National Opera Association - 2014-2015 Production Competition Winners

2014-2015 Production Competition Winners

The winners of the 2014â€2015 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: 2014-15 Opera Production Winners

OPC Committee: Anne Basinski, Dawn Harris, Mary Kay McGarvey, Richard Poppino, Christine Seitz, Jacque Trussel, Kenneth Wood (chair)

Division I Judges: Marc Callahan, Karen Esquivel, Christine Meadows

1^st place – The Gondoliers by Gilbert and Sullivan

Produced by Melanie Day at Virginia Commonwealth University

Directed by Kenneth Wood

Conducted by Daniel Myssyk

2^nd place – The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar

Produced by Chris Buess at UNC-Charlotte

Directed by Robin Witt

Conducted by Brian Arreola

3^rd place (tie) – Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti

Produced by Albert Harrison at Taylor University

Directed by Conor Angell

Conducted by Patricia Robertson

3^rd place (tie) – The Little Prince by Rachel Portman

Produced by UC-Santa Cruz

Directed by Brian Staufenbiel

Conducted by Nicole Paiement

Division II Judges: Susan Gonzalez, Mary Kay McGarvey, Steven Vasta

1^st place – Twelfth Night by Joel Feigin

Produced by Ben Brecher at UC-Santa Barbara

Directed by David Grabarkewitz

Conducted by Brent Wilson

2^nd place – The Tender Land by Aaron Copland

Produced by Lawrence University

Directed by Copeland Woodruff

Musical Direction by Bonnie Koestner

Conducted by Katherine Kilburn

3^rd place – Speed Dating Tonight by Michael Ching

Produced by Texas State University

Directed by Sam Mungo

Conducted by Kristin Roach

Division III Judges: Anne Basinski, David Cody, Lukas Graf

1^st Place – Triple Bill featuring winners of the Domenic J. Pellicciotti Opera

Composition Prize including A Letter to East 11^th Street by Martin Hennessy and Mark Campbell, Act I of The Fox and the Pomegranate by Matt Frey and Daniel Kushner, and Act II of In A Mirror, Darkly by Christopher Weiss and S. O'Duinn Magee

Produced by the Crane School of Music at SUNY-Potsdam

Directed by Carleen Graham

Conducted by Kirk Severtson

2^nd Place – Strawberry Fields by Michael Torke

Produced by Oberlin Conservatory

Directed by Sally Stunkel

Musical Direction by Daniel Michalak

Conducted by John Paul Jennings

3^rd Place – Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten

Produced by University of Wisconsin-Madison

Directed by David Ronis

Conducted by Kyle Knox

Division IV Judges: Jane Munson Berg, Marc Schapman, Christine Seitz

1^st Place – Lakmé by Leo Delibes

Produced by Pamela Gilmore at Rutgers University

Directed by E. Loren Meeker

Conducted by Kynan Johns

2^nd Place – Galileo Galilei by Phillip Glass

Produced by UNC-Greensboro

Directed by David Holley

Conducted by Kevin Geraldi

3^rd Place (tie) – Mass by Leonard Bernstein

Produced by Edward Smaldone at Queens College-CUNY

Directed by Lorca Peress

Conducted by Maurice Peress

3^rd Place (tie) – The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten

Produced by Edward Smaldone at Queens College-CUNY

Directed by Rod Gomez

Musical Direction by Elizabeth Hastings

Conducted by James John

Division V Judges: Derek Greten-Harrison, Jacque Trussel, Colin Whiteman

1^st Place – Rappaccini’s Daughter by Daniel Catán

Produced by Moores Opera Center, University of Houston

Directed by Buck Ross

Musical Direction by Raymond Harvey

Conducted by Arne Almroth

2^nd Place – Frau Margot by Thomas Pasatieri

Produced by Moores Opera Center, University of Houston

Directed by Buck Ross

Conducted by Raymond Harvey

3^rd Place – Così fan tutte by WA Mozart

Produced by Michigan State University

Directed by Melanie Helton

Conducted by Marcello Cormio

Division VI Judges: Stephen Fiol, Dawn Harris, Ricardo Herrera

Winner – The Queen of Spades by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Produced by Julius Bright Ross for Lowell House Opera

Directed by Roxanna Myhrum

Conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya