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.
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
1st place – The Gondoliers by Gilbert and Sullivan
Produced by Melanie Day at Virginia Commonwealth University
Directed by Kenneth Wood
Conducted by Daniel Myssyk
2nd place – The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar
Produced by Chris Buess at UNC-Charlotte
Directed by Robin Witt
Conducted by Brian Arreola
3rd 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
3rd 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
1st place – Twelfth Night by Joel Feigin
Produced by Ben Brecher at UC-Santa Barbara
Directed by David Grabarkewitz
Conducted by Brent Wilson
2nd place – The Tender Land by Aaron Copland
Produced by Lawrence University
Directed by Copeland Woodruff
Musical Direction by Bonnie Koestner
Conducted by Katherine Kilburn
3rd 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
1st Place – Triple Bill featuring winners of the Domenic J. Pellicciotti Opera
Composition Prize including A Letter to East 11th 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
2nd Place – Strawberry Fields by Michael Torke
Produced by Oberlin Conservatory
Directed by Sally Stunkel
Musical Direction by Daniel Michalak
Conducted by John Paul Jennings
3rd 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
1st Place – Lakmé by Leo Delibes
Produced by Pamela Gilmore at Rutgers University
Directed by E. Loren Meeker
Conducted by Kynan Johns
2nd Place – Galileo Galilei by Phillip Glass
Produced by UNC-Greensboro
Directed by David Holley
Conducted by Kevin Geraldi
3rd Place (tie) – Mass by Leonard Bernstein
Produced by Edward Smaldone at Queens College-CUNY
Directed by Lorca Peress
Conducted by Maurice Peress
3rd 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
1st 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
2nd Place – Frau Margot by Thomas Pasatieri
Produced by Moores Opera Center, University of Houston
Directed by Buck Ross
Conducted by Raymond Harvey
3rd 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
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