Competitors passed through to the Final

Vincent, Ethan

Vincent, Ethan

No. 77

Voice type: Baritone

Country: United States of America

Date of birth: 2 March, 1991

The American baritone was born in Kansas City, Missouri and holds a master’s degree in Voice Performance from Northwestern University. While there, he was awarded the coveted Bienen School of Music Eckstein Fellowship. A recent graduate of Philadelphia’s prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts, he is the 1st prize winner of the Voice Competition “Young Patronesses of the Opera”, of the Vero Beach Rising Stars Competition, 2nd prize winner of the Nicola Martinucci Competition in Lucca, Italy, a top prize winner and audience choice award winner of the Paris Opera Awards, and was a national semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions. In the 2019–2020 season, he joined the Lyric Opera of Chicago and made his debut at the Opera Philadelphia and at the Indianapolis Opera, after perfoming in several roles at the Academy of Vocal Arts. Career highlights include roles in La traviata, West Side Story, Rigoletto, Don Giovanni, Gianni Schicchi, Il trovatore and Così fan tutte.

Competition Repertoire

Preliminary

Liszt: O komm im Traum

Verdi: Son io mio Carlo... Per me giunto... Io morrò – Rodrigo’s recitative and aria from Don Carlo

Gounod: Avant de quitter ces lieux – Valentin’s aria from Faust

 

Semi-final

Massenet: Vision fugitive – Hérode’s aria from Hérodiade

Donizetti: Cruda, funesta smania – Enrico’s aria from Lucia di Lammermoor

Final

Verdi: Alzati! là tuo figlio… Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima – Renato’s recitative and aria from Un ballo in maschera

Tchaikovsky: Ya vas lyublyu – Yeletsky’s aria from The Queen of Spades

Rossini: Largo al factotum – Figaro’s cavatina from Il barbiere di Siviglia