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

2008 COMPETITION WINNERS

Singers from left to right: Richard Cox, Anthony Costanzo, Meagan Miller, Joyce El-Khoury, Angela Meade, Lee Poulis, Jeanette Vecchione, Lisette Oropesa, Yannick-Muriel Noah, Sasha Cooke, Edward Parks, Julianna DiGiacomo, Donovan Singletary, Tamara Wilson, Dominic Armstrong, Gaston Rivero. [photo by Shawn Ehlers]

$83,000 IN PRIZES AWARDED

THE GEORGE LONDON AWARD WINNERS: $10,000 EACH

• RICHARD COX, tenor - George London Award in memory of Lise Seligmann, sponsored by the Herbert J. Seligmann Charitable Trust
• JULIANNA DIGIACOMO, soprano - George London/Leonie Rysanek Award
• JOYCE EL-KHOURY, soprano - George London Award for a Canadian singer, sponsored by Liliane and Robert Brochu
• ANGELA MEADE, soprano - George London Award in memory of Frances Claudet Johnson, sponsored by the M.S. Worthington Foundation
• MEAGAN MILLER, soprano - George London/Kirsten Flagstad Memorial Award, sponsored by the New York Community Trust
• LISETTE OROPESA, soprano - George London Award in memory of Lloyd Rigler
• TAMARA WILSON, soprano - George London Award

THE ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD WINNERS: $1,000 EACH

• DOMINIC ARMSTRONG, tenor
• SASHA COOKE, mezzo-soprano
• ANTHONY COSTANZO, countertenor
• YANNICK-MURIEL NOAH, soprano
• EDWARD PARKS, baritone
• LEE POULIS, baritone - in memory of Theodor Uppman
• GASTON RIVERO, tenor
• DONOVAN SINGLETARY, bass-baritone - Robert Jacobson Memorial Award
• JEANETTE VECCHIONE, soprano

GEORGE LONDON FOUNDATION HONORABLE MENTIONS ($500 each)

• KERI ALKEMA, mezzo-soprano
• HOLLI HARRISON, soprano
• JONI HENSON, soprano
• BRENDA RAE, soprano
• ERIN MORLEY, soprano
• NOAH STEWART, tenor
• ALEXANDER TALL, baritone
• DANIEL TEADT, baritone
• KATHERINE WHYTE, soprano

All finalists who did not get an Encouragement Award or a George London Award will receive a $500 Honorable Mention.

The distinguished members of the jury for the 2008 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, April 3 in The Gilder Lehrman Hall at The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue.