“The generous grants I received helped me prepare for my role debut as Senta in Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman. I was able to afford additional coaching and lessons and arrived to what could have been a daunting experience feeling confident and prepared. As a direct result of my performance as Senta, I made my Metropolitan Opera debut covering Gerhilde in The Ring Cycle in 2018. I am now the head of marketing and PR with Opera Memphis with aspirations to become an artistic director of a young artist program one day. I will continue to enthusiastically recommend this wonderful grant to artists I meet because it empowered me and enabled me to be the best artist I could be.”
