WHERE OUR WINNERS ARE PERFORMING
AROUND THE WORLD
IN THE USA:
Our Competition winners have appeared in principal
solo roles with 8 outstanding USA opera companies:
• Metropolitan Opera (Yunuet Laguna)
• Wolf Trap Opera (Yunuet Laguna & Denise Velez)
• Des Moines Metro Opera (Yunuet Laguna)
• Opera Theatre of St. Louis (Yunuet Laguna)
• Aspen Opera Theater/Colorado (Alejandro Luevanos)
• Chicago Opera Theater (Alejandro Luevanos)
• Sarasota Opera /Florida (Alejandro Luevanos)
• Lyric Opera of Kansas City (Yunuet Laguna)
IN EUROPE:
• Germany (Yunuet Laguna, Cecilia Eguiarte)
• Finland (Alejandro Luevanos)
• France (Yunuet Laguna)
• Italy (Eduardo Niave)
• Ireland (Eduardo Niave)
IN AMERICAS & ASIA:
• Peru (Eduardo Niave)
• Chile & Ecuador (Yunuet Laguna)
• Guatemala (Olymar Salinas)
• Costa Rica (Olymar Salinas)
• China/Hong Kong (Alejandro Luevanos)
• Lebanon (Eduardo Niave)
AND OF COURSE… ¡MÉXICO!
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MORE THAN 350 TALENTED
Young Mexican Singers who have had the opportunity to be heard by judges certified by the Metropolitan Opera here in San Miguel de Allende
34 SINGERS
The 34 singers named winners who we have sent on to a regional round of the competition in the United States.
13 SINGERS
The 13 singers who have been recognized with regional prize awards in the United States
2 SEMIFINALISTS
The two winners who have reached the semi-final round of the competition, and performed on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House (sopranos Denis Velez, 2019 & Jennifer Mariel, 2020)
THE FINALIST DENIS VELEZ
Soprano Denis Velez who reached the final round, of the competition sang with the MetOpera orchestra, and became the first Mexican singer to ever be named a grand national finals winner in 2020
8 YOUNG SINGERS
The eight singers we have placed in young artist programs with distinguished United Stages Opera companies, — Including the Metropolitan Opera (Yunuet Laguna), Chicago Lyric Opera (Denis Velez, Alejandro Luevanos), Minnesota Opera (Efrain Corralejo), Glimmerglass Opera (Jimena Montserrat) and Houston Grand Opera (Pilar Romero, Esaú Alvarez & Daniela Cortés).
SOPRANO YUNUET LAGUNA
Yunuet Laguna, 2018 competition winner, graduate of the MetOpera’s Lindemann Young Artist development Program, who made her solo debut on the MetOpera stage, March 2022
Congratulations to all of them! And our thanks to the generous sponsors who make their successes possible! These singers are the finest ambassadors Mexico could send out into the world.