Voice Competition Past Winners
1997
Students
Sandra Lopez, soprano, Patricia Fuller Harrison Memorial Award, Grand Prize
Ross Hauck, tenor, Young Patronesses of the Opera Past Presidents’ Award, First Prize
Mark Tevis, tenor, Dr. Ricardo and Isabel Román Award, Second Prize
Joanna Mongiardo, soprano, Olson Student Encouragement Award, Third Prize
Intermediate Young Artists
Charles Reid, tenor, Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, Grand Prize
Jami Rogers Anderson, soprano, Junior Opera Guild Award, First Prize
Jennifer Hines, mezzo-soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Members Award, Second Prize
John Bindel, bass, Marjorie and Egmont Sonderling Award, Third Prize
Karen Driscoll, soprano, Jane Robinson and Linda Meyers Award, Fourth Prize, tie
Melody Edwards, soprano, Fourth Prize, tie
Leah Summers, mezzo-soprano, University of Miami Award, Fifth Prize
Senior Young Artists
Mei Ma, soprano, Judy George Award, Grand Prize, $5,000
David Walker, countertenor, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize
John Pierce, tenor, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crawley Award, Second Prize Denise Vidal, soprano, Jean McArthur Davis Memorial Award, Third Prize Xiao Ping Dai, baritone, Laurens and Arlene Mendelson Award, Fourth Prize Randall Jakobsh, bass, Encouragement Award
Keith Workowsky, tenor, Encouragement Award
1999
Students
Latonia Moore, soprano, Patricia Fuller Harrison Memorial Award, Grand Prize
Monica Yunus, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Past Presidents Award, First Prize
Jeffrey Halili, tenor, Dr. Ricardo and Isabelle Román Award, Second Prize
Junior Young Artists
Jennifer Anne Cooper, mezzo-soprano, Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, Grand Prize
Harold Jay Wilson, bass-baritone, Junior Opera Guild Award, First Prize
Joanna Mongiardo, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Membership and Memorials Award, Second Prize
Dana Beth Miller, soprano, Dr. B. Boyce Swartz Award, Third Prize
Scott Ramsay, tenor, Jane Robinson, in Memory of Lottie Alexander, Award, Fourth Prize
Senior Young Artists
William Andrew Stuckey, baritone, Judy George Award, Grand Prize, $5,000
Troy Cook, baritone, Lady Amy Gallow Memorial Award, First Prize
Kimberly Graham, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, tie
Kirstin Marie Chavez, mezzo-soprano, Barbara Copanos for Francis Cusumano Award, Second Prize, tie
Brandon Jovanovich, tenor, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crawley Award, Third Prize Kirk Walker, baritone, Jean McArthur Davis Memorial Award, Fourth Prize Sonia Santiago, mezzo-soprano, Dr. Donna Blythe Award
Terry Murphy, tenor, Olson Foundation Award
2001
Students
Audrey Brutus, soprano, Grand Prize: Voice Competition Grand Kickoff Award, $3,500
Noah Stewart, tenor, First Prize: Evelyn Lear Recognition Award, $2,500
John Neely Gaston, countertenor, Second Prize: Memorial to Margie Levitz Award, $2,000 Sarah Jane McMahon, soprano, Third Prize: Memorial for Francis Ramo Cusumano, $1,500 Audrey Babcock, mezzo-soprano, Fourth Prize: Memorial for Adolph Vezza, $1,000
Brocha Strausberg Evans, mezzo-soprano, Fifth Prize: Olson Encouragement Award, $500
Junior Young Artists
All awards in this division are in memory of Patricia Fuller Harrison, fund administered by Kay Carpenter
Elizabeth Caballero, soprano, Grand Prize, tie , $4,000 Christina Villaverde, soprano, Grand Prize, tie , $4,000 Harold Wilson, bass, Second Prize, $2,000
John A. Tsotsoros, tenor, Third Prize, $500
Senior Young Artists
Keri Alkema, mezzo-soprano, Judy George Award, Grand Prize, $5,000
Paul Mow, tenor, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize, $4,000 Sarah Miller, soprano, Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, Second Prize, $3,000 Eric McKeever, baritone, Junior Opera Guild Award, Third Prize, $2,500
Michelle Areyzaga, soprano, Dr. Ricardo and Isabelle Román/Connie Danluck Award, Fourth Prize,
$2,000
Other Awards
Elizabeth Caballero, soprano, Dr. Donna Blythe University of Miami Singer Award, $500
2003
Junior Young Artists
Audrey Brutus, soprano, Patricia Fuller Harrison Memorial Award, Grand Prize John Neely Gaston, countertenor, Voice Competition Committee Award, First Prize Kristine Biller, soprano, Junior Opera Guild Award, Second Prize
Chad A. Johnso tenor, Francis Ramo Cusumano Award, Third Prize
Senior Young Artists
Jason Hardy, bass, Judy George Award, Grand Prize, $5,000
Dana Beth Miller, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize
Gregorio González, baritone, Junior Opera Guild Award, Second Prize
Erin Marie Wall, soprano, Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, Third Prize
Elizabeth Caballero, soprano, Stephen Poulos Memorial Award, Fourth Prize
Leah Partridge, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Members Award, Fifth Prize
Melina Pineda, mezzo-soprano, Mr. and Mrs. Alvaro Varela Award, Sixth Prize
David Giuliano, baritone, Ms. Charlette Seidel/Mr. and Mrs. Jay Spieler Award, Seventh Prize
Paul Mow, tenor, Olson Encouragement Award
Other Award
Elizabeth Caballero, soprano, Dr. Donna Blythe Award
2005
Junior Young Artists
Michael Fabiano, tenor, Junior Opera Guild Award, Grand Prize, $7,500
Aaron Blake, tenor, Judy George Award, First Prize, $5,000
David McFerrin, baritone, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, $3,000
Jeffrey Kim, countertenor, Olson Memorial Award, Third Prize, $1,000
Senior Young Artists
Karen Slack, soprano, Junior Opera Guild Award, Grand Prize, $8,000
Timothy Kuhn, baritone, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize, $6,000 Derek Taylor, tenor, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, $5,000 Rolando Sanz, tenor, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Third Prize, $4,000
Janara Kellerman, mezzo-soprano, Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, Fourth Prize, $2,500
Marcus Beam, baritone, Isabel and Ricardo Román Award, Fifth Prize, $1,500
Christina Pier, soprano, Elizabeth Fogg Lane Memorial Award, Sixth Prize, $1,000
2007
Junior Young Artists
Christopher Magiera, baritone, Junior Opera Guild Award, Grand Prize
Corinne Winters, soprano, Judy George Award, First Prize
Liam Moran, bass, Junior Opera Guild Award, Second Prize
Senior Young Artists
Takesha Meshé Kizart, soprano, Junior Opera Guild Award, Grand Prize, $8,000 Christopher Bolduc, baritone, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize, $6,000 Amanda Grooms, soprano, Inez Cruz Memorial Award, Second Prize, tie , $4,500
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, tie , $4,500
Corey Crider, baritone, Fourth Prize: Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, $2,500
David Portillo, tenor, Honorable Mention: Isabel and Ricardo Román Award, $1,000
José Álvarez, countertenor, Francis Ramo Cusumano Memorial Award, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Museop Kim, baritone, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Honorable Mention, $1,000
2009
Junior Young Artists
Aleksey Bogdanov, baritone, Junior Opera Guild Award, Grand Prize, $7,500
Nadine Sierra, soprano, Judy George Award, First Prize, $5,000
Katherine Lerner, mezzo-soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, $3,000
Paul Scholten, baritone, James T. Cullen, Jr., Memorial Award, Third Prize, $1,200
Senior Young Artists
Sidney Outlaw, baritone, Junior Opera Guild Award, Grand Prize, $8,000
Aundi Marie Moore, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize, $6,000
Kevin Thompson, bass, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, $5,000
Kathryn Leemhuis, mezzo-soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Third Prize, $4,000
Tyler Nelson, tenor, Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, Fourth Prize, $2,500
José Álvarez, countertenor, Barbara Copanos/Linda Balent Award, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Jeffrey R. Gwaltney, tenor, Isobel Román/Charlette Seidel Award, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Susan Jean Hellman Spatafora, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Other Award
Sidney Outlaw, baritone, Audience Favorite Award, $1,000
2011
Junior Young Artists
Lindsay Russell, soprano, Junior Opera Guild Award, Grand Prize, $7,500
Jegyung Yang, soprano, Judy George Award, First Prize $5,000
Sydney Mancasola, soprano, Marcia Pawley Memorial Award, Second Prize, $3,000
Senior Young Artists
Kenneth Stavert, baritone, Junior Opera Guild Award, Grand Prize, $8,000
Aleksey Bogdanov, baritone, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize, $6,000 Sara Heaton, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, $5,000 Jonathan Michie, baritone, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Third Prize, $4,000 Katherine Lerner, mezzo-soprano, The Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, Fourth Prize, $2,500
Allegra De Vita, mezzo-soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Honorable Mention,
$1,000
Scott Quinn, tenor, Linda Balent/Barbara Copanos in Memory of Irene Patti Swartz Hammond, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Craig Colclough, bass-baritone, Ricardo and Isabel Román Award, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Benjamin Gelfand, bass-baritone, Honorable Mention: Young Patronesses of the Opera Award,
$1,000
Other Awards
Sara Heaton, soprano, Irene Patti Swartz Hammond Memorial Award for a Soprano, $1,000
Aleksey Bogdanov, baritone, Audience Favorite Award, $1,000
2013
Junior Young Artists
Steven LaBrie, baritone, Junior Opera Guild Award, Grand Prize, $7,500
Alyssa Martin, mezzo-soprano, First Prize, Judy George Award, $5,000
Sergio Cepeda, tenor, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, $3,000
Senior Young Artists
Brittany Renée, soprano, Junior Opera Guild Award, Grand Prize, $8,000
Adam Lau, bass, Troy Moss Memorial Award, First Prize, $6,000
Kathryn Leemhuis, mezzo-soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, $5,000
Matthew Newlin, tenor, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Third Prize, $4,000
Ryan Milstead, baritone, Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, Fourth Prize, $2,500
Viktor Antipenko, tenor, Thomas Swartz Memorial Award, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Hye Jung Lee, soprano, Charlette Seidel Award, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Other Awards
Hye Jung Lee, soprano, Irene Patti Swartz Hammond Memorial Award for a Soprano, $1,000
Hye Jung Lee, soprano, Audience Favorite Award, $1,000
2015
Junior Young Artists
Jack Swanson, tenor, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Grand Prize, $7,500
Andres Acosta, tenor, Judy George Award, First Prize, $5,000
Alyssa Martin, mezzo-soprano, Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, Second Prize, $3,000
Senior Young Artists
Clarissa Lyons, soprano, Junior Opera Guild Award, Grand Prize, $8,000
Claudia Rosenthal, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize, $6,000
Catheryne Shuman, soprano, Junior Opera Guild Award, Second Prize, $4,000
Derrell Acon, bass, La Fenice Prosecco Award, Third Prize, $2,500
Ola Rafalo, mezzo-soprano, Chanin and Adam Carlin Award, Fourth Prize, $2,500
Raquel Suarez Groen, soprano, Louise Peckham Todaro Award, Honorable Mention, $2,000
Antonia Tamer, soprano, Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust Award, Honorable Mention, $1,500
Other Awards
Claudia Rosenthal, soprano, Irene Patti Swartz Hammond Memorial Award for a Soprano, $1,000
Ola Rafalo, Audience Favorite Award, $1,000
2017
Junior Young Artists
Sandra Hamaoui, soprano, Junior Opera Guild, First Prize, $7,500
Kara Dugan, mezzo-soprano, Judy George Award, $5,000, Second Prize
Piotr Buszewski, tenor, Renée Fink Memorial Award, Third Prize, $3,000
Senior Young Artists
Mackenzie Gotcher, tenor, Junior Opera Guild, First Prize, $10,000
Helena Brown, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, $6,000
Devon Guthrie, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Third Prize, $4,000 Liana Guberman, soprano, Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, Fourth Prize, $2,500 Andrew Manea, baritone, Dr. Eckhard Podack Memorial Award, Fifth Prize, $3,000 Leah Hawkins, soprano, Gibraltar Private Bank Award, Sixth Prize, $1,500
Andrew McLaughlin, baritone, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Other Awards
Sandra Hamaoui, soprano, Irene Patti Swartz Hammond Award for a Soprano, $1,000 Kara Dugan, mezzo-soprano, Louise Peckham Todaro Memorial Award, $1,000 Sandra Hamaoui, soprano, Audience Favorite Award, $1,000
2019
Junior Young Artists
Lindsey Reynolds, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize, $7,500
Joanna Latini, soprano, Judy George Award, Second Prize, $5,000
Shaina Martinez, soprano, William S. Reese Memorial Award, Third Prize, $3,000
Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone, Renée and Marvin Fink Memorial Award, Fourth Prize, $2,500
Senior Young Artists
Ethan Vincent, baritone, Junior Opera Guild Award, First Prize, $10,000
Murrella Parton, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, $6,000
Megan Mikailovna Samarin, mezzo-soprano, Jackee Major Memorial Award, Third Prize, $4,000 Reginald Smith, Jr., baritone, Louise Peckham Todaro Memorial Award, Fourth Prize, $3,000 Emily Pogorelc, soprano, IBERIABANK Award, Fifth Prize, $1,500
Brent Michael Smith, bass, Charlette Seidel Award, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Other Awards
Murrella Parton, soprano, Irene Patti Swartz Hammond Memorial Award for a Soprano, $1,000
Ethan Vincent, baritone, Audience Favorite Award, $1,000
2022
Junior Young Artists
Anna Kelly, mezzo-soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize, $7,500
Laura Miah, soprano, Charlette Seidel Award, Second Prize, $4,000
Veronica Siebert, mezzo-soprano, George Lyall Memorial Award, Third Prize, $1,500
Jerek Naim Fernández Báez, tenor, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Senior Young Artists
Alice Chung, mezzo-soprano, Junior Opera Guild Award, First Prize, $10,000
Eleomar Cuello, baritone, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Second Prize, $6,000
Chelsea Lehnea, soprano, Judy George Award, Third Prize, $5,000
Caitlin Gotimer, soprano, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Fourth Prize, $4,500
Gabrielle Barkidjija, soprano, Kay Carpenter Memorial Award, Fifth Prize, $3,000
Kara Dugan, mezzo-soprano, Renée and Marvin A. Fink Memorial Award, Sixth Prize, $2,500 Minki Hong, baritone, Louise Peckham Todaro Memorial Award, Seventh Prize, $2,000 Véronique Filloux, soprano, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Raven McMillon, soprano, Honorable Mention, $1,000
Other Awards
Caitlin Gotimer, soprano, Irene Patti Swartz Hammond Memorial Award for a Soprano, $1,000 Eleomar Cuello, baritone, Tom and Jeane Krause Memorial Award for a Baritone, $1,500 Véronique Filloux, soprano, Daniel Schwartz Memorial Award for Musical Theater, $1,000 Alice Chung, mezzo-soprano, Audience Favorite Award, $1,000
2024
Junior Young Artists
Luke Norvell, tenor, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize, $7,500
Maggie Kinabrew, soprano, Dr. Karl H. Muench Memorial, Second Prize, $3,000
Camille Robles, mezzo-soprano, Christopher Daniel Bobson Memorial, Third Prize, $1,500
Senior Young Artists
Anna Kelly, soprano, Junior Opera Guild Award, First Prize, $10,000
Isobel Anthony, soprano, Charlette Seidel Award, Second Prize, $6,000
Kresley Figueroa, soprano, Judy George Memorial Award, Third Prize, $5,000
Luke Harnish, baritone, Dr. Edward Russell Memorial; Albert Blackwell “Blackie” Stieglitz Memorial; Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, Fourth Prize, $3,500
Lisa Marie Rogali, mezzo-soprano, Renée and Marvin Fink Memorial, Fifth Prize, $2,500 Sarah Rachel Bacani, soprano, Kay Carpenter Memorial Award, Sixth Prize, $1,500 Matthew Soibelman, bass, Founder’s Award, Seventh Prize, $1,500
Other Awards
Irene Patti Swartz Hammond Memorial Award for a Soprano, $1,000 Daniel Schwartz Memorial Musical Theatre Award, $1,000 Audience Favorite Award, $1,000
2026
Junior Young Artists
Christopher Gray, bass-baritone, Young Patronesses of the Opera Award, First Prize, $7,500 Jade Xijin Chen, soprano, Oppenheimer: The Marathon Group, Second Prize, $2,500 Justice Yates, bass-baritone, Barry G. Seidel Memorial Award, Third Prize, $1,500
Senior Young Artists
Tiffany Choe, soprano, Junior Opera Guild Award, First Prize, $10,000
Anna Thompson, soprano, Charlette S. Seidel Award, Secon Prize, $8,000 Magdalena Kuźma, soprano, in Memory of Dr. Ernesto Scerpella, Third Prize, $5,000 Luke Harnish, baritone, Judy George Memorial Award, Fourth Prize, $5,000
Camille Robles, soprano, Christopher Daniel Bobson Memorial Award, Susanne Kayyali Memorial Award, Karl Muench Memorial Award, Fifth Prize (tie), $3,325
Justin Burgess, baritone, in Memory of Dr. Ernesto Scerpella, Fifth Prize (tie), $3,325
Teresa Perrotta, soprano, Renée and Marvin Fink Memorial Award, Sixth Prize, $2,500
Other Awards