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Join us at 2pm CST TODAY – either in-person or via livestream below– for the Society's 2022-23 Career Grant Competition.
River Oaks Baptist Church
2300 Willowick Rd
Houston, TX 77027 -
ProgramKatherine Dobbs - Mezzo-soprano - Grafton, Wisconsin“A Lady Fair, of Lineage High”–Princess IdaAdjudicator options:“Hurr Hopp Hurr Hopp”–Hänsel und Gretel Englebert Humperdinck“Sgombra è la sacra selva”–Norma Vincenzo BelliniKrista Renée Pape - Soprano - Blue Springs, Missouri“Poor Wand’ring One”–The Pirates of PenzanceAdjudicator options:“A Transport from Holland”–Out of Darkness Jake Heggie“Regnava nel silenzio”–Lucia di Lammermoor Gaetano DonizettiEvan K. Brown - Tenor - Austin, Texas“A Tenor, All Singers Above”–Utopia, LimitedAdjudicator options:“The Legend of Kleinzach”–Les Contes d’Hoffmann Jacques Offenbach“Recondita armonia”–Tosca Giacomo PucciniCristino Perez - Bass-baritone - Houston, Texas“Fair Moon, to Thee I Sing”–H.M.S. PinaforeAdjudicator options:“Come dal Ciel Precipita”–Macbeth Giuseppi Verdi“Abendlich Strahlt der Sonne Auge”–Das Rheingold Richard WagnerLaura Corina Sanders - Soprano - Houston, Texas“The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze”–The MikadoAdjudicator options:“Je Suis Encor”–Manon Jules Massenet“Caro nome”–Rigoletto Giuseppi VerdiMariam Mouawad - Mezzo-soprano - Houston, Texas“When a Merry Maiden Marries”–The GondoliersAdjudicator options:“Dopo Notte”– Ariodante George Frideric Handel“All’afflito e dolce il pianto”–Roberto Devereux Gaetano DonizettiCatherine Goode - Soprano - Friendswood, Texas“Poor Wand’ring One”–The Pirates of PenzanceAdjudicator options:“Spiel ich die Unschuld vom Lande”–Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss“Ah! douce enfant”–Cendrillon Jules MassenetBrian Yeakley - Tenor - Houston, Texas“A Tenor, All Singers Above”–Utopia, LimitedAdjudicator options:“Povero Ernesto”–Don Pasquale Gaetano Donizetti“Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise”–The New Moon Romberg & HammersteinMariah Muehler - Soprano - New York, New York“Tis Done! I am a Bride!”–The Yeomen of the GuardAdjudicator options:"Son pochi fiori"–L’Amico Fritz Pietro Mascagni"Mi tradi quell’alma ingrata”–Don Giovanni Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLily Guerrero - Soprano - Austin, Texas“Poor Wand’ring One”–The Pirates of PenzanceAdjudicator options:“Amour, ranime mon courage”–Romeo et Juliette Charles Gounod“I go, I go to him”–The Rake’s Progress Igor Stravinksy
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Awards
- 1st Prize of $2,500
- 2nd Prize of $1,500
- 3rd Prize of $750
- Audience Favorite Award of $500
- Sasha Cooke (Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano, Metropolitan Opera)
- Richard Bado (Director of Artistic Operations, Houston Grand Opera)
- Monique Midgette (Director and Playwright)
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