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ISABEL
BAYRAKDARIAN
First
prize winner of the prestigious Plácido Domingo "Operalia"
Competition in 2000 and a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden
Jubilee medal, Canadian Armenian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian made
an impressive series of appearances in the 2003/2004 season, including
return engagements at Chicago Lyric Opera and Los Angeles Opera
as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, and at the Metropolitan Opera
as Teresa in Benvenuto Cellini. She made a critically acclaimed
debut at San Diego Opera as Leila in Les Pêcheurs de Perles
and performed recitals and concerts in Toronto with Toronto Symphony
Orchestra and Tafelmusik (a program of Cleopatra arias, which was
recorded for her 3rd CD with CBC Records), Vancouver, New York,
Minnesota, Atlanta and San Francisco. ..read
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