Page 49 - Classical Singer magazine 2019 Fall University Issue

Career Highlights: Participating in the Met’s 2019 Summer Recital Series and appearing as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor at Opéra de Montréal.
Dream Roles: Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto.
Most Played Song on Your Playlist: Die Schöpfung, Don Giovanni, and tenor aria albums
Name: Meigui Zhang, soprano
Age: 25
Hometown: Chengdu, China
Training: Degrees include a bachelor’s degree from
the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Sichuan Conservatory of Music and
a master’s degree from the
Mannes School of Music with additional summer training at the Merola Opera
Program.
Career Highlights: Making her Met debut as the
bloody child in M acbeth and as Barbarina in L e nozze di Figaro as well as appearing at the Guangzhou Opera
House as Zerlina in Don Giovanni and making a European debut in the Verbier Festival as Pamina in Die Zauber öte. Dream Roles: Gilda in Rigoletto and Lucia in Lucia di
L ammermoor.
Most Played Song on Your Playlist: “Love Me Tender”
recorded by Elvis Presley
Name: Brian Michael Moore, lyric tenor
Age: 26
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Training: Degrees include
a BM and MM from the Manhattan School of Music. Additional training at the Domingo–Colburn–Stein Young Artist Program and summer training at Cincinnati Opera.
Career Highlights: Making his Met debut as the song seller in Il tabarro and appearing as the Governor in Candide at LA Opera, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, as both Le Remendado and Le Dancaïre in various productions of Carmen, Duke
Meigui Zhang
Brian Michael Moore
MEAD WITTER SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MADISON
Photo courtesy of Michael R. Anderson
• Award-winning opera program -
The American Prize and National Opera Association
• Brand New Hamel Music Center Opening Fall 2019
• Numerous Scholarships, Awards, Assistantships, and Fellowships available
• Two full opera productions with orchestra each year
• Opera Scenes, Oratorios, Chamber Music, World Premieres
• Many double major opportunities
• Alums singing in major opera houses worldwide – see list on webpage
DEGREE PROGRAMS: VOICE & OPERA FACULTY:
B.A./B.S./B.M./M.M./D.M.A in Vocal Performance
B.M./M.Ed in Music Education
James Doing, Voice
Mimmi Fulmer, Voice and Opera
Thomas Kasdorf, Opera Coach
David Ronis, Karen K. Bishop Director of Opera Julia Rottmayer, Voice
Paul Rowe, Voice
For further information, please check: www.music.wisc.edu/voice/
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