SINGERS 2009

 

 

 

 

 

KAREN VUONG, soprano, was a Domingo-Thornton LA Opera Young Artist for two years. Her 2006/07 debut season at LA Opera included the Voice of Shepherd Boy in Tannhäuser, Lady of Mahagonny in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, and Amore in L’incoronazione di Poppea. In the 2007/08 season, she sang Mimì in a student matinee performance of La Bohème conducted by Plácido Domingo, First Playmate in The Dwarf, Shepherd Boy in Tosca, and Yvette in La Rondine. She has been acknowledged in competitions including the 2007 José Iturbi Vocal Competition (semifinalist), the 2006 Plácido Domingo Operalia Competition (Culturarte Award), and the 2004 Palm Springs Opera Guild Vocal Competition (The Geraldine & Ron Hoeffer Scholarship). Recent engagements include Lay Sister in Suor Angelica at LA Opera, and Sophie in Werther at Kentucky Opera. Ms. Vuong is a graduate of UCLA where she performed Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica, Despina in Così fan tutte, Emmie in Albert Herring, the “Somewhere” soloist in West Side Story, and Shoemaker’s Wife in Lorca Child of the Moon by Ian Krouse. In the 2009/2010 season she is scheduled to sing in the world premiere opera Amelia at Seattle Opera.