The Gerda Lissner Foundation

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

2017 PRIZE WINNERS

GENERAL DIVISION

TOP PRIZE (Liederkranz Foundation): $15,000

  • Andre Courville, bass baritone

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

  • Vanessa Vasquez, soprano

FIRST PRIZE: $10,000

  • Lawson Anderson, bass baritone
  • Emily D'Angelo, mezzo soprano
  • Alasdair Kent, tenor
  • Alexandra Nowakowski, soprano
  • Corrie Stallings, mezzo soprano
  • Angela Vallone, soprano

SECOND PRIZE: $5,000

  • Joseph Barron,bass baritone
  • Aaron Blake, tenor
  • Maria Brea, soprano
  • Fanyong Du, tenor
  • Jakub Orlinsky, countertenor
  • Megan Mikailovna Samarin, mezzo soprano

THIRD PRIZE: $3,000

  • Piotr Buszewski, tenor
  • Leah Marie de Gruyl, mezzo soprano
  • Eric Ferring, tenor
  • John Myers, tenor
  • Yulan Piao, soprano

GRANT: $2,000

  • Aleksey Bogdanov, baritone
  • Alexa Jarvis, soprano
  • Samuel Levine, tenor
  • Oliver Sewell, tenor
  • Nian Wang, mezzo soprano

ENCOURAGEMENT: $1,000

  • Justin Austin, baritone
  • Lisa Faieta, soprano
  • Liana Guberman, soprano
  • Marina Harris, soprano
  • Jihee Kim, soprano
  • Robyn M. Lamp, soprano
  • Mackenzie Whitney, tenor

WAGNERIAN DIVISION (LIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION)

SECOND PRIZE: $5,000

  • Suzanne Hendrix, mezzo soprano

ENCOURAGEMENT: $1,000

  • Viktor Antipenko, tenor