2011-2012 Production Competition Winners
The winners of the 2011â€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.
Gallery: 2011-12 Opera Production 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 |
Opera Production Competition