Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions
NEW YORK (AP) - February 25, 2008 Tenor Rene Barbera of San Antonio, Texas; mezzo-sopranos
Jennifer Johnson of St. Louis and Daveda Karanas of Mandeville,
La.; soprano Simone Osborne of Vancouver, British Columbia; and
baritone Edward Parks of Indiana, Pa., were selected after
performing Sunday at the Met.
About 1,500 singers participated in the contest. Past winners
include Renee Fleming, Deborah Voigt, Stephanie Blythe, Dolora
Zajick, Ben Heppner, Thomas Hampson and Samuel Ramey.
