2013 Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners and all finalists who competed at the Portland convention on January 3, 2013!
2013 Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition
DIVISION I
1st Place: University of Montana
Music and Stage Director: Anne Basinski
Pianist: Barbara Blegen
Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss
2nd Place: Southern Utah University
Music and Stage Director: Carol Ann Modesitt
Pianist: Sasha Bainson
The Old Maid and the Thief Gian-Carlo Menotti
3rd Place: Virginia Commonwealth University
Stage Director: Kenneth Wood
Music Director: Melanie Kohn Day
Collaborative Pianist: Kevin Chance
La bohème Giacomo Puccini
Finalist: Central Washington University
Stage Director: Gayla Blaisdell
Music Director and Pianist: Nikolas Caoile
The Bartered Bride Frederick Smetana
Finalist: Sam Houston State University
Stage Director: Rebecca Renfro Grimes
Music Director and Pianist: Roger Keele
The Magic Flute W. A. Mozart
DIVISION II
1st Place: The University of Montevallo
Stage and Music Director: Charles Wood
Pianist: Laurie Middaugh
Hamlet Ambroise Thomas
2nd Place: The University of Oregon
Stage Director: Karen Esquivel
Music Director and Pianist: Gustavo Castro
Giulio Cesare G. F. Handel
3rd Place: The University of Colorado Boulder
Stage Director: Leigh Holman
Music Director: Nicholas Carthy
Pianist: Kevin Chance
The Rake's Progress Igor Stravinsky
Honorable Mention: Georgia State University
Stage Director: Carroll Freeman
Music Director and Pianist: Rolando Salazar
Street Scene Kurt Weill
Finalist: The University of Massachusetts
Stage Directors: Amy Johnson and Vernon Hartman
Music Directors: Nadine Shank & U Mass collaborative piano staff
Pianist: Kevin Chance
Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss
Finalist: The University of Montana
Stage and Music Director: Anne Basinski
Pianist: Barbara Blegen
Eugene Onegin Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky