Soprano, Courtney Ruckman & Mezzo, Farah Padamsee with good fan and colleague, Rameen Chaharbaghi!
Our judges listened to a total of 30 artists sing a collective sixty arias in one day!
After the long day and long wait, our judges revealed the names of the nine finalists!
Master of Ceremonies, Richard Kummins, ready to begin!
After all of our finalists sang two arias for our audience, after which everyone gathered in the lobby for a brief intermission and the judges moved to a private room where they compared notes and worked towards a unanimous conclusion.
It is never an easy task for our judges to come together to determine the three best singers of the day but they rose to the occasion yet complimented all of our fine and dedicated singers for their lives filled with study, turns and twists and most especially their commitment to opera. Our four audience choices were announced first and then our three winners followed.
Friends and colleagues reconnected and catching up!
Dr. Janice Fehlauer and her lovely daughter, Camila!