Julie Roset is one to watch. A native of Avignon, she studied at le Conservatoire d'Avignon, then moved up a few notches to study in Geneva and the Juilliard School in NY. She was one of the six laureates of this year's prestigious Laffont song contest at the Metropolitan Opera, where she nailed it with a difficult aria of Haendel's "Julio Caesare" and Massenet's "Lakme". She floats seamlessly from middle range to stratospheric highs without a pause -or a breath. Her diction is fautless. Julie Roset is 25.

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