opera idol

Monday, May 6, 2024 at 6:00pm

Sponsored in part by The Tom Lysaught Scholarship Fund

The Sherrill Milnes VOICE Programs are excited to host our annual Opera Idol vocal competition in New York City.
Four singers compete in a Master Class format with Sherrill Milnes for a full scholarship plus airfare to Savannah, Georgia, to attend the Milnes VOICE Studio in August, valued at $5,000.  

A panel of judges, including this year’s VOICE awardee, Deborah Voigt, will select the winner.

2024 Opera Idol Participants

To be announced

2024 Judges Panel

To be announced

Grand Prize Winners

2023- Seungchan Hong
2022- Sydney Fabregas
2021 – Benjamin Sokol
2020 – Andrew Payne
2019 – Asmik Arutiuniants
2018 – Ana Collado
2017 – Jean Carlos Rodriguez
2016 – Angela De Venuto
2015 – Sara Emerson
2014 – Aldo Perelli
2013 – Kelsey Betzelberger
2012 – Diana Stoic and DaRell Haynes
2011 – Elda Peralta
2010 – Lisa Yuen
2009 – Darik Knutsen
2008 – Ola Rafalo
2007 – Micaëla Oeste

2023 Grand Prize Winner Seungchan Hong with Sherrill Milnes
and 2023 VOICE Gala Honoree, George Shirley