The George and Nora London Foundation Competition has announced the finalists for its competition set for Feb. 17 at the The Morgan Library Museum’s Gilder Lehrman Hall.

The finals will be streamed at 4 p.m. on the organization’s website and facebook page.

The following are the finalists and their repertoire choices. 

Alexander McKissick, tenor “Se all’impero amici dei” from Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito

Erika Baikoff, soprano “A vos jeux, mes amis” from Thomas’s Hamlet

Ricardo Garcia, tenor “Kuda, Kuda” from Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin

Joseph Sacchi, tenor “Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen” from Weber’s Der Freischütz

Olivia Johnson, mezzo-soprano “O ma lyre immortelle” from Gounod’s Sapho

Matthew Cairns, tenor “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” from Bizet’s Carmen

Elena Villalon, soprano “Ich bin Euer Liebden” from Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier

Jordan Loyd, tenor “Inutiles regrets” from Berlioz’s Les Troyens

Amber R. Monroe, soprano “Addio mio dolce amor” from Puccini’s Edgar

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor “Inumano fratel…Stille amare” from Handel’s Tolomeo

Karoline Podolak, soprano “Je suis Titania” from Thomas’s Mignon

William Socolof, bass-baritone “Ves’ tabar spit” from Rachmaninoff’s Aleko

Michael Fennelly, piano

This year’s panel of judges includes soprano Harolyn Blackwell, mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano Susan Quittmeyer, bass James Morris, and former Metropolitan Opera administrator Lenore Rosenberg.

The 2022-23 season of the George and Nora London Foundation at The Morgan concludes with a recital by 2018 George London Award winner Benjamin Taylor, baritone, with pianist Katelan Terrell on Sunday, April 16, 2023, at 4:00 p.m.