The winners this year are soprano Michelle Johnson; baritone Joseph Lim; and bass-baritones Joseph Barron, Ryan Speedo Green, and Philippe Sly. Sly will be a participant of the 2011 Merola Program.
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The winners this year are sopranos Leah Crocetto, Lori Guilbeau, and Rachel Willis-Sørensen; tenor Nathaniel Peake; and baritone Elliot Madore.
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The winners this year are soprano Simone Osborne, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano Daveda Karanas, tenor René Barbera, and baritone Edward Parks.
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Carolina Castells, soprano from Miami, Florida
Simone Osborne, soprano from Vancouver, British Columbia
Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano from St. Louis, Missouri
Daveda Karanas, mezzo-soprano from Mandeville, Louisiana
Dominic Armstrong, tenor from Kirksville, Missouri
René Barbera, tenor from San Antonio, Texas
Christopher Magiera, baritone from Lake Forest, Illinois
Edward Parks, baritone from Indiana, Pennsylvania
Stephen A. Ray, baritone from Sherwood, Arkansas
The nine finalists will sing next Sunday with the Met Orchestra conducted by Stephen Lord. Interestingly, one of the new Adler Fellows, Daveda Karanas, is among the finalists. Patricia Racette will host the concert, and there will be a special performance by mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, who won the contest in 1992.