Two of the ten 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions finalists are Florence Voice
Seminar alums.
Three of five finalists at the 2007 Greenfield Competition at the Philadelphia Orchestra were Florence
Voice Seminar alums. The competition was won by FVS alum Disella Larusdottir.
Florence Voice Seminar Alum Amanda Moody wins Philadelphia Orchestra Young Artists Voice Competition
and is with the Young Artist Program at Arizona Opera.
Florence Voice Seminar Alum Kiera Duffy performed with James Levine at
Tanglewood in July 2007.
" Rose, has the flightiest music, and Kiera Duffy sang it vituosically" Allan
Kozinn, New York Times
Florence Voice Seminar Alum Allen Pinkney
Jr performed the role of Don Jose in Carmen at Brevard(August
2006) and is an apprentice with Sarasota Opera in 2007.
Disella Larusdottir was a winner in the Zachary Competition. She won the Astral Artistic Services Auditions
and will make her Philadelphia recital debut.
Soprano Dalma Boronkai performed Gilda in Rigoletto with New Opera Festival di Roma
Elisa Vilbergsdottir won second place in the Wagnerian Division of the Liederkranz competition
Takesha Kizart was the winner of The Classical Singer Young Artists Competition and one of the winners in the general
opera division of the Liederkranz competition.
