Biographies: 2025 Finalists | 2025 Master Class Teachers, Pianists, & Judges
TIER I
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Ben Reisinger | Tenor
Tier I Second Place & Audience Favorite
“Dio! mi potevi scagliar” from Otello by Giuseppe Verdi
“Song of the Road” from Hugh the Drover by Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Daniel Rich | Baritone
Tier I Third Place
"Ivan Sergeich, khochesh', v sad poydyom” from The Tsar's Bride by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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Taylor Haines | Soprano
Tier I Bonnie Bell Encouragement Award
"Werther! Qui m'aurait dit...Ces lettres!" from Werther by Jules Massenet
“Svegliatevi nel core” from Giulio Cesare by Georg Friedrich Hӓndel
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James McCarthy | Bass-Baritone
Tier I Bonnie Bell Encouragement Award
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
"We had one room" from Elizabeth Cree by Kevin Puts
"Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio" from I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Vincenzo Bellini
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Sofia Gotch | Soprano
Tier II Third Place
“For every love there is a last farewell” from Vanessa by Samuel Barber
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Christopher Gray | Bass-Baritone
Tier II Bonnie Bell Encouragement Award
“Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle?” from Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod
“Sein wir wieder gut” from Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss
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Hans Grunwald | Baritone
Tier II Bonnie Bell Encouragement Award
“Dopo notte, atra e funesta” from Ariodante by Georg Friedrich Hӓndel
“This journey” from Dead Man Walking by Jake Heggie