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Sol Kim Bentley
Soprano
New England Finalist, 2001

A native of Potomac, Maryland, soprano Sol Kim began her academic career in Film Studies, graduating magna cum laude from Yale University while studying voice with Jane Dutton and Jerold Siena. In 1999, she received two Master's Degrees with Academic Honors and Distinction in Performance in Opera and Vocal Performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston, where she studied voice with Susan Clickner and Kathleen Kaun, and opera with John Moriarty. While at NEC, Ms. Kim sang in Master Classes with Warren Jones, Pierre Vallet, and Martin Isepp. Recent performances include Zerlina in Don Giovanni with Longwood Opera, Lucy Lockit in The Beggar's Opera with Harvard Lowell House Opera, and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro with Longwood Opera. Last summer, Sol was an Apprentice Artist with Central City Opera, where she performed Sister Mathilde and covered Blanche de la Force in Dialogues of the Carmelites. This fall, she was an artist-in-residence with Central City Opera for their "Opera in the Rockies" tour of Colorado and Wyoming.

In 1998, Ms. Kim won 2nd place in NEC's Voice Department Concerto Competition. She was the 3rd place winner in the 1998 New England Regional Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, where she was also awarded the Iride Pilla Memorial Award.

Ms. Kim is a student of Patricia Craig. This summer, she will tour Europe as the soloist in a concert of arias with the Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra. She has just been accepted as a Spectrum Resident Artist with Virginia Opera, where she will sing for the 2001-2002 season.

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