Dear Opera Steamboat Family, Yesterday, the Metropolitan Opera shared the qualifying singers for their Metropolitan Opera National Council (A competition for aspiring opera singers between 20 and 30 years of age, who are vying for the ultimate prize: the opportunity to sing on the Met Opera stage with the Met Orchestra). We are proud to announce that Opera Steamboat has eight graduates from our Opera Artist Institute (OAI) named for the next qualifying round.    Thank you for supporting our scholarship program for the Opera Artist Institute, which allows us to continue to bring the best caliber young artists in the country.   Opera Artist Institute graduates who qualified: Georgia Belmont (2019), Christina Hazen (2019), Theresa Kesser (2016), Senhica Klee (2016), Timothy Madden (2018), Elizabeth Mirandi (2019), Anna Montgomery (2017), and Alexandria Zallo(2019)   Andres Cladera General and Artistic Director