride in February 2011, conducted by James Levine and directed by Stephen Wadsworth.  Gluck's Armide conducted by Jane Glover and directed by Fabrizio Melano followed in 2012.  The 2012-2013 season production was Mozart's Così fan tutte, conducted by Alan Gilbert and directed by Stephen Wadsworth.

James Levine

MUSIC DIRECTOR/CONDUCTOR (Cincinnati, Ohio)
MET DEBUT:  Tosca 1971
MET HIGHLIGHTS:  Das Rheingold, Concerts, Simon Boccanegra, Don Pasquale, Wozzeck, Il Trovatore, Die Walküre, La Bohème, Don Carlo

Brian Zeger

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (Port Jervis, New York)
EDUCATION/TRAINING:  BA Harvard; MM The Juilliard School; DMA Manhattan School of Music 
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Collaborations with many of the world's top artists including von Stade, Terfel, Voigt, and Graham.  Artistic Director of the Ellen and James S. Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts Department at The Juilliard School; For 10 years, Mr. Zeger was the Program Director of the Program for Singers at the Steans Music Institute of the Ravinia Festival; recordings on EMI Classics, New World, Naxos, and Koch record labels.

Ken Noda

MUSICAL ASSISTANT TO JAMES LEVINE (New York, New York)
EDUCATION/TRAINING: Studied piano with Daniel Barenboim
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Soloist with Berlin, Vienna, New York, Israel, and Los Angeles Philharmonics; London, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco Symphonies; Cleveland Orchestra and Orchestre de Paris under Abbado, Barenboim, Chailly, Levine, Mehta, Ozawa, and Previn.  Chamber music collaborations with Levine, Perlman, and Zukerman.  Vocal accompanist to Battle, Behrens, Ewing, Millo, Moll, Norman, and Upshaw; regular participant at Marlboro Music Festival.  

Stephen Wadsworth

HEAD OF DRAMATIC STUDIES (Mt. Kisco, New York)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Director for the Met's Boris Godunov and Iphigénie en Tauride; director for The Juilliard School and The Metropolitan Opera's joint production of The Bartered Bride and Così fan tutte. Met debut Rodelinda 2004; has been a teacher in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program since the early 1980s; has directed at La Scala, the Vienna Staatsoper, Covent Garden, Netherlands Opera, the Edinburgh Festival, and Seattle Opera, where he directed the world premiere of Daron Hagen's Amelia, celebrated the 25th anniversary of his debut, and received the Artist of the Year Award; wrote the opera A Quiet Place with Leonard Bernstein which played at New York City Opera.

Robert Cowart

HEAD OF LINGUISTIC STUDIES (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
EDUCATION/TRAINING:  Studied music and languages at University of Pennsylvania and Queens College; extensive private research studies in linguistics. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  Vocal language coach at Manhattan School of Music; The Juilliard School; Mannes School of Music; Curtis Institute of Music; Aspen Music Festival and School; International Vocal Arts Institute in Israel, Montreal and Japan; and "Si parla si canta" Vocal Program in Urbania, Italy, where he concentrates on the profound connection between language and the voice.

Vlad Iftinca

STAFF MUSIC COACH (Iasi, Romania)
EDUCATION/TRAINING: Studied at Southern Methodist University, Dallas; Mannes School of Music and The Juilliard School. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: New York conducting debut with The Juilliard School in Rossini's La cambiale di matrimonio and La scala di seta; Assistant Conductor at the Met since 2008; Vocal accompanist to Te Kanawa, Hampson, Voigt, Hong, Leonard; recitals with the Met's 2012 Summer Recital Series, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Los Angeles Opera, Zurich Opera, Hong Kong Performing Arts Festival, Beijing Music Festival, Seoul Performing Arts Center, Samling UK Masterclasses 2011 and 2013.

Nathaniel Murray

FITNESS INSTRUCTOR (Buffalo, New York)
EDUCATION/TRAINING:  Laban Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, New York; Alexander and Feldenkrais; Integral Yoga; Yoga Certification; Kokushi Budo Institute, New York; Shodan-First Degree Black Belt-Aikido; trained with Babatunde Olatunji as Master Drummer. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  Performed with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Fitness Coach for the David Letterman Band, Saturday Night Live Band, James Taylor Band and Stevie Wonder Band; Guest Artist with Kirtanist Krishna Das.

David Paul

GERMAN INSTRUCTOR (Hamburg, Germany)
EDUCATION/TRAINING: Studied acting and directing at Columbia University; Graduate of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program at Washington National Opera. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  Has worked extensively on operatic and theatrical stages throughout the United States and abroad, including Washington National Opera, the Tel Aviv Summer Opera Festival, and the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC;  Dramatic Advisor for the Juilliard School's master's program in Voice; served on the faculties of the International Vocal Arts Institute in Israel, "Viva Virginia" at Virginia Tech, and the Columbia University Summer High School Program.

Renee Therriault 

ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR (Albany, New York)
EDUCATION/TRAINING:  BA English Literature, Middlesex Univeristy, London.  MA English & Comparative Literature, Goldsmith's College, University of London.  CELTA English Teaching Certification, International House, Budapest. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  English as a Foreign Language teacher at language schools in Budapest, Istanbul, London, and New York.  Taught English and literature in Turkey with US State Department's English Language Fellow Program facilitated by Georgetown University.  Private English tutor for individuals and corporate clients, including Trump Towers, Waldorf Towers, and Essex House.

John Fisher

GUEST MASTER TEACHER (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom)
EDUCATION/TRAINING:  Studies at Glasgow University, the Royal Academy of Music, and the London Opera Centre. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  Music Director of the Opera Studio at Théâtre à la Monnaie, Brussels; Music Staff at De Nederlandse Operastichting, Amsterdam; Head of Music Staff/Artistic Administrator at Teatro alla Scala, Milan; Artistic Director of Teatro alla Fenice, Venice; Director of Opera and Vocal Productions/Executive Producer at Deutsche Grammophone; Director of Music Administration at the Met; General Director of Welsh National Opera.

Renata Scotto

GUEST MASTER TEACHER (Savona, Italy)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  Made her Met debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly in 1965 and since became a legendary opera star; made her Met directing debut in 1986 with Madama Butterfly, and has directed at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Arena di Verona, and Florida Grand Opera among many others; master classes at Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard School, Yale University, the Russian Opera Center in Moscow, Tokyo University; Director of the Young Artists Program at the Verdi Institute in Parma; founded the Renata Scotto Vocal Academy in Albisola, Italy and at Westchester Music Conservatory, New York; received an Honorary Doctorate from The Juilliard School.

Carol Vaness

GUEST MASTER TEACHER (San Diego, California)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  Launched her career in 1979 with Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito at New York City Opera; made her Met debut in 1984 as Armida in Rinaldo; has performed almost all of Mozart's operas at the Met; has sung at Teatro alla Scala, Covent Garden, Vienna Staatsoper and Paris Opera; Professor of Voice and Opera Workshop at Indiana University; numerous recordings on various record labels; four Grammy Award nominations.

2012-13 Young Artists

Mario Chang

TENOR (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-Second Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING: Private Coaching

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2012-2013 season; Met debut Fourth Esquire in Parsifal.  In the 2011-2012 season; Chevalier de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites IVAI program in Israel; Carnegie Hall debut in concert with the Musical Olympus Foundation; debut with the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne in Rennes, France. Gaston in La Traviata at The National Theater in Guatemala 2006; Mozart Requiem with the National Symphonic Orchestra of Guatemala 2006, 2007; Beethoven’s 9^th. Symphony in Ruben Dario Theater in Nicaragua with the Orchestra Centroamericana 2009; Don Ottavio of Mozart’s Don Giovanni in South Carolina and West Virginia 2009; Fritz Kobus of Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz at Miami Beach 2011. Galas with Orchestra in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and in San Petersburg, Russia for the Musical Olympus Festival, 2011. Winner of the First Prize at the 48 Edition of the International Francisco Viñas Competition at El Liceu Theater in Barcelona, Spain 2011; also winner of the “Placido Domingo Prize” for Best Tenor and the “Amics de l’Opera de Sabadell” Prize.

Wallis Giunta

MEZZO-SOPRANO (Ottowa, Canada)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-Second Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING:  Artist Diploma The Glenn Gould School; Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2012-2013 season; Met debut Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto; Dorabella in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of Così fan tutte; Annio in Canadian Opera Company’s production of La Clemenza di Tito.  2011-2012 season; Phénice in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of Gluck's Armide; Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana with Opera Lyra Ottawa; Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro with Fort Worth Opera; Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte with Canadian Opera Company; Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Banff Centre; Pribaoutki in Robert Lepage’s The Nightingale and Other Short Fables at The Brooklyn Academy of Music; recipient of the 2012 Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award; 2010 George London Encouragement Award for a Canadian Singer; Finalist in the 2009 Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition.

Ryan Speedo Green

BASS-BARITONE (Suffolk, VA)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-Second Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING: BM Hartt School of Music; MM FSU.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2012-2013 season; Met stage debut singing the Mandarin in Turandot and The Second Knight in Parsifal; In the 2011-2012 season, he reprised the role of Colline in La Bohème with Central City Opera; The Commendatore in The Juilliard School's production of Don Giovanni; Colline in La Bohème with Central City Opera; Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola and Colline in La Bohème with Opera Colorado; Bass soloist in the Verdi Requiem with Hartford Chorale and the Mozart Coronation Mass with Virginia Symphony. National Winner of the 2011 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; 2011 Sara Tucker Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation.

Evan Hughes

BASS-BARITONE (Santa Barbara, California)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-Third Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING: BM UCLA; MM Curtis Institute of Music.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2012-2013 season; Met debut as Crébillon in La Rondine, the Flemish Deputy in Don Carlo; Don Alfonso in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of Così fan tutte; World premiere of a work written for him and 50^th anniversary of the New York Youth Symphony at Carnagie Hall; In the 2011-2012 season, principle artist at the Castleton Festival where he sang Don Basillio in Il Barbiere di Sivilglia and the bass solo in Beethoven 9; Artist in Residence at the Marlboro Music festival; Completed a residency with Grammy award winning Southwest Chamber Music Ensemble premiering and recording new works by Gabriela Ortiz; Debut as Don Basillio in Il Barbiere di Sivilglia at Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari; Residency at Marlboro Music Festival; Aronte in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of Gluck's Armide; Carter’s Syringa at Carnegie Hall (with James Levine conducting the MET Chamber Ensemble) and at the Tanglewood Music Festival; Leporello in Don Giovanni at Tanglewood; National Semi-Finalist in the 2010 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions; a Grand Prize Winner of the Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition; First Prize 2013 Gerda Lissner Competition.

Anthony Kalil

Tenor (Goshen, Indiana)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-First Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING: Music studies at Wartburg College

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Lensky in Eugene Onegin with Vashon Opera; participant in the I Sing Beijing program in Beijing, China.  He has performed such roles as Rodolfo in La Bohème, Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca, The Count of Lerma in Don Carlo, Gabriel Von Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Canio in Pagliacci, Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly, and the Duke of Matua in Rigoletto. 2013 Sara Tucker Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation; Second Prize 2013 Gerda Lissner Competition.

Alexey Lavrov

Baritone (Komi Republic, Russia)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-First Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING:  Syktyvkar Music College and St. Petersburg State Conservatory

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2012-2013 Season; Met Debut as Herald in Otello and The Flemish Deputy in Don Carlo.  Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre in Moscow; Title Role in Eugene Onegin with the Rheinsberg Festival in Germany and on tour with Mikhailovsky Theatre in Japan; Silvio in Pagliacci, Robert in Iolanta, and Baron Douphol in La Traviata with the Mikhailovsky Theatre;  Morales in Carmen, Shchelkalov in Boris Godunov, Robert in Iolanthe with the Bolshoi Theater Young Artist Programme; Fourth Prize winner Concurso Internacional de Canto Teatro Colón competition. Winner of the 2010 Hariclea Darclee International Voice Competition and the ‘Three Centuries of Classical Romance’ Singing Competition; Second Prize at the Byulbyul International Vocal Competition; Third Prize at the Elena Obraztsova International Competition, and was awarded a Diploma at the International Rachmaninov Contest.

Alexander Lewis

TENOR (Sydney, Australia)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-Third Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING: BA Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: In the 2012-2013 season; Borsa in Rigoletto at the Met; Ferrando in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of Così fan tutte.  In the 2011-2012 season; Metropolitan Opera’s 2012 Summer Recital Series; Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore with the Chautauqua Music Festival;  Artémidore in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of Gluck's Armide; First Guard in Manon at the Met; Nemorino in L’Elisir d’Amore with the Merola Opera Program of San Francisco Opera; Anthony in Sweeney Todd with Opera Australia; Raoul and Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera; Winner of the National Aria Competition in Australia; Winner of the 2010 Sir Robert Askin Fellowship; Second Prize in the McDonalds Operatic Aria Competition in Australia.

Alexandra Naumenko

PIANIST (Moscow, Russia)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-Second Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING: BM in Piano Performance and MM in Opera Coaching Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Staff Pianist IVAI program in Israel.  Six seasons as an opera coach at the Bolshoi Theater of Russia; Head coach at Bolshoi's premier of Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin taking place in the Opera Garnier de Paris for the opening of the season.  Rehearsal pianist in 2012-2013 season Met + Juilliard production of Cosi fan Tutte.

Nimrod David Pfeffer

PIANIST (Migdal-Ha'emek, Israel)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-First Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING: BMus Tel-Aviv University; MM and PDPL in Piano Performance Mannes College of Music; PDPL candidate in Orchestral Conducting Mannes College of Music. 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Assistant conductor to Joseph Colaneri at the Mannes Opera; 2011-2012 fellow at Steans Music Institute at Ravinia Festival; 2012 Grantee of the Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts; Recital appearances at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Russian Kremlin, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Shanghai Concert Hall, Ravinia Festival; American Ballet Theatre debut at The Metropolitan Opera in the production of Lady of the Camellias; Soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; First prizes: International Columbia Chopin Competition, Katcz Competition, and Tel-Aviv Chopin Competition;

Luthando Qave

BARITONE (Mdantsane, South Africa)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-Third Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING: BA The University College of Opera, Stockholm, Sweden.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2012-2013 season; Fiorello in The Barber of Seville at the Met; Guglielmo in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of Così fan tutte. In the 2011-2012 season;Yamadori in The Met's production of Madama Butterfly; Ubalde in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of Gluck's Armide; Orest in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride at the Rheinsberg Schloss Theater; Nardo in La Finta Giardiniera at Stockholm’s Drottningholm Court Theatre; Semi-Finalist in the Neue Stimmen International Singing Competition; Finalist in the Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition in Vienna.

Emalie Savoy

SOPRANO (Schenectady, New York)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-Third Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING: BM and MM The Juilliard School.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: In the 2012-2013 season; Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto at the Met; Fiordiligi in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of Così fan tutte.  In January 2013, Ms. Savoy will appear in recital with tenor Matthew Polenzani and pianist Ken Noda as part of the George London Foundation Recital Series at the Morgan Library. She will then appear as soprano soloist in Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem in Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, conducted by Maestro Kent Tritle and performed by the Oratorio Society of New York in April 2013. Recipient of the 2012 Hildegard Behrens Foundation Award for promising young classical artists,  In the 2011-2012 season; Selections from De Falla’s Atlàntida with the New York Philharmonic; Met debut as Kristina in The Makropulos Case; Armide in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of Gluck's Armide; Satie’s Socrate with the MET Chamber Ensemble conducted by James Levine; Ariadne in Ariadne auf Naxos with Christoph von Dohnányi at the 2010 Tanglewood Music Center; Mendelssohn’s Paulus at Carnegie Hall with the Oratorio Society of New York; Winner of the 2011 George London Foundation Competition.

Andrew Stenson

Mr. Stenson’s participation in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program is sponsored by the Kern Family, in memory of Ralph W. Kern.

TENOR (Rochester, Minnesota)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-First Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING: MM at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; BA Luther College. 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  In the 2012-2013 season; The Third Esquire in Parsifal at The Met; Debut with the San Francisco Symphony for Handel’s Messiah;  In the 2011-2012 season; Met debut as a Rameau Quartet Member in The Enchanted Island; Cassio in Knoxville Opera’s production of Otello; Le Remendado in the mainstage production of Carmen, Orphée in Orphée et Euridice, title role in Werther and Ernesto in Don Pasquale Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor on the mainstage, and Don Ottavio in the Young Artist production of Don Giovanni; Seattle Opera mainstage and Young Artist Program productions; Apprentice artist at San Francisco Opera’s Merola Program where he sang the Man with Old Luggage in Dominic Argento’s Postcard from Morocco.

Daniel Stewart

CONDUCTOR (San Francisco, California)
EDUCATION/TRAINING: BM Indiana University School of Music, GD Curtis Institute of Music
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Has served as cover conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the St. Louis Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, and the Opera Company of Philadelphia; Music Director of 'La Tragédie de Carmen' with the Curtis Opera Theater; Finalist at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2010 assistant conductor audition; Winner of the 2010 James Conlon Conducting Prize at the Aspen Music Festival. Conducted the Hessischer Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester, and the Frankfurter Opern und Museumsorchester as semi finalist at the Georg Solti dirigentenwetbewerb 2012. Music Director Candidate with the Santa Cruz Symphony.

Renée Tatum

MEZZO-SOPRANO (Orange, California)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-Third Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING:  BM California State University Fullerton; MM Manhattan School of Music; Studies towards the Artist Diploma in Opera Studies The Juilliard School. 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  In the 2012-2013 season; Emilia in Otello, Adonella in Francesca da Rimini and Flosshilde in Das Rheingold and Götterdammerung at the Met; Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte with San Francisco Opera, Dvorak's Stabat Mater with The Oratorio Society of New York, and Flosshilde and Grimgerde in Der Ring des Nibelungen with Seattle Opera. In the 2011-2012 season; Fenena in Nabucco at the Met; La Haine in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of Gluck's Armide; In the 2010-2011 season, Inez in Il Trovatore at the Met; Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte with Santa Fe Opera; Háta in The Metropolitan Opera and The Juilliard School's joint production of The Bartered Bride; Nancy in Albert Herring with San Francisco Opera; Regional Finalist in the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. 

Bryan Wagorn

EDUCATION/TRAINING:  BM The University of Ottawa; MM The Mannes College of Music; DMA candidate, The Manhattan School of Music CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Staff Pianist Ravinia Festival Steans Music Institute; Pianist and coach, Pinchas Zukerman Summer Music Institute, Canada; Recital appearances include Carnegie Hall, The Marilyn Horne Foundation, the Jeunesses Musicales de Canada, and the Canadian Opera Company's Four Seasons Centre; Collaborations with Kenneth Cooper, Ralph Kirshbaum, Carol Wincenc, members of the New York Philharmonic and The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Former teaching assistant at The Manhattan School of Music. Rehearsal pianist and harpsichordist in the 2012-2013 season Met + Juilliard production of Cosi fan Tutte.

Lei Xu

SOPRANO (Shanghai, China)
Lindemann Young Artist Development Program-Fourth Year
EDUCATION/TRAINING:  BM The Shanghai Conservatory of Music; MM The Juilliard School; Artist Diploma in Opera Studies The Juilliard School. 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  Semi finalist in the 2012 Operalia Competition in Beijing, China.  In the 2011-2012 season; Blanche de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites IVAI program in Israel.  In the 2012-2013 season; 1^st Bridesmaid in Le nozze di Figaro, A Singer in La Rondine, and Flowermaiden in Parsifal at the Met. In the 2010-2011 season; Met debut as  First Priestess in Iphigénie en Tauride and Echo in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Met; Pamina in Die Zauberflöte in Paris at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord; Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Ilia in Idomeneo at Juilliard; Poppea in L’Incoronazione di Poppea at The Chautauqua Music Festival.