2022 Award Winners
The Lissner Charitable Fund Award — $10,000
Le Bu, Bass-Baritone
Sponsored by Karl Michaelis
The Jessie Walker Memorial award — $10,000
Siphokazi Molteno, Mezzo-Soprano
The Felix Popper Award – $7,500
Moises Salazar, Tenor
Sponsored by Frederick and Joan Baekeland
The Tito Capobianco Memorial Award – $5,000
Alice Chung, Mezzo-Soprano
Sponsored by Joseph S. Gasperec & Jane Shaulis
the ALBERT SHERMAN MEMORIAL AWARD – $5,000
Vladyslav Buialskyi, BASS-BARITONe
Sponsored by Bert Belliveau and Richard and Kerry McCarthy Stillwell
the Opera Index Membership Award – $4,000
WooYoung Yoon, tenor
the elinor Ross Memorial Award - $4,000
Alexandra Razskazoff, Soprano
The Murray Rosenthal Award – $4,000
Chuanyuan Liu, Countertenor
The Cesare Santeramo Award – $3,000
Donghoon Kang, Bass-Baritone
In Memory of Dr. Robert Campbell
The Joseph and Corky Dietrich Memorial Award - $3,000
brittany Logan, Soprano
Sponsored by Gary and Laura Dietrich
EMERGING ARTIST AWARDS - $2,000 each
Justin Burgess, Baritone; Eleomar Cuello Calles, Baritone; Sam Dhobhany, Bass-baritone; Michael Hawk, Baritone; Philippe L’Esperance, Tenor; Maggie Renee, Mezzo soprano; Demetrious Sampson,Tenor
Sponsored by Doris Keeley, Edward Jackson, Opera Index Membership
ENCOURAGEMENT AWARDS - $1,000 Each
Jazmine Saunders, soprano; Andrew Turner, Tenor
Sponsored by John David Metcalfe, Robert Steiner