Congratulations to 2024 Rocky Mountain Region winner and Grand National Finalist Tessa McQueen!
2025 Competitions in Denver and New York
The CO/WY district competition will take place some time in February 2025 at 10:00AM, Calvary Baptist Church, 6500 E Girard Ave Denver, CO
The Rocky Mountain Region Competition will take place some time in February 2025 at 1:30PM, Cavalry Baptist Church, 6500 E Girard Ave Denver, CO
In New York 2025: The Metropolitan Opera National Semifinals will take place on March 11 on the Met stage (and possibly livestreamed)
Winners of the Semifinals will get a week of training and then compete in The Grand National Finals March 17 with the full Met Opera Orchestra and a live audience.
The Rocky Mountain Region now consists of more District Competitions than ever, in Mexico, Utah, Arizona and Colorado/Wyoming. The Region Finals brings together the absolute top singers from all six states! We are flying out out judges, renting out the Calvary Baptist Church, and generally will be busy covering all the expenses of a traditional round of auditions. Metropolitan Opera National Council Executive Director Melissa Wegner worked closely with us to get all the pieces in place again. This past year, our expenses added up to $26,000, similar to previous years. And that’s where you come in! We got to a little over $20,000 last year, bringing us to within $5000 of our goal, and well above the previous year’s $16,000. Our new goal is $26,000 for our annual expenses plus $5000 to catch up with last year ($31,000 total). We are off to a good start this season with $14,107 so far. Your involvement will help singers advance their careers!
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Galen & Ada Belle Spencer Foundation
Introducing the 2024 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition Grand Finals Winners!
* Daniel Espinal, Tenor
* Lydia Grindatto, Soprano
* Navasard Hakobyan, Baritone
* Meridian Prall, Mezzo-Soprano
* Emily Richter, Soprano
Support the Rocky Mountain Region: Donate Now!
Donations to our organization provide prize monies for award winners and support the costs incurred in hosting both the Colorado-Wyoming District and Rocky Mountain Region rounds of the Competition. It is important to note that even though the Colorado-Wyoming District and Rocky Mountain Region are officially sanctioned by The Metropolitan Opera and feed the national competition finals, we do not receive any funding from the national office. All funds needed for the Colorado based competitions must be raised locally through the generous donations of individual opera lovers like you.
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