(Photo credit: Michael Bishop) Geonho Lee has been crowned the winner of the Houston Grand Opera’s 2025 Concert of Arias. The South Korean baritone, a current student at thhe University of Music and Theatre Munich, took home the $25,000 cash prize during the final event of the 37th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers on Jan. 17, 2025. Lee {…}
The Houston Grand Opera has announced the winners of its 2023 Concert of Arias. The first-place winner was mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis, who will take home $10,000; she also won the Online Viewers’ Choice Award. In second place is tenor Demetrious Sampson, Jr., who will take home $5,000 and the Audience Choice Award. Another tenor, Michael McDermott, took home third place {…}
Houston Grand Opera has announced the nine finalists selected for the 34th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. The 2022 finalists are sopranos Amanda Batista, Tatiana Carlos, Meryl Dominguez, and Olivia Smith; mezzo-soprano Shannon Keegan; baritone Navasard Hakobyan; bass-baritones Jongwon Han and Evan Lazdowski; and bass Jonas Jud. The competition will culminate with the 2022 Concert of Arias, during {…}
