Long before our first meeting I had heard, of course, what a formidable singing actor George London was. That meeting occured backstage, after I had sung in a competition. What I discovered that day, and on subsequent occasions, was a man of rare understanding, compassion and wisdom, all of which he imparted to people he came in contact with.
- Catherine Malfitano

2007 COMPETITION WINNERS

Singers from left to right: Daniel Teadt, Sean Panikkar, Angela Meade, Corey Bix, Kate Lindsey, Jennifer Black, Bryan Hymel, Ellie Dehn, Harold Wilson, Michele Losier, Brian Kontes and pianist Jonathan Kelly. [photo by Shawn Ehlers]

$67,000 IN PRIZES AWARDED

THE GEORGE LONDON AWARD WINNERS: $10,000 EACH

• COREY BIX, tenor - George London/Kirsten Flagstad Memorial Award, sponsored by the New York Community Trust
• JENNIFER BLACK, soprano - George London/Leonie Rysanek Award
• ELLIE DEHN, soprano - George London Award in memory of Lloyd Rigler
• BRYAN HYMEL, tenor - George London Award in memory of Lise Seligmann, sponsored by the Herbert J. Seligmann Charitable Trust
• BRIAN KONTES, bass-baritone - George London Award in memory of Frances Claudet Johnson, sponsored by the M.S. Worthington Foundation
• KATE LINDSEY, mezzo-soprano - George London Award in memory of Lloyd Rigler

THE ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD WINNERS: $1,000 EACH

• MICHAEL FABIANO, tenor - in memory of James McCracken
• MICHELE LOSIER, mezzo-soprano - award for a Canadian singer, sponsored by Liliane and Robert Brochu
• ANGELA MEADE, soprano
• SEAN PANIKKER, tenor - Robert Jacobson Memorial Award
• NOAH STEWART, tenor
• DANIEL TEADT, baritone - in memory of Theodor Uppman
• HAROLD WILSON, bass

The distinguished members of the jury for the 2007 competition were Bruce Donnell, Ernst Ludwig Gausmann, Alfred Hubay, Nora London, Susanne Mentzer and George Shirley.

Jonathan Kelly was the pianist.
The Finals took place on Thursday, March 1 in The Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue.