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| New! | Ms. Trovato returns to Utah Festival Opera as a Principal Artist |
| Formerly a Festival Artist, Michelle will return to one of the country's largest summer | |
| opera festivals in the roles of Violette (cover) and Flora in Verdi's La Traviata. | |
| She will make her professional musical theatre debut as the Mother Abbess in The Sound | |
| of Music and as the Secretary in George M!. She will also be featured soloist in | |
| "A Tribute to Lerner and Loewe" and "Carnivale Operafest" with the Utah Festival Opera | |
| Company Orchestra. | |
| For more information, please visit www.ufoc.org |
| Other News | WINNER - 3rd Prize! 10th Annual Marie Kraja International Opera Competition |
| Ms. Trovato won 3rd Prize of 2.000 Euros in the 10th Annual Marie Kraja International | |
| Opera Competition in Albania. | |
| Ms. Trovato was selected as one of 20 semi-finalists to compete in the Marie Kraja | |
| International Opera Competition in Tirana. She traveled to Albania to sing with the | |
| Symphonic Orchestra or Tirana for their festival on November 8 and 9, 2009. | |
| She was announced as one of the 10 finalists and sang again with the orchestra on the | |
| 2nd night of performance. The evening she was announced winner of the 3rd Prize and | |
| presented with a certificate. | |
| The judges for this competition included representatives from La Scala, Italy, | |
| Gran Teatro del Liceu, Spain; Opera Europe; and Opera Theater Netherlands. The | |
| performances were broadcast live by the Albanian National Public Television and via | |
| satellite in Europe and the U.S. |
| New! | Winner! Opera Index, Inc. Encouragement Grant Award |
| Ms. Trovato sang in the final round of the Opera Index, Inc. Competition on Thursday, | |
| October 15, 2009 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City. As a winner of an | |
| Encouragement Award, Ms. Trovato will sing in an upcoming Opera Index, Inc. event and | |
| receive a career grant. |
| New Music! | New Recordings! Updated September 2009. Please visit the audio page to hear the latest! |
| New! | Winner! Concorso Lirico International Opera Competition, U.S. Division |
| Michelle Trovato won the hearts and votes of the audience during the competition finals | |
| at the Ellen Eccles Theatre in Logan, Utah on Tuesday, July 28, 2009. | |
| The judges agreed, and the young soprano will proceed to represent the U.S. in the | |
| Concorso Internazionale di Canto Lirico in Alessandria, Italy in the finals concert on | |
| December 13, 2009, sponsored by the Utah Festival Opera Company. | |
| For more information, please visit http://www.concorso-musicale.com |
| Other News: | Winner! Schuyler Foundation for Career Bridges Grant Award. |
| Ms. Trovato was selected as a winner of a 2009 Schuyler Foundation for Career Bridges | |
| Grant Award. Career Bridges provides three years of grants to each individual based on the | |
| recommendations of 25 highly regarded members of the operatic profession. | |
| These grants include coaching in diction, language, repertory, and stage development. | |
| Further grants include career guidance, performance opportunities, opera workshops and | |
| assistance in career promotion. |
| Other News: | Ms. Trovato was a Festival Artist with Utah Festival Opera |
| As a Festival Artist with one of the largest summer festivals in the country, Ms. Trovato was | |
| featured in several concert performances with the Utah Festival Opera Orchestra and covered the roles | |
| of Micaela in Carmen and Nedda in I Pagliacci with the opera company. | |
| For more information, please visit www.ufoc.org |
| Other News! | Winner! Metropolitan Opera National Council District Auditions |
| Ms. Trovato is a winner of the Western Washington/Alaska District Auditions for the | |
| Metropolitan Opera National Council. She received a career grant and advanced to the | |
Northwest Regional Finals on Friday, January 25th, 2009 at the Meany Theatre of University of |
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| Washington, Seattle, WA. | |
| Other News: | Ms. Trovato took "Center Stage" in the August, 2008 edition of Classical Singer Magazine. |
| Each month, Classical Singer features one of its readers in an interview about the singer's | |
| past successes, role models, and goals for the future. The article is available in the issue and online | |
| for subscribers. Click here for the PDF. |
| Other News: | Ms. Trovato is a recipient of the Harold A. Norblum Outstanding Artist Award from Opera Colorado. |
| As a singer in the Opera Colorado Outreach Ensemble during the 2007-2008 season, the young | |
| soprano appeared in nearly 100 performances, masterclasses (both teacher and student) and | |
| other events during her residency. |
| Other News: | Ms. Trovato was accepted into the prestigious Young Artist Program with Seattle Opera |
| for the 2008-2009 season. While there, she sang Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream and | |
| Tatiana in Eugene Onegin in theaters around the state of Washington. | |
| For more information about this program, please visit www.seattleopera.org |
| Other News: | WINNER! St. Andrew's Arts Council International Aria Competition |
| Ms. Trovato won 3rd Place for the St. Andrew's Arts Council International Aria | |
| Competition 2008 in New Brunswick, Canada. | |
| More information is available at www.standrewsartscouncil.nb.ca. |
| Other News: | WINNER! Les Azuriales Opera Young Singers' Competition |
| Of the 3 awards given, Ms. Trovato was announced winner of 2 prizes: | |
| - The Les Azuriales Opera 1st Prize for Most Promising Singer | |
| - The Les Azuriales Opera Junior Prize for Most Promising Young Singer | |
| The finals concert took place on August 16, 2007 at the Villa Ephrussi de Rothchild in | |
| St. Jean Cap Ferrat, France, on the French Riviera. More information about Les Azuriales is | |
| available at www.azuriales-opera.com | |