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Christian Van Horn (2003New England winner), by the Met sign announcing the Grand Finals Concert, where he was a winner in NYC.
Victoria Livengood and Sandra Piques Eddy celebrate Sandy's birthday (while covering War and Peace at the Met)Other Photos
50th Anniversary Poster
with thanks to Greta KaemmerPlease read our newsletter for summaries of past winners and finalists. This page will pick up late breaking news, as we learn it, going into the 2007-08 season.
Edward Parks, 2008 winner, has been chosen to join the Lindemann Young Artists Program at the Met.
Ross Benoliel will be singing in NY on June 7 and 19. See his website for details.
Three auditions graduates, Kelly Kaduce, Arturo Chacun Cruz, and Lee Gregory (and Lulu) performed together in La Bohème in Los Angeles. See photo
Claudia Huckle sang the alto in Handel's Messiah in December with the National Symphony Orchestra in DC at the Kennedy Center. Performances: Dec 20-23.
On the roster of the Met for the 2007-08 season:
David Crawford, debut season. Repertory: Warrior in Macbeth
Sandra Piques Eddy
Haijing Fu
Jill Grove
Wendy Bryn Harmer
Victoria Livengood
Yeghishe Manucharyan
Laura Vlasak Nolen: debut season. Repertory: Waltraute in Die Walkure
Keith Phares
Lisa Saffer
Leah Wool, debut season, a Novice in Suor Angelica
Leticia Brewer, won fifth prize ($4,000) in the "Voice 2007" Montreal International Music Competition.
Michael Fabiano won the $12,000 first prize at the 35th annual Loren L. Zachary National Vocal Competition finals Sunday at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in L.A. He has been awarded a Sara Tucker Study Grant, winning an unrestricted grant of $5,000. He has won awards from the Albanese Foundation, the George London Foundation and several other competitions. In the summer of 2007 he will make his debut as Alfredo in Klagenfurt, Austria.
Matthew Plenk has accepted the Met's invitation to join their Lindemann Young Artist Development Program.
Faith Sherman, one of New England's first place winners, currently enrolled at the Juilliard Opera Center, has taken the top prize in the "Concert of Arias," the finals of Houston Grand Opera's annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. She receives $10,000 in award money.
Laura Vlasak Nolen will be making her MET debut in January 2008 singing all 6 performances of Waltraute in Die Walküre. The Richard F. Gold Career Grant (March 2007), administered by the Shoshana Foundation and honoring a young American opera singer who appears destined for a major career, went to mezzo-soprano Laura Vlasak Nolen, who sang Malcolm in Rossini's La donna del lago this spring. Also, an article about Ms. Nolen appeared in the March issue of Opera News.
Meredith Ziegler, 2007 Finalist, won won the "Samuel and Norma Elli Miller and Charlotte Miller Sutner Award" at the Connecticut Opera Guild Competition, May 5, 2007. She was also the 2nd Place winner - Young Professional Division, Amici Competition, April 28, 2007. Ms. Ziegler performed Meg Page in Falstaff for Opera North, in August. In November, she was awarded an Encouragement Award from the Sullivan Foundation. Engagements for the 2007-2008 season include Hansel in Hansel and Gretel with Opera Theater of Connecticut, Dido in Dido and Aeneas with Connecticut Lyric Opera, company and role debut of Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte with Granite State Opera, mezzo soloist at the Sanibel Music Festival, and mezzo soloist in Mozart's Requiem with Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra.
Corey Bix has won the George London/Kirsten Flagstad Memorial Award in the George London Foundation Competition. The prize was 10,000 Dollars.
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