1. Michelle DeYoung is a graduate of the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artists Development Program.
10 Facts About Michelle DeYoung
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Michelle DeYoung won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1992 and has been a regular performer at the Met ever since.
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Early in her career, Michelle DeYoung sang with Glimmerglass Opera and the Wolf Trap Opera, two companies devoted to fostering the careers and talents of young opera singers.
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Michelle DeYoung has enjoyed particular success in portraying Wagnerian roles like Fricka, Sieglinde and Waltraute in The Ring Cycle, Brangane in Tristan und Isolde, Kundry in Parsifal, and Venus in Tannhauser.
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Michelle DeYoung portrayed the role of the Shaman in the world premiere of Tan Dun's The First Emperor at the Metropolitan Opera on December 21,2006.
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Michelle DeYoung is a favorite singer for newer composers like John Adams and Elliot Carter, having premiered several pieces.
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In 2008, Michelle DeYoung made her debut at La Scala as Brangane, a performance which was recorded live for release on DVD.
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Michelle DeYoung sang the role of Didon in the 2-time Grammy Award winning recording of Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens under the baton of Sir Colin Davis in 2001.
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Michelle DeYoung recorded a solo album, Songs, which was released on the EMI label in 1999.
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Michelle DeYoung's discography includes a number of works from the concert repertoire, including Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 3 with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Mahler's Kindertotenlieder and Mahler's Symphony No 3 with the San Francisco Symphony, Leonard Bernstein's first two symphonies with Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Orchestra, and the Grammy Award winning recording of John Corigliano's Symphony Number 1 with Slatkin and the National Symphony Orchestra among others.