The Gerda Lissner Foundation

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

2016 PRIZE WINNERS

GENERAL DIVISION

TOP PRIZE (Liederkranz Foundation): $15,000

  • Sean Michael Plumb, Baritone

TOP PRIZE (Gerda Lissner Foundation): $15,000

  • Galeano Salas, Tenor

FIRST PRIZE: $10,000

  • Michelle Bradley, Soprano
  • Rihab Chaieb, Mezzo Soprano
  • Antonina Chehovska, Soprano
  • Siman Chung, Countertenor
  • Hyesang Park, Soprano
  • Aleksandra Romano, Mezzo Soprano
  • Andrew Stenson, Tenor

SECOND PRIZE: $5,000

  • Kidon Choi, Baritone
  • D'Ana Lombard, Soprano
  • Dogukan Kuran, Baritone
  • Jamez McCorkle, Tenor
  • Kang Wang, Tenor

THIRD PRIZE: $3,000

  • Alexandra Batsios, Soprano
  • Cesar Delgado, Tenor
  • Fanyong Du, Tenor
  • Samantha Hankey, Mezzo Soprano
  • Alexa Jarvis, Soprano
  • Courtney Johnson, Soprano
  • Pawel Konik, Bass Baritone
  • Sonja Krenek, Soprano
  • Rebecca Pedersen, Soprano
  • Jacqueline Piccolino, Soprano
  • Robert Watson, Tenor

GRANT: $2,000

  • Karen Barraza, Soprano
  • Joseph Barron, Bass Baritone
  • Marco Cammarota, Tenor
  • Edward Cleary, Baritone
  • Dominick Corbacio, Tenor
  • Abigail Levis, Mezzo Soprano
  • Edward Nelson, Baritone
  • Emmett O'Hanlon, Baritone
  • Alexandra Schenck, Mezzo Soprano
  • Laurel Semerdjian, Mezzo Soprano
  • Mackenzie Whitney, Tenor
  • Christian Zaremba, Bass
  • Olga Zharikova, Soprano

ENCOURAGEMENT: $1,000

  • Justin Austin, Baritone
  • Lynnesha Crump, Soprano
  • Jesse Darden, Tenor
  • AJ Gluckert, Tenor
  • Erik van Heyningen, Bass Baritone
  • Armando Pina Lopez, Baritone
  • Daniel Noyola, Bass Baritone
  • Anthony Schneider, Bass
  • Sofia Selowsky, Mezzo Soprano
  • Bradley Smoak, Bass Baritone

WAGNERIAN DIVISION (LIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION)

SECOND PRIZE: $5,000

  • Amber Daniel, Soprano
  • Kevin Ray, Tenor

GRANT: $2,000

  • Ivonne Fuchs, Mezzo Soprano
  • Jason Grant, Bass Baritone

ENCOURAGEMENT: $1,000

  • Pauliina Linnosaari, Soprano