{"id":22110,"date":"2022-02-16T21:56:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T02:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/?post_type=cmim-competitors&#038;p=22110"},"modified":"2022-06-20T22:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T02:44:40","slug":"sarah-dufresne","status":"publish","type":"cmim-competitors","link":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/sarah-dufresne\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Dufresne"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Voice 2022 \u2013 Aria Division<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #fc4237;\">Laureate &#8211; Pierre Pe\u0301ladeau ans Raymonde Chopin Second Prize<br \/>Observatoire qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de l\u2019art lyrique Prize for the Best Competitor from Quebec or based in Quebec for at least one year<br \/>Montreal students\u2019 coup de coeur Prize<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-69 maxbutton maxbutton-voice-2022\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/about\/archives\/voice-2022\/\"><span class='mb-text'>Voice 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Soprano<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2022: Raised in Niagara Falls, soprano Sarah Dufresne is a resident artist with the Atelier lyrique de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al, where highlights of her work include Vaughan Williams\u2019 <em>Riders to the Sea<\/em>. Known for her clear, agile voice and flair for innovation, Sarah Dufresne joined Against the Grain Theatre and The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity for the 2020 immersive murder-mystery opera, <em>No One\u2019s Safe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A graduate of Wilfrid Laurier and McGill Universities, Dufresne was a recipient of the competitive Jacqueline Desmarais Grant for Young Canadian Opera Singers. She received an Encouragement Award at the 2019 Buffalo-Toronto district Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Training<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2012-2016: Wilfrid Laurier University, Bachelor&#8217;s Degree<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2017-2019: McGill University, Master&#8217;s Degree<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Principal Teachers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Brandon Leis: 2012-2017<\/li>\n<li>Tracy Smith-Bessette: 2017-Present<\/li>\n<li>Ariane Girard: 2020-Present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Prizes\u00a0and Awards<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">2019: Stingray Rising Stars Award, Talent Gala by the <em>Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">2019: Award winner at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (Buffalo\/Toronto)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">2019: Jacqueline Desmarais Grant for Young Canadian Opera Singers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Programme<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><u>FIRST ROUND (with piano)<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AMBROISE THOMAS <\/strong>Adieu, dit-il, ayez foi!<br \/><em>(Hamlet)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART<\/strong> Ach, ich f\u00fchl&#8217;s<br \/><em>(The Magic Flute)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NED ROREM<\/strong> Emily&#8217;s Goodbye<br \/><em>(Our Town)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><u>SEMIFINAL<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>VINCENZO BELLINI <\/strong>Eccomi in lieta vesta \u2026 Oh! Quante volte<br \/><em>(The Capulets and The Montagues)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART<\/strong> Exsultate jubilate \u2013 Allegro<br \/><em>(Motet \u00ab\u00a0Exult, rejoice\u00a0\u00bb K. 165)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>AMBROISE THOMAS <\/strong>P\u00e2le et blonde<br \/>(<em>Hamlet<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><u>FINAL<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART<\/strong> Ach, ich f\u00fchl&#8217;s<br \/><em>(The Magic Flute)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>GIUSEPPE VERDI<\/strong> Caro nome<br \/><em>(Rigoletto) <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>CHARLES GOUNOD<\/strong> Ah! Je veux vivre<br \/><em>(Romeo and Juliet)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sarahdufresne.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Sarah Dufresne is generously sponsored by Elizabeth Wirth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/competitors\/adanya-dunn\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17690 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/next-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"maxbutton-75 maxbutton maxbutton-support-the-concours\" href=\"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/support\/donate\/\"><span class='mb-text'>SUPPORT THE CONCOURS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voice 2022 \u2013 Aria Division Laureate &#8211; Pierre Pe\u0301ladeau ans Raymonde Chopin Second PrizeObservatoire qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de l\u2019art lyrique Prize for the Best Competitor from Quebec or based in Quebec for at least one yearMontreal students\u2019 coup de coeur Prize &nbsp; \u00a0 Soprano \u00a0 2022: Raised in Niagara Falls, soprano Sarah Dufresne is a resident artist [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22323,"template":"","class_list":["post-22110","cmim-competitors","type-cmim-competitors","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"cmim_competitors_photo_credits":"","cmim_competitors_date_of_birth":"31\/10\/1994","cmim_competitors_country":"Canada","cmim_competitors_range":"Soprano"},"featured_media_src_url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Sarah_Duresne-voix2022-01-400.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors\/22110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cmim-competitors"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors\/22110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25459,"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cmim-competitors\/22110\/revisions\/25459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.concoursmontreal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}