An American mezzo wins the Glyndebourne Cup

An American mezzo wins the Glyndebourne Cup

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norman lebrecht

March 24, 2018

The US mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey, 25, won the first Glyndebourne Cup tonight, with a cash prize of £15,000 and promises of engagements from several intendants on the competition jury.

A recent Juilliard graduate, Hankey attended the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco.

She is agented by Askonas Holt and will make her Met debut next year.

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