SAS Performing Arts Company announces the winners of its 2025 vocal competition. Coming in first place is bass Son Jin Kim. Baritone Will (June Young) Kim came in second and soprano Tessa McQueen came in third. Additionally, baritone Justice Yates took home the L.C. Vaughn Sankofa Award for Emerging Artists and baritone Yantian Sun was awarded the Dr. Alfred L. {…}
SAS Performing Arts Company has announced the schedule and jury for its 2025 Vocal Competition. The final round is set to take place in New York City from Nov. 21 – 23, 2025 with the jury featuring famed soprano Latonia Moore, mezzo-soprano Tichina Vaughn, Artistic Director Stephen Scovasso, and Executive Director Deborah Surdi. The top winners of the 2024 competition {…}
SAS Performing Arts Company kicks off its 5th anniversary season with “An Afternoon at the Opera: The Radio Days,” on Feb. 16. The program celebrates legendary broadcasts like “The Saturday Afternoon Metropolitan,” “Opera Texaco Broadcasts,” “The Bell Telephone Hour,” and “The Menotti Radio Hour.” Soprano Cassandra Douglas and baritone Jonathan R. Green open the double bill with arias and duets {…}
SAS Performing Arts Company and Studios, Inc. has announced the winners of its 2024 Vocal Competition. Tenor Luke Norvell took home first place, which was sponsored by Charles and Edith Upton. The second place winner was bass Cumhur Grögün. This award was sponsored by the company’s patrons. Mezzo-soprano Sadie Cheslak was awarded The Luana DeVol Award for Dramatic Voices’ third {…}
Finalists in the SAS Performing Arts Company’s 2023 Vocal Competition have been announced. The fourth annual competition will see sopranos Anna Aistova, Lynnesha Crump, Carami Hilaire, Shelen Hughes, Clara Luz Iranzo, and Cong Conc Wang, mezzo-sopranos Annie Chester, Shanley Horvitz, Melina Jaharis, Anna Kelly, and JoAnna Vladyka, tenors Charles Calotta and Minghao Liu, and baritone Seung Chan Hong. The collaborative {…}
SAS Performing Arts will present Pucinni’s “Il Trittico” with mezzo-soprano Tichina Vaughn taking on two roles. Vaughn will sing the roles of Frugola in “Il Tabarro” and La Zia Principessa in “Suor Angelica.” The Grammy Award-winning mezzo will be joined by sopranos Rebecca Kidnie and Juyoung Ma, tenor Eric Sebek, and baritones Shanley Horvitz, and Geoffrey di Giorgio who will {…}
SAS Performing Arts Concert Opera has unveiled its two upcoming performances. First up is Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” at Chris and St. Stephen’s Church in New York City. The performance will star mezzo-soprano Sophie Delphis as Cenerentola and tenor Ai Ra as Prince Ramiro. Playing the wicked Stepsisters are soprano Yuxin Zhou as Clorinda and mezzo Monica Camafreita as Tisbe with {…}
*** Written in collaboration with Francisco Salazar.*** The New York Opera Festival has announced its 2021 lineup, which will take place virtually in light of continued concerns over COVID-19. The New York Opera Fest will present a Kick-Off Event and NYOA Service Awards. The virtual event will feature both live and pre-recorded performances from New York City’s opera companies. In {…}
