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The ultimate prize for any opera super fan! You will receive 2 tickets to the Metropolitan Opera's performance of Die Fledermaus starring opera mega star Susan Graham. Not only will you get to see the legendary star perform, you will be able to meet with her backstage! This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for any devout opera fan. 

This Package Includes:

- 2 Ochestra Tickets to Die Fledermaus on December 4th, 2015

- A backstage meet & greet with Susan Graham

About the Show:

James Levine brings his incomparable musicianship to Johann Strauss, Jr.’s beloved operetta for the first time in his 45-year Met career. The Met’s glittering recent production stars soprano Susanna Phillips as Rosalinde, tenor Toby Spence as her philandering husband, Eisenstein, and mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in the glamorous trouser role of Prince Orlofsky.

About the Star:

Grammy Award-winner Susan Graham “America’s favorite mezzo” (Gramophone) achieved international stardom within a few years of her professional debut. Her operatic roles span four centuries, from Monteverdi’s Poppea to Jake Heggie’s Sister Helen Prejean (Dead Man Walking), which was written especially for her, and her recital repertoire is equally wide-ranging. As one of today’s foremost interpreters of French vocal music, the Texas native was awarded the French government’s “Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur.”

Graham enjoyed early success in “trouser” roles like Mozart’s Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), before mastering his more virtuosic parts and the title roles of Handel’sAriodante and Xerxes. She triumphed in Richard Strauss’s iconic mezzo roles, Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier) and the Composer (Ariadne auf Naxos), which brought her to prominence with all the world’s major opera companies. She also created the female leads in the Metropolitan Opera’s premiere productions of John Harbison’s The Great Gatsby and Tobias Picker’s An American Tragedy, and later returned to the Met in the title role of Susan Stroman’s staging of Lehár’s The Merry Widow. Her signature role of Dido in Berlioz’s epic Les troyens recently heralded by the New York Times as “sumptuous, regal and impassioned”  was reprised in a David McVicar-helmed staging at San Francisco Opera. Graham made her musical theater debut in a new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and has headlined gala concerts at Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Los Angeles Opera.

Graham’s extensive and distinguished discography features oratorios and song cycles by Berlioz, Ravel, and Chausson, as well as solo albums that include her Grammy Award-winning album of Ives songs. Among her additional honors are Musical America’s Vocalist of the Year and an Opera News Award.

Item Special Note

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera and Susan Graham

PLEASE NOTE:

- Tickets can only be redeemed on December 4th, 2015

- Backstage with Susan Graham can only be redeemed on the date of the performance 

- No exchanges or refunds permitted

Disclaimer:
PLEASE NOTE: In order prevent credit card fraud, if the winning bid exceeds $1,000, The Drama League of New York will require a signed credit card authorization form, a photocopy of both sides of the purchasing credit card (all but the last 4 digits may be blacked out), and proof of identity (state-issued photo ID – private ID numbers may be blacked out), OR payment via check or money order before arranging the prize package for the winner.