Ariel Bybee

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Distinguished soloist, voice teacher, and opera director. Bybee joined the Metropolitan Opera in 1977 as a mezzo-soprano and sang in every subsequent performance until 1995 –- over 450 performances. Additionally, Bybee performed for numerous Live from Lincoln Center telecasts and sang the role of Flora in Franco Zeffirelli’s motion picture version of La Traviata (1983). In addition to her career as a soloist, Bybee has taught voice at the Lee Strasberg Institute, the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, the University of Nebraska, and the University of Utah. Bybee also directed a production of Frank Loesser’s The Most Happy Fella, which won the International Trophy (Grand Prize) in competition at the Waterford (Ireland) International Festival of Light Opera.