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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 Kaemmer

Please 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 2008-09 season.

Testimonial from a NY Winner

Dec., 2008, Steven Humes will be singing Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) in Munich. On January 1st, 2009 he will sing the Beethoven 9th with the Prague Symphony Orchestra and chorus with Maestro Andreas Weiser in Munich. This summer he returns to St. Louis for Colline in La boheme. Role premiers this spring include Pistola (Falstaff), Lodovico (Otello), Kardinal Von Lothringen (Palestrina) and Gubetta (Lucrezia Borgia). His Mahagonny DVD made at Los Angeles Opera in 2006 has just been nominated for two Grammys, best classical album and best classical recording 2009. 

Claudia Huckle will be making her debut at Deutsche Oper Berlin as the Forester's Wife in The Cunning Little Vixen this December. She'll also be singing Handel's Messiah with the Ann Arbor Symphony and Irene in Handel's Tamerlano with 'Opera by Definition' in the UK.

On the roster of the Met for the 2008-09 season:

Wendy Bryn Harmer
Jill Grove
Victoria Livengood
Mary Ann McCormick
Laura Vlasak Nolen
Leah Wool
Matthew Plenk
David Crawford
Morris Robinson

 

 

 

 

 

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