2012-2013 Production Competition Winners
The winners of the 2012‐2013 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.
View a slideshow of production photos from the 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 |