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