[Met Concert/Gala] CID:357879



Eric and Dominique Laffont Grand Finals Concert
Sun, April 23, 2023




Eric and Dominique Laffont Grand Finals Concert


Conductor: Michele Gamba

Latonia Moore: Host and Guest Artist

Le Nozze di Figaro: Hai già vinta la causa!...Vedrò mentr’io sospiro
David Wolfe, Baritone

I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh! quante volte, oh! quante
Meredith Wohlgemuth, Soprano [Winner]

Roméo et Juliette: L’Amour! l’amour! ... Ah! lève-toi, soleil!
Yuntong Han, Tenor

Le Nozze di Figaro: Non più andrai
Christian Simmons, Bass-Baritone [Winner]

Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro
Anthony León, Tenor [Winner]

Lucia di Lammermoor: Cruda, funesta, smania ... La pietade in suo favore
Eleomar Cuello, Baritone

Don Carlo: Ah! più non vedrò la Regina ... O don fatale
Sarah Saturnino, Mezzo-Soprano [Winner]

Gianni Schicchi: Avete torto ... Firenze è come un albero fiorito
Sahel Salam, Tenor

Semele: Awake, Saturnia, from thy lethargy ... Hence, Iris, hence away
Natalie Lewis, Mezzo-Soprano [Winner]

Thaïs: Dis-moi que je suis belle
Teresa Perrotta, Soprano [Winner]

Intermission

La Traviata: Lunge da lei...De’ miei bollenti spiriti
Yuntong Han, Tenor
Giulio Cesare: Non disperar, chi sà?
Meredith Wohlgemuth, Soprano [Winner]

Falstaff: Dal labbro il canto
Anthony León, Tenor [Winner]

Moby Dick: Captain Ahab? I must speak with you. Sir?
David Wolfe, Baritone

Samson et Dalila: Samson, recherchant ma présence ... Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse
Sarah Saturnino, Mezzo-Soprano [Winner]

Aleko: Vyes’ tabor spit
Christian Simmons, Bass-Baritone [Winner]

Rigoletto: Ella mi fu rapita! ... Parmi veder le lagrime
Sahel Salam, Tenor

La Clemenza di Tito: Ecco il punto, o Vitellia ... Non più di fiori
Teresa Perrotta, Soprano [Winner]

Faust: O sainte médaille ... Avant de quitter ces lieux
Eleomar Cuello, Baritone

Adriana Lecouvreur: Acerba voluttà, dolce tortura
Natalie Lewis, Mezzo-Soprano [Winner]

Guest Artist
Eugene Onegin: Tatiana’s Letter Scene
Latonia Moore, Soprano


Judges:

Melissa Wegner
Metropolitan Opera; Executive Director, Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and Laffont Competition

Julien Benhamou
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; Director of the Artistic Administration
Metropolitan Opera; Casting Consultant

Denyce Graves
Mezzo-Soprano
Denyce Graves Foundation; Founder and Artistic Director

Michael Heaston
Metropolitan Opera; Assistant General Manager, Artistic

Myra Huang
Metropolitan Opera; Head of Music, Lindemann Young Artist Development Program

Thomas Lausmann
Metropolitan Opera; Director of Music Administration




This performance was broadcast live on Metropolitan Opera Radio on SiriusXM channel 355 and streamed at metopera.org

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