FULL LAFFONT COMPETITION Semifinals MET New York 2026

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Laffont Competition National Semifinals   
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Metropolitan Opera  
• Recorded: March 15, 2026
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: see below
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: PIANO  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Metropolitan OPera  
• Date Published: 2026  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  PROGRAM LEAFLET

  – Sophia Baete, Mezzo-Soprano 23

  – Shannon Crowley, Soprano 25

  – Lauryn Davis, Soprano 27

  – Valeria A. Delmé, Soprano 30

  – Lin Fan, Bass-Baritone 24

  – Christina Grohowski, Mezzo-Soprano 25

  – Elizabeth Hanje, Soprano 23

  – Shelén Hughes Camacho, Soprano 29

  – Song Hee Lee, Soprano 28

  – Page Michels, Soprano 29

  – Gabriel Natal Báez, Baritone 27

  – Kristine Overman, Soprano 30

  – Camila Romero Cruz, Soprano 28

  – Juliana Smith, Mezzo-Soprano 27

  – Korin Thomas-Smith, Baritone 29

  – Anna Thompson, Soprano 26

  – Gabrielle Turgeon, Soprano 25

  – Juan Carlos Villalobos Ayala, Bass 26

  – Dejah Watts, Soprano 22

  – Robert Wente, Baritone 26

  – Justice Yates, Bass-Baritone 24

  – Haolun Zhang, Countertenor 27

  – Shiyu Zhuo, Soprano 25

  The Met’s Laffont Competition—previously known as the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions—is designed to discover promising young opera singers and assist in the development of their careers and is sponsored by hundreds of donors and volunteers from across North and South America. Some of today’s greatest singers got their starts in the competition, including Jamie Barton, Stephanie Blythe, Lawrence Brownlee, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Emily D’Angelo, Michael Fabiano, Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, Ryan Speedo Green, Lisette Oropesa, Eric Owens, and Nadine Sierra.

  The Competition is grateful to its donors for prizes at the national level and to the Tobin Endowment for the Mrs. Edgar Tobin Award, given to each first-place region winner.

  Support for this program is generously provided by the Charles H. Dyson Endowment Fund at the Metropolitan Opera.

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