{"id":43837,"date":"2017-03-20T07:56:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T11:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=43837"},"modified":"2017-03-20T11:30:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T15:30:46","slug":"the-scoop-canadian-kirsten-mackinnon-takes-top-honours-at-2017-met-opera-auditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2017\/03\/20\/the-scoop-canadian-kirsten-mackinnon-takes-top-honours-at-2017-met-opera-auditions\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Canadian Wins Big (Again) At 2017 Met Opera Auditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43838\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43838\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Metropolitan-Opera\u2019s-National-Council-Auditions.jpg\" alt=\"Winners of 2017 Met Opera Auditions (Photo: Fay Fox\/Metropolitan Opera)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Metropolitan-Opera\u2019s-National-Council-Auditions.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Metropolitan-Opera\u2019s-National-Council-Auditions-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Metropolitan-Opera\u2019s-National-Council-Auditions-768x368.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winners of 2017 Met Opera Auditions (Photo: Fay Fox\/Metropolitan Opera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions has announced six winners, including Vancouver-based soprano Kirsten MacKinnon, from a total of nine finalists.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Samantha Hankey<\/strong>, 24, mezzo-soprano (Marshfield, MA)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kirsten MacKinnon<\/strong>, 26, soprano (Vancouver, BC, Canada)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen<\/strong>, 23, countertenor (Brooklyn, NY)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Richard Smagur<\/strong>, 26, tenor (Clarkesville, GA)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kyle van Schoonhoven<\/strong>, 28, tenor (Lockport, NY)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vanessa Vasquez<\/strong>, 26, soprano (Scottsdale, AZ)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This marks the second year in a row where a Canadian has taken top honours. The 2016 competition winners included Toronto mezzo-soprano <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/2016\/03\/14\/the-scoop-met-national-council-auditions-2016-emily-dangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emily D\u2019Angelo<\/a>, whose career has taken a leap thanks in part to the high-profile win.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43839\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43839\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43839\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/MetOperaAudiditons.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Cody Quattlebaum, Gabriella Reyes Ramirez, Samantha Hankey, Richard Smagur, Vanessa Vasquez, Kirsten MacKinnon, Natalie Image, and Kyle van Schoonhoven (Photo: Fay Fox\/Metropolitan Opera)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/MetOperaAudiditons.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/MetOperaAudiditons-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/MetOperaAudiditons-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Cody Quattlebaum, Gabriella Reyes Ramirez, Samantha Hankey, Richard Smagur, Vanessa Vasquez, Kirsten MacKinnon, Natalie Image, and Kyle van Schoonhoven (Photo: Fay Fox\/Metropolitan Opera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hosted by Ren\u00e9e Fleming, each of the nine finalists sang two arias backed by conductor Nicola Luisotti and the Met orchestra. The competition concluded with a concert with competition laureates Amber Wagner, Jamie Barton, and Michael Fabiano. The concert was recorded and will be broadcast soon.<\/p>\n<p>Each winner receives a $15,000 USD cash prize<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for an exclusive interview with Kirsten MacKinnon later this week.<\/p>\n<h3>For more CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS, visit\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.musicaltoronto.org\/category\/scoop\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>HERE<\/u><\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n<h3><b><i>#LUDWIGVAN<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions has announced six winners, including Vancouver-based soprano Kirsten MacKinnon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":43838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6439,5,39,43],"tags":[9503],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/03\/Metropolitan-Opera\u2019s-National-Council-Auditions.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-bp3","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43837"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43847,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43837\/revisions\/43847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43837"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=43837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}