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Tichina Vaughn on Piedmont Opera
Program: Piedmont Arts Podcast
Aired: Monday, October 9, 2023
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
Piedmont Opera in Winston-Salem is opening their new season with Verdi's Il Trovatore and they're welcoming home Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Tichina Vaughn. Vaughn was raised in Winston-Salem, and she is a graduate of UNC School of the Arts. After getting her start with the Metropolitan Opera, she went on to international acclaim performing many years with Staatstheater Stuttgart as principal artist. She talks about how it feels to perform in her hometown, when she discovered she was meant to sing opera, and why she believes anyone can sing with the right training.
Learn more about Piedmont Opera's Il Trovatore
Pictured: Tichina Vaughn by Bashstint – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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