By her reckoning, opera soprano Rachel Willis-Sorensen has some praying to do.
A world of opportunity awaits Willis-Sorensen, a 25-year-old returned missionary and BYU graduate, in the wake of her stunning victory at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions earlier this month.
In addition to netting her $15,000, the win at the Met's annual contest seeking to identify the best up-and-coming operatic talent caused myriad doors to swing open for her professional future.
"It doesn't seem real, no," she said during a recent interview with Church News. "I was on the cover of the Arts section of the New York Times. People have been so congratulatory, asked me what I'm going to do with the money ... it's pretty weird."
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