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Sol Kim Bentley
Soprano
New England Third Place Winner, 1998

Two-time Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions regional finalist Sol Kim Bentley recently received wide acclaim for “put[ting] her ample soprano voice to sure dramatic use” (The Financial Times) and “singing with impressive urgency and directness” (The Boston Globe) in her portrayal of Cardillac’s Daughter in the New England premiere of Hindemith’s Cardillac for Opera Boston. Previously, she understudied the title role in Opera Boston’s world premiere of Zhou Long’s Madame White Snake (performing the role for an invited  dress rehearsal), sang the role of Tosca with Longwood Opera, and was the Roll Seller in Opera Boston’s New England premiere of Shostakovich’s The Nose. In May of 2011 she will understudy the title role in Opera Boston’s production of Donizetti’s Maria Padilla in addition to appearing as Bianca di Francia.

Also with Opera Boston she has understudied Elvira (Ernani) and Agathe (Der Freischütz). She has sung with Commonwealth Opera as the soprano soloist for the Messiah, in The Threepenny Opera (Polly) and Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Other performances include Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus (Connecticut Lyric Opera), Mimi in La Bohème (Riverside Theatre Works), and Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro (Granite State Opera). She is a former apprentice of Virginia Opera, where she understudied the roles of Oscar (Un ballo in maschera) and Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and of Central City Opera, where she understudied Blanche and sang the role of Sr. Mathilde (Dialogues of the Carmelites).

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