The Gerda Lissner Foundation

...encouragement and assistance to young opera artists ...

2014 PRIZE WINNERS

GENERAL DIVISION

TOP PRIZE: $15,000

  • Mario Chang, tenor

FIRST PRIZE: $10,000

  • Benjamin Bliss, tenor
  • Shirin Eskandani, mezzo soprano
  • Ryan Speedo Green, bass baritone
  • Alexey Lavrov, baritone
  • Sava Vemic, bass
  • Virginie Verrez, mezzo soprano
  • Yunpeng Wang, baritone

SECOND PRIZE: $5,000

  • Joseph Dennis, tenor
  • Paul Han, tenor
  • Brian Jagde, tenor
  • Yi Li, tenor
  • Sarah Mesko, mezzo soprano
  • Gunyong Na, baritone
  • Shea Owens, baritone
  • Diego Silva, tenor
  • Elizabeth Sutphen, soprano

THIRD PRIZE: $3,000

  • Tammie Bradley, soprano
  • Liana Guberman, soprano
  • Samantha Guevrekian, soprano
  • Vanessa Isiguen, soprano
  • Courtney Johnson, soprano
  • Alison King, soprano
  • Maya Lahyani, mezzo soprano
  • Mingjie Lei, tenor
  • Jamez McCorkle, baritone
  • Jonathan Michie, baritone
  • Musa Ngqungwana, bass baritone
  • Jarrett Lee Ott, baritone
  • Ewa Plonka, mezzo soprano
  • Riad Ymeri, tenor

ENCOURAGEMENT: $2,000

  • Joseph Beutel, bass baritone
  • Ray Chenez, counter tenor
  • Cynthia Cook, mezzo soprano
  • Andre Courville, bass baritone
  • Cesar Delgado, tenor
  • Gerard D'Emilio, bass baritone
  • Shelley Jackson, soprano
  • Thomas McNichols, bass
  • Cameron McPhail, baritone
  • Sean Michael Plumb, baritone
  • Annie Rosen, mezzo soprano
  • Jenna Siladie, soprano
  • Brian Vu, baritone
  • Melinda Whittington, soprano
  • Katherine Whyte, soprano

WAGNERIAN DIVISION

ENCOURAGEMENT: $2,000

  • Anders Haakansson, tenor
  • Melanie Henley Heyn, soprano
  • Bettina v. Hindte, soprano
  • Brent Turner, teno