The Met’s 20k singing prize has six winners

The Met’s 20k singing prize has six winners

Opera

norman lebrecht

April 24, 2023

The tenor Anthony León, mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis, soprano Teresa Perrotta, mezzo-soprano Sarah Saturnino, bass-baritone Christian Simmons and soprano Meredith Wohlgemuth were named last night as winners of the 2023 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.

Each takes home $20,000 and lots of promises.

Comments

  • In bocca al lupo says:

    Congrats to all but why no mention of the Ferrier final last Friday-it takes courage, talent and commitment to participate in these events, but if critics show such scant interest, no wonder classical music in the UK is so endangered..

  • IP says:

    Our own professional joke is that there are three kinds of statisticians: those who can count and those who cannot.

  • ML says:

    Technically, when the title is written like that, it means that the Met divided $20,000 among 6 recipients, which means that if they are being completely fair, every person receives the same sum of $3,333.33 (which must make their tax returns annoyingly inconvenient).

    The correct wording is The Met’s Singing Competition Had 6 Winners for its $20k Prizes. But of course, the incorrect wording makes better click bait.

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