Merola's 52nd Season Participants
April 30, 2009
Sopranos
Susannah Biller, Georgetown, Tennessee
Lara Ciekiewicz, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Kate Crist, Agency, Iowa
Sara Gartland, St. Paul, Minnesota
Lori Guilbeau, Golden Meadow, Louisiana
Mezzo-sopranos
Margaret Gawrysiak, Geneseo, Illinois
Caitlin Mathes, Dayville, Connecticut
Ellie Jarrett, Dallas, Texas
Maya Lahyani, Hod-HaSharon, Israel
Contralto
Suzanne Hendrix, Charles City, Iowa
Countertenor
Ryan Belongie, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Tenors
Eleazar Rodríguez, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
Gregory Carroll, Des Moines, Washington
Brian Jadge, Piermont, New York
Alex Mansoori, Seattle, Washington
Nathaniel Peake, Humble, Texas
Baritones
Aleksey Bogdanov, Odessa, Ukraine
John Chest, Greenville, South Carolina
Paul Scholten, Muskegon, Michigan
Michael Sumuel, Odessa, Texas
Bass-baritone
Yohan Yi, Pohang, The Republic of Korea
Basses
Evan Boyer, Louisville, Kentucky
Benjamin LeClair, Royal, Iowa
Apprentice Coaches
Keun-a Lee, Seoul, The Republic of Korea
Stephanie Rhodes, Alpine, Utah
Tamara Sanikidze, Tbilisi, The Republic of Georgia
Suzy Smith, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Miaomiao Wang, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Apprentice Stage Director
Fernando Parra Bortí, Chihuahua, Mexico