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Performing Arts: Music
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BEVERLY SILLS ARTIST AWARD
February 1, 2012
Soprano Angela Meade has been named the recipient of the seventh annual Beverly Sills Artist Award for young singers at the Metropolitan Opera. The $50,000 award, the largest of its kind in the United States, is designated for extraordinarily gifted singers between the ages of 25 and 40 who have already appeared in featured solo roles at the Met. The award, in honor of Beverly Sills, was established in 2006 by an endowment gift from the late Agnes Varis, a managing director on the Met board, and her husband, Karl Leichtman. Meade was presented with the award at the Met by Muffy Greenough, daughter of Beverly Sills.
The Sills Award was created to help further recipients’ careers, including funding for voice lessons, vocal coaching, language lessons, related travel costs, and other professional assistance.
“I am so deeply honored to be the recipient of the Beverly Sills award,” Meade said. “I am greatly humbled and realize what an immense responsibility it will be to carry on the legacy Ms. Sills achieved."
Meade made her Met debut in 2008 as Elvira in Verdi’s Ernani, a role she repeats this season in a revival opening February 2.
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