Miller, Jr., president of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and F. The ceremony began with greetings from Richard J. At the awards show, Kelsey gave the award to tenor Vittorio Grigòlo. Next season, he will appear in two of Verdi’s father roles at the Metropolitan Opera: Amonasro in “Aida” and Germont in “La Traviata.” He is currently starring as Enrico in Donizetti’s “Lucia Di Lammermoor,” the heroine’s brother. He began with “Rigoletto” and thus gravitated to these roles right from the beginning. Most baritones start their careers in the lyric range, he said, and eventually work their way into the lower range that Verdi favored. Asked in an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times as to why there are so few notable singers with this special type of voice, he pointed out that we recently lost one, referring to the great Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Quinn Kelsey, a native of Hawaii, is recognized as one of the world’s leading Verdi baritones. There was a chance to meet opera stars, both the presenters (Quinn Kelsey, Plácido Domingo, Joyce DiDonato, James Morris, and Dolora Zajick) and the honorees (Vittorio Grigolo, Sonya Yoncheva, William Christie, Hei-Kyung Hong, and Fiorenza Cossotto). The bids were in the thousands of dollar range but the money went to a good cause: opera.
Before the award presentation, an auction was held with attendees bidding on such unique items as a singalong of old pop songs in the winner’s own home by mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe accompanied by her ukulele, a week at a villa in Tuscany, and other unusual items. The 13 th annual award presentation was held at the Grand Ballroom of New York’s Plaza Hotel. The black tie-award dinner for distinguished achievement in opera is an annual event looked forward to by music lovers. NEW YORK- Opera News, started by the Metropolitan Opera Guild in 1936, has the largest circulation of any classical music magazine in the United States.
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