Soprano, Michaela Wolz, was the first place winner of the St. Louis chapter’s DLS competition. She gained place in the semi-finals of the Met went all the way to the finals, and then was one of 5 winners —an award of $7,500 . Michaela is currently singing with the StLouis opera as Cherubino in Marriage of Figaro.

Florida tenor Anthony Ciaramitaro is currently a Marion Roose Pullin Studio Artist at Arizona Opera. In their 2017-2018 season, he appeared as Theseus in Patrick Morganelli’s Hercules vs. Vampires. Spoletta in Tosca, The Governor and Vanderdendur in Candide, and Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville. Mr. Ciaramitaro joins Santa Fe Opera in 2018 as a member of the company’s coveted Apprentice Program, covering Lindoro in L’Italiana in Algeri.