For those who missed the Metropolitan Opera Council Grand Finals Concert, WXQR is transmitting the recorded version on June 10.

The concert will showcase the arias that the finalists sang at the concert back on March 19, 2017. Maestro Nicola Luisotti led the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and the event was hosted by soprano Renée Fleming. Soprano Amber Wagner, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, and tenor Michael Fabiano performed as special guests. The three singers were celebrating their tenth anniversary of winning the competition.

This year’s winners were soprano Kirsten MacKinnon, soprano Vanessa Vasquez, countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, mezzo Samantha Hankey, tenor Kyle Van Schoonhoven, and tenor Richard Smagur.

OperaWire went to the concert and noted that winner “Vanessa Vasquez brought soprano hits ‘E strano … Sempre libera’ and ‘Un bel di, vedremo.’ A luscious voice, she held her hands close to her cheek as though she could already taste Madama Butterfly’s victory.”

It was also noted that “Richard Tucker grant winner Samantha Hankey sang a well-received ‘Parto, parto,’ but also moved us with beautiful Russian diction in her portrayal as Joan of Arc in ‘Da, chas nastal,’ from ‘The Maid of Orleans.’”

WQXR will transmit the concert at 1 pm EDT.

Program:

“O luce di quest’anima” from Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti)
Natalie Image, Soprano

“Se vuol ballare” from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Cody Quattlebaum, Bass-Baritone

“Parto, parto” from La Clemenza di Tito (Mozart)
Samantha Hankey, Mezzo-Soprano

“La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” (Flower Song) from Carmen (Bizet)
Richard Smagur, Tenor

“Otchego eto prezhde ne znala” from Iolanta (Tchaikovsky)
Kirsten MacKinnon, Soprano

“Pompe vane di morte … Dove sei, amato bene?” from Rodelinda (Handel)
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Countertenor

“Il est doux, il est bon” from Hérodiade (Massenet)
Gabriella Reyes de Ramírez, Soprano

“Steady! There you are! Nearly home!” (Grimes’s Mad Scene) from Peter Grimes (Britten)
Kyle van Schoonhoven, Tenor

“Un bel dì, vedremo” from Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
Vanessa Vasquez, Soprano

Intermission

Snow Maiden’s Aria from The Snow Maiden (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Natalie Image, Soprano

“Vous qui faites l’endormie” from Faust (Gounod)
Cody Quattlebaum, Bass-Baritone

“Da, chas nastal” from The Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky)
Samantha Hankey, Mezzo-Soprano

“Pourquoi me réveiller” from Werther (Massenet)
Richard Smagur, Tenor

“Ah, je ris de me voir” from Faust (Gounod)
Kirsten MacKinnon, Soprano

“Dawn, still darkness” (Refugee’s Aria) from Flight (Jonathan Dove)
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Countertenor

“Cristóbal ¿Es esta luz la muerte?” from Florencia en el Amazonas (Catán)
Gabriella Reyes de Ramírez, Soprano

“Allmächt’ger Vater, blick herab!” (Rienzi’s Prayer) from Rienzi (Wagner)
Kyle van Schoonhoven, Tenor

“È strano! È strano! … Ah fors’è lui … Sempre libera” from La Traviata (Verdi)
Vanessa Vasquez, Soprano

GUEST ARTISTS

“Acerba voluttà, dolce tortura” from Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea)
Jamie Barton, Mezzo-Soprano

“Es gibt ein Reich” from Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss)
Amber Wagner, Soprano

“Oh! fede negar potessi … Quando le sere al placido” from Luisa Miller (Verdi)
Michael Fabiano, Tenor