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Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition Announces 2025 Winners
The Met Opera has announced the winners of the 2025 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. This year the five winners are as follows: Sadie Cheslak, 30, mezzo-soprano (Central Region; Duluth, Minnesota); The American-Scandinavian Foundation Birgit Nilsson Award Alissa Goretsky, 25, soprano (Midwest Region; Los Angeles, California); Fernand Lamesch Award Emma Marhefka, 25, soprano (Rocky Mountain Region; Allentown, Pennsylvania);…
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