2012-2013 Production Competition Winners
The winners of the 2012â€2013 Opera Production Competition have been announced. Due to the vast range of resources available to producing organizations, the entrants are grouped into 6 categories, and a total of 18 awards have been given by the judges.
Gallery: 2012-13 Opera Production Winners
Division I |
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| 1st Place | The Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai Produced by University of the Pacific Directed by James Haffner Conducted by Nicolas Waldvogel |
| 2nd Place | Street Scene by Kurt Weill Produced by Oklahoma Baptist University Directed by Mark McQuade Conducted by Christopher Neal |
| 3rd Place | Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini Produced by UNC-Charlotte Directed and conducted by Brian Arreola |
| Hon. Mention | Ruslan y Ludmila by Mikhail Glinka/The Magic Flute by WA Mozart Produced by Lucky Ten Young Talent Studio Directed by Anna Kravets Conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya |
Division II |
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| 1st Place | Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, Jr. Produced by Purchase College-SUNY Directed by Jacque Trussel Conducted by Hugh Murphy |
| 2nd Place | Too Many Sopranos by Edwin Penhorwood Produced by Oberlin Conservatory Directed by Sally Stunkel Conducted by Daniel Michalak |
| 3rd Place | Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach Produced by Plymouth State University Stage Direction by Paul Mroczka Music Direction by Kathleen Arecchi Conducted by Justin McCarthy |
Division III |
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| 1st Place | Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini Produced by Oklahoma City University Directed by David Herendeen Conducted by Jan McDaniel |
| 2nd Place | Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck Produced by Purchase College-SUNY Directed by Jacque Trussel Conducted by Hugh Murphy |
| 3rd Place | Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti Produced by UNC-Greensboro Directed and conducted by David Holley |
Division IV |
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| 1st Place | Candide by Leonard Bernstein Produced by University of Nebraska @ Lincoln Directed by Alisa Belflower Conducted by Tyler Goodrich White |
| 2nd Place | Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi Produced by Moores Opera Center @ University of Houston Directed by Buck Ross Conducted by Brett Mitchell |
| 3rd Place | A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim Produced by Michigan State University Directed by Melanie Helton Conducted by Kevin Noe |
Division V |
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| 1st Place | Moscow, Cheryomushki by Dmitri Shostakovich Produced by Moores Opera Center @ University of Houston Directed by Buck Ross Conducted by Jake Sustaita |
| 2nd Place | Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi Produced by Pamela Gilmore at Rutgers University Directed by Benjamin Spierman Conducted by Kynan Johns |
| 3rd Place | Suor Angelica/Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini Produced by Jamie Johnson at Temple University Directed by Linda Brovsky Conducted by Valéry Ryvkin |
Professional Division |
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| 1st Place | Aleko by Sergei Rachmaninoff Produced by Commonwealth Lyric Theater Directed by Anna Kravets Conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya |
| 2nd Place | Die Zauberflöte by WA Mozart Produced by Sounds of South Dakota Directed by Lisa Grevlos Conducted by Delta David Gier |
Opera Production Competition