And tonight’s guest singers are: Ksenia Popova, 20, of Lynnwood and Ryan Wuflestad, 21, of Woodinville.

During last night’s master class at the Northshore Performing Arts Center, “Phantom of the Opera” star Franc D’Ambrosio picked the couple to join him during his performance at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the center, 18125 92nd Ave. N.E. Sixty singers ages 13-21 sent in CDs to be evaluated, D’Ambrosio and several judges whittled the list down to six (three girls and three boys) to perform during the master class — and then Popova and Wuflestad got the nod for tonight’s show.

“It’s amazing. I’m shocked and excited — I’m really excited. I’m like, ‘Yes!’ this is gonna be so much fun,” Popova said. “It wasn’t too nerve-racking … I don’t know, maybe it’s just me.” (She noted that while the girls chatted in the restroom before D’Ambrosio made the final announcement, they all agreed that any one of them would be the right choice.)

Added Wuflestad: “It’s wild. There were so many good people, it could have been any of us. You weren’t lucky (pointing to Popova), but I was lucky to be chosen out of the guys. I’m very blessed.”

D’Ambrosio sang with the contestants, critiqued them (“What differentiates you? I wanna see you put something into it unlike anyone else”), had them speak lyrics (“Share with us so we know what you’re going through”) to embed the meaning in their minds and actions — and shared many jokes with them.

The “Phantom” and Wuflestad had one of the more interesting exchanges. D’Ambrosio told the student not to bring single pages of his song choice to the pianist, but to hand them off in booklet form.

“I’m sorry,” Wuflestad said.

“Don’t be sorry. This is where we learn — it’s better to learn here than out there,” D’Ambrosio volleyed back. He added later: “I may seem like I’m being harsh, but I want you guys to get the job. I wanna work with you.”

Leslie Foley and Valerie Edmunds of the Northshore Performing Arts Center Foundation said that watching the master class was a satisfying, insightful experience.

“We’ve been working on this for so long, and getting the competitors together and to finally actually see them in person and feel the energy in the room, it was just exciting,” Edmunds said. “They all did such a fantastic job — it was a thrill for me.”

Added Foley, one of the judges: “Myself, as an actor, I could take into my profession what he was teaching the singers. It was just wonderful. He really, really taught them how to sell the story of the song.”

Other master-class participants were Brent Byhre of Kenmore, Rachel Lind of Gig Harbor, Ila Faubion of Seattle and Derek Sellers of Seattle.