named the:

2012 Minuetto Music Festival, Milton Cross Young Artist Competition, Rising Star Award Winner!

(January, 2013 – Denver, CO)  - On the heels of the successful 2012 Recital Series with programs entitled: An Evening of Classical Treasures, Voix de la Dame and Mind of a Mezzo,  mezzo-soprano, Ms. Papillion-Posey has been named one of the Minuetto Music Festival's 2012 Milton Cross Young Artists Showcase Competition, Rising Star Award Winners!

Named for the famous 'voice of the Metropolitan Opera'- Milton Cross, the Young Artist Series is designed to expose and promote outstanding young artists from around the world!

With what was a busy but productive 2012 (visit: http://epapillionposey.com/events/event/listArchive for a list of 2012 highlights), 2013 will be no exception. Ms. Papillion-Posey will make her debut with Miami Lyric Opera as the Gypsy vixen in Bizet's Carmen.

And the Carmen reviews are in:

"In the title role, the mezzo-soprano Erica Papillion-Posey captured Carmen’s slinky sexiness, radiating allure and trouble without the diva-like overacting that sometimes attends the role. She had the vocal power to sing a soft, seductive "Habanera" in a hall-filling, rounded voice, lingering over the phrases as the men in the square watched. She snapped off the Spanish-style ornaments of the "Seguidilla", and she was especially compelling in the lower register, where Carmen’s sultriness comes through, even as she’s reading her dark fate in the cards."
~David Fleshler, South Florida Classical Review

"No doubt, Erica Papillion-Posey is the best "Carmen" this city has seen in decades.
....wonderful voice....full of grace and sensuality...."
~Daniel Fernández, El Nuevo Herald, Miami Herald

Upcoming 2013 Appearances:

Saturday, January 19
Boynton Beach, Florida
Coral Lakes Theatre
Miami Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen (Carmen)
 
Saturday, March 9
Miami Beach, Florida
The Colony Theatre
Miami Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen (Carmen)

Saturday, April 6
Miami, Florida
Olympia Theatre at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts
Miami Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen (Carmen)

Sunday, April 7
Miami, Florida
Olympia Theatre at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts
Miami Lyric Opera
Bizet: Carmen (Carmen)

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