{"id":53191,"date":"2017-01-30T09:35:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T14:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?p=53191"},"modified":"2022-08-17T08:45:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T12:45:08","slug":"bu-students-sing-in-metropolitan-opera-national-council-northeast-finals","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2017\/bu-students-sing-in-metropolitan-opera-national-council-northeast-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"BU students sing in Metropolitan Opera National Council Northeast Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">January 30, 2017<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_53195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53195\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/cfa\/files\/2017\/01\/16425787_10154747922725973_5608010555464308902_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2017\/01\/16425787_10154747922725973_5608010555464308902_n.jpg\" alt=\"16425787_10154747922725973_5608010555464308902_n\" class=\"wp-image-53195 size-full\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2017\/01\/16425787_10154747922725973_5608010555464308902_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2017\/01\/16425787_10154747922725973_5608010555464308902_n-477x636.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2017\/01\/16425787_10154747922725973_5608010555464308902_n-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2017\/01\/16425787_10154747922725973_5608010555464308902_n-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabriella Reyes de Ramirez as she gets ready to represent BU in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Semi-Finals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On January 29th, 2017, two BU students sang in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Northeast Finals: Wee Kiat Chia, DMA countertenor and student of Professor Lynn Eustis, and Gabriella Reyes, first year Opera Institute student of Professor Penelope Bitzas. To top it off, Gabriella Reyes was announced as one of two first-place winners! As such, she will get to go to New York to compete in the National Semi-Finals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">The purpose of the National Council Auditions Program, sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera, is to find exceptionally talented opera singers and to assist them in their development, to discover new talent for the Metropolitan Opera, and to search for possible participants in the Young Artist Development Program of the Met.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\" align=\"left\">Read more about this prestigious competition here:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neaudition.org\/\">&nbsp;http:\/\/www.neaudition.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 29th, 2017, two BU students sang in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Northeast Finals: Wee Kiat Chia, DMA countertenor and student of Professor Lynn Eustis, and Gabriella Reyes, first year Opera Institute student of Professor Penelope Bitzas. To top it off, Gabriella Reyes was announced as one of two first-place winners! 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