An Indiana University Jacobs School of Music student and Ball State School of Music student were named winners in the Indiana District competition of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions that this year took place Oct. 30 at IU's Musical Arts Center.
Soprano Hye Jung Lee and tenor Michael Brandenburg will advance to the Central Regional Auditions Nov. 7 in Evanston, Ill.
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The two winners are soprano Hye Jung Lee, a Jacobs student pursuing an artist's diploma in voice and studying with Costanza Cuccaro, and Michael Brandenburg, tenor, a Ball State master's student of Joseph Levitt. They will advance to the Central Regional Auditions Nov. 7 at the Music Institute of Chicago in Evanston, Ill. The winners of that round will compete in the National Semi-Finals March 6 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The Grand Finals Concert will take place at the Met March 13.
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