2011-2012 Production Competition Winners
The winners of the 2011‐2012 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 21 awards have been given by the judges.
View a slideshow of production photos from the winners.
Division I |
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| 1st Place | The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti Produced by Melanie Kohn Day at Virginia Commonwealth University Directed by Kenneth Wood Conducted by Daniel Myssyk |
| 2nd Place (tie) | Opera Incognito with scenes by various composers Produced by Sam Houston State University Directed by Rebecca Renfro Grimes Conducted by Robert Hunt |
| 2nd Place (tie) | Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti Produced by University of Alabama @ Birmingham Directed by Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk |
| 3rd Place | Der Jasager by Kurt Weill with additional student-composed music Produced by Stanford University Directed by Nova Jimenez Conducted by Marie-Louise Catsalis |
Division II |
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| 1st Place | Angélique by Jacques Ibert Produced by Texas State University Directed by Samuel Mungo Conducted by Oliver Worthington |
| 2nd Place | Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini Produced by Gayla Blaisdell at Central Washington University Directed Torrance Blaisdell Conducted by Nikolas Caoile, piano with graduate assistant Adrienne Shields |
| 3rd Place | Serse by Georg Friderick Handel Produced by Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Opera d’Arte Directed by Kenneth Shaw Conducted by Brett Scott |
Division III |
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| 1st Place | The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan Produced by Michigan State University Directed by Melanie Helton Conducted by Adam Kerry Boyles |
| 2nd Place (tie) | Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti Produced by Crane Opera Ensemble @ SUNY Potsdam Directed by Carleen Graham Conducted by Kirk Severtson |
| 2nd Place (tie) | Little Women by Mark Adamo Produced by University of California @ Santa Cruz Directed by Brian Staufenbiel Conducted by Nicole Paiement |
| 3rd Place | Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Produced by University of South Dakota Directed by Tracelyn Gesteland Conducted by David Holdhusen |
Division IV |
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| 1st Place (tie) | Amelia by Daron Hagen Produced by Moores Opera Center @ University of Houston Directed by Buck Ross Conducted by Brett Mitchell |
| 1st Place (tie) | Cendrillon by Jules Massenet Produced by Purchase Opera @ SUNY Purchase Directed by Jacque Trussel Conducted by Hugh Murphy |
| 2nd Place | The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten Produced by University of Iowa Directed by Alan E Hicks Conducted by William LaRue Jones |
| 3rd Place | L’Incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi Produced by University of Nebraska @ Lincoln Directed by William Shomos Ritornelli conducted by Tyler White |
Division V |
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| 1st Place | Idomeneo by WA Mozart Produced by University of Memphis Directed by Copeland Woodruff Conducted by Mark Ensley |
| 2nd Place | Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss Produced by Moores Opera Center @ University of Houston Directed by Buck Ross Conducted by Franz Anton Krager |
| 3rd Place | Cendrillon by Jules Massenet Produced by Pamela Gilmore at Opera at Rutgers Directed by Benjamin Spierman Conducted by Kynan Johns |
Professional Division |
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| 1st Place | The Great Gatsby by John Harbison Produced by Ensemble Parallele Directed by Brian Staufenbiel Conducted by Nicole Paiement |
| 2nd Place | My Kinsman, Major Molineux and The Image Maker by Bruce Saylor Produced by Queens College-CUNY Directed by Lorca Peress Conducted by Maurice Peress and Matthew Kasper |
| 3rd Place | Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi Produced by Bob Jones University Directed by Darren Lawson Conducted by C. Stanley Eby |