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Lauren Jelencovich is an American soprano singer. While in high school, Jelencovich won the grand prize on Ed McMahon's ''Next Big Star,'' McMahon's successor program to ''Star Search.'' A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Jelencovich has performed stage roles in several operas. Since 2010 she has been a lead vocalist on Yanni's international tours and in his CD/DVD/PBS Special, ''Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico,'' and was the primary artist (soprano vocalist) for a track in Yanni's ''Inspirato'' album. ==Music career== While still attending high school at The King's Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida, Jelencovich won the grand prize on Ed McMahon's ''Next Big Star,''〔〔 McMahon's successor program to ''Star Search.''〔 She released her first album, ''Lauren Jelencovich,'' in 2003.〔 Jelencovich, a soprano,〔 majored in vocal performance at New York's Manhattan School of Music, focusing on opera and musical theater, also singing light pop.〔 While at that institution, she was the first undergraduate to be selected as part of the school's Educational Outreach Program.〔 By age 20, Jelencovich had performed at Carnegie Hall in New York and at the MGM Grand Las Vegas.〔 After being awarded the National Italian Federation's Andrea Bocelli Scholarship,〔〔 Jelencovich sang "The Prayer" for Bocelli at a private event.〔 In May 2005, Jelencovich was included in ''People'' magazine's "Beauties on Your Block,"〔 part of the magazine's annual "50 Most Beautiful People" issue.〔 She also appeared in ''Teen'' magazine.〔 In 2006, Jelencovich made her off-Broadway debut in Wallace and Allen Shawn's play/opera, ''The Music Teacher.''〔〔 Jelencovich was a finalist and received a Lys Symonette Award in the 2008 Lotte Lenya Competition administered by the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music.〔〔 Finalists were judged based on regional competitions, video submissions, and a live program required to include an opera/operetta aria, an American musical theater number, and two contrasting Kurt Weill selections.〔 Jelencovich won Second Prize in the 2009 Gerda Lissner International Vocal Competition in New York.〔 Also in 2009, Jelencovich made her mainstage opera debut at Opera Tampa (Florida, U.S.) in the lead roles of Lauretta in ''Gianni Schicchi'' and Suor Genovieffa in ''Suor Angelica.''〔 Jelencovich played Mrs. Nordstrom in the 2010 Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (OTSL) production of ''A Little Night Music,'' which was directed by fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi and starred Amy Irving.〔 A member of OTSL's Gerdine Young Artist program,〔〔 Jelencovich also covered for the part of Violet Beauregard in the world premier of ''The Golden Ticket,'' an opera based on Roald Dahl’s book ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.''〔 Also in 2010, Jelencovich performed at Carnegie Hall in the New York premiere of the orchestral version of Benjamin Britten’s ''Te Deum in C'', performing with the Oratorio Society of New York led by Kent Tritle.〔 Since November 2010,〔 Jelencovich has performed as a lead vocalist on Yanni's international tours, which included performances in North and South America, Europe and Asia.〔 Jelencovich's vocals were included in three tracks from Yanni's live-concert CD and DVD ''Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico'' (released April 2012),〔〔 which was also broadcast in PBS television specials beginning in March 2012.〔 She also was the primary artist (soprano vocalist) for the "Nightingale" track to Yanni's 2014 Plácido Domingo-Ric Wake collaboration album, ''Inspirato.''〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lauren Jelencovich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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