[Met Concert/Gala] CID:387927



Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition Grand Finals Concert
Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan, New York, Sun, March 22, 2026
Broadcast




Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition Grand Finals Concert


Conductor: Carlo Rizzi
Host: Lisette Oropesa

"Come scoglio" from Coì fan tutte (Mozart)
Dejah Watts, Soprano

"Hai già vinta la causa ... Vedrò, mentr'io sospiro"from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Gabriel Natal-Báez, Baritone

"Dis-moi que je suis belle" from Thaïs (Massenet)
Anna Thompson, Soprano

"Non, Monsieur, mon mari" from Les Mamelles de Tiresias (Poulenc)
Shiyu Zhuo, Soprano

"No word from tom .... Quietly, night ... I go, I go to him" from The Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
Shannon Crowley, Soprano

"Tornami a vagheggiar" from Alcina (Handel)
Song Hee Lee, Soprano

"Ah, scostati! ... Smanie implacabili" from Così fan tutte (Mozart)
Sophia Baete, Mezzo-Soprano

"Egli non riede ancora ... Non so le tetre immagini" from Il Corsaro (Verdi)
Gabrielle Turgeon, Soprano

"Captain Ahab? I must speak with you" from Moby-Dick (Jake Heggie)
Robert Wente, Baritone

"Io son lúmile ancella" from Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea)
Elizabeth Hanje, Soprano

INTERMISSION

"Eccomi in lieta vesta ... Oh! quante volte" from I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini)
Shiyu Zhuo, Soprano

"Tu che di gel sei cinta" from Turandot (Puccini)
Dejah Watts, Soprano

"Ernani! ... Ernani, involami ... Tutto sprezzo che d'Ernani" from Ernani (Verdi)
Anna Thompson, Soprano

"O Carlo, ascolta ... lo morrè, ma lieto in core" Don Carlo (Verdi)
Gabriel Natal-Báez

"Da tempeste il legno infranto" from Giulio Cesare (Handel)
Shannon Crowley, Soprano

"Werther! Qui m'aurait dit ... Ces lettres!" from Werther (Massenet)
Sophia Baete, Mezzo-Soprano

"Giunse alfin il momento ... Deh vieni non tardar" from Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Gabrielle Turgon, Soprano

"À vos jeux, mes amis ... Partagez-vous mes fleurs!" from Hamlet (Thomas)
Song Hee Lee, Soprano

"Ah! Che zucconi!" from Gianni Schicchi (Puccin)
Robert Wente, Baritone

"My man's gone now" from The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (Words and Music by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin)
Elizabeth Hanje, Soprano

Guest Artist
"In questa reggia" from Turandot (Puccini)
Tamara Wilson, Soprano

Announcement of the grand finals winners.

[Winners:
Shannon Crowley, 25, soprano (Great Lakes Region; Virginia Beach, Virginia); Patricia Misslin Award
Elizabeth Hanje, 23, soprano (Northwest Region; Vestavia Hills, Alabama); Margaret M. Dyson Award
Song Hee Lee, 28, soprano (Eastern Region; Seoul, South Korea); Pamela and William Craven Award
Gabriel Natal-Báez, 27, baritone (Gulf Coast Region; Toa Alta, Puerto Rico)

Dominique Laffont Award:
Anna Thompson, 26, soprano (Middle Atlantic Region; Rochester, Michigan); The American-Scandinavian Foundation Birgit Nilsson Award
Robert Wente, 26, baritone (Central Region; Munster, Indiana); Fernand Lamesch Award]




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