{"id":480,"date":"2012-09-20T18:43:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T18:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somainfo.org\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2017-03-17T21:45:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T21:45:52","slug":"first-place-courtney-ames","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/?page_id=480","title":{"rendered":"2007 First Place : Courtney Ames"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Soprano<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Recipient of the 2007 First Place Award<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">and<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Audience Choice Award<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1015\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2007-Courtney-Head.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1015\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1015\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2007-Courtney-Head.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2007-Courtney-Head.png 204w, https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2007-Courtney-Head-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Courtney Ames<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Courtney is a graduate of Indiana University and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and is known for her portrayal of Mozartian heroines. She has earned distinction in competitions as a winner at the distinct level of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and received an encouragement award at the Marian Anderson Prize for Emerging Classical Artists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Most recently, she been a studio artist with Sarasota Opera singing Zofia in Moniuszko\u2019s HALKA.\u00a0 With Des Moines Metro Opera she was featured as the First Lady in THE MAGIC FLUTE, Donna Elvira in DON GIOVANNI with the Elysium Concert Opera of Philadelphia and as Fiordiligi in COS\u00cc\u00a0FAN TUTTE with Opera Iowa in both 2005 and 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Courtney has also covered the Zweite Dame and Pamina in DIE ZAUBERFL\u00d6TE as an apprentice artist with Sarasota Opera and Ashlawn-Highland Opera Festival, respectively.\u00a0 As an apprentice artist at Des Moines Metro Opera, she covered the role of Elizabeth I in Britten\u2019s GLORIANA, and had many opportunities to explore Wagnerian repertoire including an orchestral performance of Act Three Quintet from DIE KARTENAUFSCHL\u00c4GERIN VON N\u00dcRNBERG.\u00a0 Some of her other operatic repertoire in performance includes Anna Maurrant in STREET SCENE, Gertrud in H\u00c4NSEL and GRETEL, Die Kartenaufschl\u00e4gerin in ARABELLA and Zelatrice in SUOR ANGELICA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sunday, May 6, 2007<\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZNhmfTzjnQ\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Du bist der Lenz<\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"> from DIE WALKURE by Wagner<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong> In questa reggia <\/strong><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">from TURANDOT by Puccini<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Courtney is being accompanied by Scott Holshouser<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">HD video by Robert Land Productions<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<div id=\"attachment_1019\" style=\"width: 164px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2007-Courtney-virginia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1019\" class=\" wp-image-1019  \" src=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2007-Courtney-virginia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2007-Courtney-virginia.jpg 320w, https:\/\/soma-info.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/2007-Courtney-virginia-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Dogwood<\/p><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><a title=\"Second Place : Ashlyn Rust\" href=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/?page_id=482\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>Ashlyn Rust<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong><a title=\"Third Place : Yoon-Sang Lee\" href=\"https:\/\/soma-info.org\/?page_id=484\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Yoon-Sang Lee<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soprano Recipient of the 2007 First Place Award and Audience Choice Award &nbsp; Courtney is a graduate of Indiana University and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and is known for her portrayal of Mozartian heroines. 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