Two-time Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions regional finalist Sol Kim Bentley was recently praised by Opera News for her “ardently sincere … beautifully restrained and heartbreaking” performance as Cardillac’s Daughter in the New England premiere of Hindemith’s Cardillac for Opera Boston, the production of which was named one of the top ten international musical events of 2011 by Musical America’s George Loomis. The Financial Times remarked that she “put her ample soprano voice to sure dramatic use,” while The Boston Globe acclaimed that she sang “with impressive urgency and directness.” Previously, she understudied the title role in Opera Boston’s world premiere of Zhou Long’s 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Madame White Snake (performing the role for an invited dress rehearsal), sang the role of Tosca with Longwood Opera, and was the Roll Seller in Opera Boston’s New England premiere of Shostakovich’s The Nose.
Recent performances include Salome in David Levine’s immersive Salome workshop at Arrow Street Arts and HER1 in the world premiere of Emily Koh’s HER|alive.un.dead with Guerilla Opera. An studio recording of the opera is forthcoming from Guerilla Opera. She is on the roster for Boston Lyric Opera, and has previously sung with Virginia Opera, Central City Opera, Opera Boston, North End Music and Performing Arts Center, Granite State Opera, and Connecticut Lyric Opera.
Sol Kim Bentley also maintains a private voice studio and is a freelance copy-editor/content editor.