Eastman Showcase 2005
A Singer for the World
On June 19, 2005, soprano Nicole Cabell (BM ’01) won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, one of the music world’s highest-profile, and most lucrative, competitions. The first prize consists of a cash award of 10,000 pounds (over $18,000), plus engagements with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Welsh National Opera. Not to mention worldwide attention!
A native of Panorama City, California, Nicole studied at Eastman with John Maloy, and is in her third year in Chicago’s Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, where she has performed in Le Nozze di Figaro, The Pirates of Penzance, Thais, and The Cunning Little Vixen. In the final round of the competition, she sang arias by Tippett, Mozart, and Berlioz, conducted by Carlo Rizzi.
The Singer of the World Competition was first held in 1983 to celebrate the opening of St. David’s Hall in Cardiff, Wales, and is now generally regarded as the most important operatic competition in the world. Past winners include such world-famous singers as soprano Karita Mattila and baritones Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Bryn Terfel.
For video clips of the performers in the Singer of the World Competition, and many enthusiastic comments from fans about Nicole and other contestants, visit the Cardiff Singer of the World website: www.bbc.co.uk/cardiffsinger.