A 麻豆短视频传媒 alumna recently made her surprise debut at the Metropolitan Opera. 

Michelle Bradley, class of 2007, was recently profiled in the Lexington Herald-Leader about her debut as Li霉 in 鈥淭urandot.鈥 Bradley was scheduled to make her debut Oct. 29, but received a call to perform Oct. 21 after another performer could not go on. 

Bradley told the Herald-Leader the late Kentucky State professor Andrew Smith helped guide her to opera. 

鈥淗e helped me find my place,鈥 Bradley told the Herald-Leader of Smith. 鈥淚 knew that my voice would not fit in the pop culture world or a hip hop world or even a gospel world. I just did not have that sound. And he helped me find my place. I鈥檓 not at all surprised that KSU would bring about a singer that鈥檚 at the Met because it should be more coming out. I mean, there鈥檚 so many I graduated with, so many wonderful students.鈥

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