2024/25 SEASON
SPONSORED BY
MEXICO DISTRICT LAFFONT COMPETITION 2023 WINNERS
JENNIFER MARIEL
District Winner
RAFAEL ROJAS
District Winner
RAUL MORALES
District Winner
OLYMAR SANDOVAL
District Winner
ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD WINNERS
CARLOS REYNOSO
Encouragement Award Winner
PILAR ROMERO
Encouragement Award Winner
ALEJANDRO YEPEZ
Encouragement Award Winner
DIANA ROJAS
Encouragement Award Winner
DANIEL SALINAS
Encouragement Award Winner
MORE THAN 280 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
30 SINGERS
The 30 singers named winners who we have sent on to a regional round of the competition in the United States.
11 SINGERS
The 11 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
6 YOUNG SINGERS
The six 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).
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.