The Gerda Lissner Foundation

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

2018 PRIZE WINNERS

GENERAL DIVISION

TOP PRIZE (Liederkranz Foundation): $15,000

  • Matthew White, tenor

FIRST PRIZE: $10,000

  • Courtney Johnson, soprano
  • Hubert  Zapiór, baritone

SECOND PRIZE: $5,000

  • Maria Natale, soprano
  • Jaeman Yoon, baritone

THIRD PRIZE: $3,000

  • SeokJong Baek, baritone
  • Cesar Delgado, tenor
  • Anna Dugan, soprano
  • Elena Perroni, soprano
  • Robert Stahley, tenor
  • William Guanbo Su, bass

GRANT: $2,000

  • Helena Brown, soprano
  • Jeff Byrnes, baritone
  • Claire De Monteil, soprano

ENCOURAGEMENT: $1,000

  • Marco Cammarota, tenor
  • Meryl Dominguez, soprano
  • Chonghwa Kim, baritone
  • Sonja Krenek, soprano
  • Abigail Levis, mezzo soprano
  • Pascale Spinney, mezzo soprano
  • Pavel Suliandziga, tenor
  • Jongwoo Woo, tenor
  • Zuhao Zhang, baritone
  • Xiaomeng Zhang, baritone

WAGNERIAN DIVISION (LIEDERKRANZ FOUNDATION)

TOP PRIZE (Liederkranz Foundation): $15,000

  • Amy Shoremount-Obra, soprano

SECOND PRIZE: $5,000

  • Hyona Kim, mezzo soprano

ENCOURAGEMENT: $1,000

  • Elizabeth Baldwin, soprano