The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition

James Allen

Tenor, Private Teacher, Chamber Ensemble

Was Encouragement Award Winner,....

Benjamin R. Sokol

Was Opera Singer in Philadelphia District Winner.

Michele Patzakis

Voice

Is Director in San Francisco District .

Andrea Bickford

Soprano

Worked here as District Winner.

Aaron Jenkins

Performed as Competitor Rocky Mountain Region Round....

Kelsey Ronn

Soprano, Opera Singer

Was ND-MB District Winner; Audi... in Competitor.

2023

WTO Company

This Stagetime member is part of the 2023 Wolf Trap Opera company.

Tessa McQueen

Performed as Performer Grand Finals Concert .

Caitlin Aloia

Soprano, Teaching Artist, Opera Singer

Performed as Competitor Gulf Coast Region.

Hannah Hieronimus

Voice

Was Encouragement Award Winner,....

Ellen Robertson

Soprano

Performed as Competitor Middle/Eastern Tennessee Di....

Daniel O'Hearn

Tenor

Worked here as Grand Finalist, 2022.

Ally Lewkowski

Soprano

Was Encouragement Award Winner,....

Nathaniel Malkow

Baritone

Performed as Participant Arkansas District.

Miya Higashiyama

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Encouragement Award Winner in Wisconsin District.

Alissa Goretsky

Voice, Singer-Songwriter, Opera Singer

Was Winner.

Catherine Creed

Soprano

Performed as Competitor Gulf Coast Region.

Claire Griffin

Soprano, Opera Singer

Was Encouragement Award, North ....

Olivia Newcomb

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Performer Utah District Competitor.

Karli Forte

Soprano

Performed as Encouragement Award Recipient Arkansas District Auditions.

Joeavian Rivera

Baritone, Opera singer

Performed as District Winner Houston District.

Julia LoRusso

Soprano

Was Winner in Indiana District Encouragme....

Greer Lyle

Soprano

Performed as Participant 2021 Semifinals.

Hayley Lipke

Soprano

Was Indiana District Winner in Laffont Competition Indiana....

Stefan Barner

Tenor

Is Winner, East Tennessee Dist....

Pascale Spinney

Mezzo-Soprano

Was National Semi-Finalist.

Amanda Simms

Voice, Soprano

Performed as Competition Minnesota District.

Deanna Breiwick

Soprano

Was National Grand Finalist.

Andrew Forsythe

Bass-Baritone

Performed as Participant Michigan District.

Kathleen Kelly

Collaborative Piano

Performed as Judge Arkansas District Auditions.

Michael Pandolfo

Baritone

Performed as Tulsa District Competition.

Key'mon W. Murrah

Countertenor

Was Semi-finalist .

Yuntong Han

Tenor

Was Illinois District Winner.

Jennifer Kreider

Performed as Performer 2nd Place in Upper Midwest ....

Sofia Picaso

Soprano

Was Encouragement Award in Mexico District.

Jon Marc Olivier

Performed as Competitor Laffont Competition New Orl....

Rafael Moras

Tenor

Performed as Recitalist Rafael Moras: Around the Wo....

2023

WTO Company

This Stagetime member is part of the 2023 Wolf Trap Opera company.

Anna Kelly

Performed as Participant Semifinals.

Felicia Moore

Soprano

Was Semi-Finalist .

Kayla Nanto

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as District Winner Colorado/Wyoming District.

Rachel Barg

Was Encouragement Award Winner in Saint Louis District.

Anthony León

Tenor

Was Grand Finals Winner.

Madison Montambault

Soprano

Was Winner in Indiana District.

Cody Bowers

Countertenor

Was National Semifinalist .

Carlyle Quinn

Mezzo-Soprano, Actor, Performer

Performed as Encouragement Award Winner Michigan District.

Madison Leonard

Was Grand Finals Winner.

2024

WTO Company

This Stagetime member is part of the 2024 Wolf Trap Opera company.

Emily Treigle

Singer (General), Mezzo-Soprano

Was Winner in 2021 Grand Finals.

Chelsea Laggan

Performed as Participant New England Region.

Bree Nichols

Performed as Winner Arkansas District.

Victoria McGrath

Soprano

Performed as Competitor Southeast Regional Finals.

2023

WTO Company

This Stagetime member is part of the 2023 Wolf Trap Opera company.

Brittany Olivia Logan

Performed as National Finalist Eric and Dominique Laffont ....

Krista Renée Pape

Soprano

Performed as Encouragement Award Upper-Midwest Region.

Melinda Whittington

Was National Semifinalist.

Micaela Aldridge

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Encouragement Award Winner Middle/Eastern Tennessee Di....

Chloe Boelter

Was Encouragement Award Winner in St. Louis District.

Kevin Spooner

Bass-Baritone, Voice Actor, Opera Singer

Was Encouragment Award Winner, ....

Marielle Leiboff

Soprano

Performed as Encouragement Award San Diego District.

Elizabeth Sarian

Performed as Participant National Semifinals.

Alla Salakhova

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Maryland District Winner.

Madison Hoerbelt

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Encouragement Award Winner in Maryland District.

Elizabeth Mirandi

Soprano, Opera Singer

Worked here as Qualifying Round.

Alina Tamborini

Soprano

Performed as Competitor Rocky Mountain Region .

Lora Bashmakian

Soprano

Was Encouragement Award Winner,....

Olivia Gronenthal

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Competitor Kentucky District.

Max Alexander Cook

Tenor

Was District Winner in Maryland District.

2023

WTO Company

This Stagetime member is part of the 2023 Wolf Trap Opera company.

Winona Martin

Was Arizona District Winner.

Morgan Potts

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Competitor Indianapolis District Compe....

Lucila Zavala

Soprano, Soprano Chorister & Soloist, Educator

Was National Semifinalist.

Phoebe Chee

Soprano

Performed as Encouragement Award Western Region.

Maegan Hoogerhyde

Soprano, Opera Singer, Lyric Soprano, Soprano

Performed as District Competitor Connecticut District.

2023

AMFS

This Stagetime member is an alumni of the Aspen Music Festival and School (2023).

Chuanyuan Liu

Countertenor

Performed as Countertenor National Semifinals.

Ashley Ruckman

Soprano

Was District Winner in St. Louis District.

Emma Robertson

Soprano, Advancement Associate, Music Director & Conductor, Freelance Musician, Artistic & Stage Director

Performed as Competitor Boston District Competitor.

Kira Kaplan

Was Regional Finalist in 2022, 2023, 2024.

Melanie Spector

Soprano, Opera Singer

Performed as Finalist Eastern Region Finals.

Abigail Raiford

Was National Finalist.

2023

AMFS

This Stagetime member is an alumni of the Aspen Music Festival and School (2023).

Joseph Kingsbury

Countertenor

Was District Winner in Connecticut District.

Angela Yam

Worked here as New York City District Winner.

Julia Tuneberg

Soprano, Professor, Adjunct Professor of Voice

Performed as Soprano New Orleans District Auditions.

Sarah Wells

Soprano, Actress, Private Teacher, Emerging Artist, Soprano

Performed as District Competitor South Carolina District.

Victoria Goldstein

Voice

Performed as Soloist Kansas City District Compet....

Georgia Thomas

Soprano, Actress

Was Winner, South Carolina Dist....

Laura Beth Couch

Mezzo-Soprano, Actress, Arts Administrator, Educator, Music Director

Performed as District Competitor North Carolina District Com....

Hannah Lawrence

Performed as District Competitor Laffont Competition New Orl....

Kristen Marie Gillis

Soprano

Performed as Competitor Tulsa District.

Maggie Kinabrew

Performed as District Competitor Minnesota District Auditions.

2023

AMFS

This Stagetime member is an alumni of the Aspen Music Festival and School (2023).

Anna Thompson

Soprano

Performed as Grand Finals Winner Grand Finals Concert.

Rosamund Dyer

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Competitor Washington District Competitor.

Haley Whitney

Was Encouragement Award Winner,....

Dennis Chmelensky

Was Semifinalist.

Carter Houston

Baritone, Private Teacher

Performed as Competitor Florida District Competitor.

Veronica Richer

Soprano, Resident Artist

Performed as Performer Kansas City.

Cara Gabrielson

Soprano

Was National Semifinalist.

Tessa Fackelmann

Mezzo-Soprano

Worked here as Semi Finalist.

Emily Gibson

Soprano

Works here as Co-Director for Arizona District.

Lauren Nicholls

Mezzo-Soprano, Opera Singer

Was Opera singer in Encouragement Award | India....

Kaylyn Taylor Baldwin

Soprano

Was District Winner.

Georgiana Adams

Soprano

Was National Semifinalist.

Stefán Víkingur

Tenor

Was District Winner.

Christen May Mayer - Soprano

Soprano

Was District Winner in Arkansas District Winner.

Laura Corina Sanders

Soprano, Opera singer, actress

Worked here as Encouragement Award Winner.

2024

WTO Company

This Stagetime member is part of the 2024 Wolf Trap Opera company.

Jennie Moser

Soprano

Performed as Soloist District Fundraiser.

Sara Stevens

Soprano

Was Soprano in Recipient of The Opera Guil....

Emily Rocha

Soprano

Was Encouragement Award in Illinois District.

Malinda Wagstaff

Soprano

Performed as Performer Washington District.

Regan Poarch

Mezzo-Soprano

Performed as Encouragement Award Arkansas District .

Daryn Imani Nowlin

Mezzo-Soprano, Actress, Freelance Musician

Performed as Soloist Kansas City District Compet....

Olivia Rominiyi

Performed as Competitor DC-Maryland-Virginia Distri....

Allyson Bennett

Soprano

Worked here as Boston District Winner.

Stephen Pitters

Countertenor, Professor

Was District Winner in 2025-2026 Utah District Win....

Tamara Gura

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Sesto (Cover).

Stephanie Weiss

Mezzo-Soprano

Is Finalist, Midwestern Regionals.

Sylvia Sang Eun Lee

Soprano

Was Eastern Regional Winner.

John Uhlenhopp

Tenor

Was Grand Finals Winner.

Heidi Melton

Was National Semi-Finalist.

Meredith Arwady

Contralto

Was Grand Finals Winner.

Rena Harms

Soprano

Was Grand Finalist.

Alec Carlson

Tenor

Was Regional Finalist.

Rachel Willis-Sørensen

Soprano

Was Grand Finals Winner.

Michèle Losier

Mezzo-Soprano

Was Grand Finals Winner.

Efraín Solis

Baritone

Was Grand Finalist.

Eric Cutler

Tenor

Was Grand Finals Winner.

Philippe Sly

Bass-Baritone

Was Grand Finals Winner.

Tracy Cox

Soprano

Was Grand National Finalist.

Ryan Speedo Green

Bass-Baritone

Was National Grand Finals Winner.

Paul Corona

Bass-Baritone

Was Grand Finalist.

Donita Volkwijn

Soprano

Was Regional Finalist.

Simon O'Neill

Tenor

Was National Grand Finalist.

Nina Yoshida Nelsen

Mezzo-Soprano

Is National Semi-Finalist.

Joseph Lim

Baritone

Was Grand Prize Winner.

Erica Miller

Soprano

Was Regional Finalist.

Anthony Webb

Tenor

Was District Winner.

Kirk Eichelberger

Bass

Was National Finalist.

Ryan Belongie

Countertenor

Was National Semi-Finalist.

Kiera Duffy

Soprano

Was National Finalist.

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