Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Florida District
November 2024 Florida District Winners, l to r, Ashlyn Brown and Alexis Seminario, and Encouragement Award recipients Laura Elena Fernández, Xijin Chen, Jackson Schroeder, Randy Ho, Mario Manzo, and Kathiana Dargenson
Our November 2024 District Winners are soprano Alexis Seminario and, mezzo-soprano Ashlyn Brown, who will advance to the Southeast Region competition in February. Our judges also selected 6 Encouragement Award winners: soprano Xijin Chen, soprano Kathiana Dargenson, soprano Laura Elena Fernández, tenor Randy Ho, baritone Mario Manzo, and tenor Jackson Schroeder. Congratulations to all our competitors on their fine singing!
Recent Past Florida District Winners
2024 (January): Tatev Baroyan, Minki Hong, Hannah Shea, Laura Santamaria
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