JENNIFER MCKAY Soprano, Salt Lake City, UT DMMO DEBUT RECENT Gianni Schicchi, Rice University La Bohème, Aspen Music Festival Falstaff, Utah Vocal Arts Academy/Utah Lyric Opera SPONSOR Phyllis Price
WILLIAM MEINERT Bass-Baritone, Herndon, VA Mandarin (cover), Timur (study cover), Turandot Bosun (cover), Billy Budd DMMO DEBUT RECENT Tosca, Opera North Boris Godunov, Commonwealth Lyric Theater The Barber of Seville, Loudoun Lyric Opera SPONSOR Andrew Thomas
JÓHANN SCHRAM REED Bass-Baritone, Reykjavík, Iceland Lt. Ratcliffe (Cover), Billy Budd DMMO DEBUT RECENT Falstaff, Opera San José The Barber of Seville, OPERA Iowa Così fan tutte, Indiana University Opera Theatre SPONSORS John and Irene Graether
KYLE ROEDER Baritone, Jefferson, IA Mr. Lindquist (cover), A Little Night Music Arthur Jones & Donald (covers), Billy Budd DMMO DEBUT RECENT The Old Maid and the Thief, Drake University Cavalleria Rusticana, Des Moines Opera Project National Association of Teachers of Singing National Semi-Finalist SPONSORS Ann and Michael Gersie
CHELSEA MILLER Soprano, Memphis, TN Mrs. Nordstrom, A Little Night Music DMMO DEBUT RECENT The Mikado, Chautauqua Opera The Pirates of Penzance, Opera Memphis The Magic Flute, Opera Memphis SPONSORS Dr. James and Mary Ellen Kimball
DAVID M. SANCHEZ Tenor, Kansas City, MO Mr. Erlanson (cover), A Little Night Music DMMO DEBUT RECENT Tosca, Lyric Opera of Kansas City The Magic Flute, Jewell Opera Gianni Schicchi, University of Missouri Kansas City SPONSORS Carol and Eric Weber
CODY MÜLLER Bass, Philadelphia, PA Dansker (cover), Billy Budd DMMO DEBUT RECENT La Cenerentola, Opera in the Ozarks Later the Same Evening, Central City Opera The Tales of Hoffmann, Bel Cantanti Opera SPONSOR Dorothy Ely
STEPHANIE SCHOENHOFER Mezzo-Soprano, Lima, OH Mrs. Segstrom, Desiree Armfeldt (cover), A Little Night Music RECENT Tobias and the Angel, NANOWorks Dead Man Walking, Des Moines Metro Opera The Rake's Progress, The University of Michigan SPONSOR Stanley Ransom
TALIN NALBANDIAN Mezzo-Soprano, Los Angeles, CA DMMO DEBUT RECENT L’Opera Seria, Wolf Trap Opera The Marriage of Figaro, Oberlin in Italy Così fan tutte, Pepperdine University SPONSOR Cleon Rutherford Memorial Trust
CHRISTINA PEZZAROSSI Mezzo-Soprano, Miles City, MT Mrs. Segstrom (cover), A Little Night Music DMMO DEBUT RECENT Agrippina, Opera NEO The Barber of Seville, Boulder Opera Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Encouragement Award SPONSOR Dr. James Rutherford
TED PICKELL Bass-Baritone, San Diego, CA Arthur Jones, Claggart (study cover), Billy Budd DMMO DEBUT RECENT Susannah, Northwestern University The Marriage of Figaro, Northwestern University/Opera Academy of California Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Regional Finalist SPONSORS Alvin and Sue Ravenscroft
GABRIELLE REED Soprano, Los Angeles, CA Liù (cover), Turandot DMMO DEBUT RECENT Tosca, Tulsa Opera Don Giovanni, Opera in the Ozarks La Clemenza di Tito, New York Lyric Opera Theatre SPONSORS Bobbie and Tristan Adelman
RYAN STOLL Bass-Baritone, Nixa, MO Mr. Flint (Cover), Billy Budd DMMO DEBUT RECENT Roscoe, Albany Symphony Orchestra The Demon, Commonwealth Lyric Theater The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Boston Conservatory SPONSORS Rachel T. Rowley
MARK THOMAS Tenor, Houston, TX Squeak and Maintop (covers), Billy Budd DMMO DEBUT RECENT After the Storm, HGOco Roméo et Juliette, Moores School of Music Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Regional Finalist SPONSORS Don and Janet Metcalf
OLIVIA THOMPSON Contralto, Southfield, MI DMMO DEBUT RECENT The Magic Flute, Indiana University Opera Theater The Last Savage, Indiana University Opera Theater The Daughter of the Regiment, Indiana University Opera Theater SPONSORS Dr. Stephen and Martha Stephenson
EMILY TRIEBOLD Mezzo-Soprano, Madison, WI Malla, A Little Night Music DMMO DEBUT RECENT Little Women, University of Nebraska The Barber of Seville, La Musica Lirica National Association of Teachers of Singing National Semi-Finalist SPONSORS Bill and Pauline Niebur
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