Met Opera award for young singers
The Metropolitan Opera has established the Beverly Sills Artist Award, a prize worth $50,000 for young opera singers.
The award, intended to aid career development, will be given annually to U.S. singers between ages 25 and 40 who have already appeared in featured solo roles with the New York opera company.
The award will be funded by Agnes Varis, a managing director on the Met board, and her husband, Karl Leichtman.
Sills, 76, will chair the judging panel, which will include Nathan Leventhal, former president of Lincoln Center. The first recipient of the award will be announced in the latter part of the current opera season.
From Associated Press
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