Winners of the George London awards

GEORGE LONDON AWARDS ($10,000 each):

Blake Denson, baritone (25, Paducah, KY), who sang “Carlos, écoute” from Verdi’s Don Carlos

Eric Ferring, tenor (29, Dubuque, IA), who sang “Una furtiva lagrima” from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore – George London Award in memory of Leonie Rysanek, sponsored by Thurmond Smithgall

Erik Grendahl, baritone (28, Boydton, VA), who sang “Pierrot’s Tanzlied” from Korngold’s Die tote Stadt – George London Award in memory of Mary Palumbo, sponsored by Donald Palumbo

Megan Moore, mezzo-soprano (31, Cincinnati, OH), who sang “Air des lettres” from Massenet’s Werther – George London Award in memory of Lloyd E. Rigler and Lawrence E. Deutsch, sponsored by The Lloyd E. Rigler and Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation, James D. Rigler, President

Timothy Murray, baritone (29, Whitefish Bay, WI), who sang “Vi mnye pisali … Kogda bi zhizn” from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin – George London Award in memory of Kirsten Flagstad, sponsored by the New York Community Trust