Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Florida District
2023 Grand Finalists, with Eleomar Cuello at top left
Our 2023 District Winners were baritone ELEOMAR CUELLO, who advanced through the competition all the way to the Grand Finals on the stage of the Met, and soprano TATEV BAROYAN, who won 2nd place at the Region. Our judges also selected 5 Encouragement Award winners: soprano Ashia Barnes, soprano Emily Helenbrook, soprano Laura Fernandez, bass-baritone Jiahua Zhang, and soprano Sandra Keerthi. Congratulations to all our competitors for their fine singing!
Recent Past Florida District Winners
2023: Eleomar Cuello, Tatev Baroyan
2022: Arianna Rodriguez, Eleomar Cuello, Jose Simerilla Romero, Kyle White
2021: Yejin Lee, Gloria Palermo, Michael Rodriguez, Jose Simerilla Romero
2019 (November): Maire Carmack, Tatev Baroyan, Suzannah Waddington
2019 (January): Jake Skipworth, Sylvia D'Eramo, Teresa Perrotta
2018: Lyndsey Swann, Laura Leon, Linsey Coppens
2017: Ana Collado, Anthony Ciaramitaro, Jillian Marini, Vincent Turregano
2016: Lauren Feider, Robyn Marie Lamp, Kathryn Bowden
2015: Anthony Ciaramitaro, Sarah Payne, Christine Suits
2014: Abigail Rethwisch, Chelsea Elizabeth Bolter, Maria Laetitia, Kathryn Bowden
2013: Betsy Diaz, Leigh Whitney Tomlinson, María Leticia Hernández (María Laetitia)
2012: Samantha Barnes, Emily Duncan-Brown, R. Kenneth Stavert
2011: Megan Dewald, Betsy Diaz, David Margulis, R. Kenneth Stavert
2010: Leah Crocetto, Sam Levine, Max Weir
2009: Sarah Callinan, Bethany Hoerst, Jeanette Zilioli