Biographies: 2025 Finalists | 2025 Master Class Teachers, Pianists, & Judges
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TIER I
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Brianna J. Robinson | Soprano
Tier I First Place
“Come scoglio” from Cosí fan butte by W.A. Mozart
”My daddy wore a cap” (Julie’s aria) from Omar by Rhiannon Giddens & Michael Abels
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Ben Reisinger | Tenor
Tier I Second Place & Audience Favorite
“La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
“Ah! lève-toi soleil” from Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod
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Daniel Rich | Baritone
Tier I Third Place
“Verdorben! Gestorben!” from Königskinder by Engelbert Humperdinck
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Taylor Haines | Soprano
Tier I Bonnie Bell Encouragement Award
“Ecco l’orrido campo” from Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi
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James McCarthy | Bass-Baritone
Tier I Bonnie Bell Encouragement Award
“Vecchia zimarra, senti” from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini
“Why do the nations” from Messiah by George Frederick Handel
TIER II
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Justice Yates | Baritone
Tier II First Place & Audience Favorite
“Voilà donc la terrible cité” from Thaïs by Jules Massenet
“Peculiar Grace” from Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Terence Blanchard
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Anna Thompson | Soprano
Tier II Second Place
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Sofia Gotch | Soprano
Tier II Third Place
“Caro nome” from Rigoletto by Giuseppi Verdi
“Come, now a roundel” from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Benjamin Britten
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Christopher Gray | Bass-Baritone
Tier II Bonnie Bell Encouragement Award
“Revenge, Timotheus cries” from Alexander’s Feast by G.F. Handel
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Hans Grunwald | Baritone
Tier II Bonnie Bell Encouragement Award
“Im wunderschönen Monat Mai” from Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann
“Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray!” from Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten