Dalia Medovnikov Wins Top Prize at Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition
Congratulations to Curtis opera student, soprano Dalia Medovnikov, winner of the Renata Scotto Prize at the 8th annual Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition on December 15, 2024, in New York City. Ms. Medovnikov, a native of Woodbridge, Connecticut, entered Curtis in 2019 and received her Bachelor of Music degree in 2023. She is now pursuing a master’s degree, studying in the opera program with Julia Faulkner, as the Francis J. Alterman Fellow. Ms. Medovnikov was awarded $5,000 and performed in front of an esteemed jury of international casting directors, young artist program directors, agents, and opera industry influencers.
Ms. Medovnikov won the 2022 Schmidt Foundation Vocal Competition, earned second place in the 2021 Hal Leonard Art Song Competition, was a recipient of the Gerda Lissner Foundation Competition grant, and has attended the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California as a 2023 fellow. Her recent roles with Curtis Opera Theatre include Giannetta (L’elisir d’amore), Dalinda (Ariodante), Cecile de Volanges (The Dangerous Liaisons), and Emmie (Albert Herring). This spring, she can be seen on the stage of the Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, performing the role of Barbarina in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro with Curtis Opera Theatre.
Read more about the Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition, see the Live Finals Program, and watch the final gala livestream HERE.
Portrait of Ms. Medovnikov by Nichole MCH Photography. Photo of 2024 competition winners and finalists, courtesy of the Premiere Opera Foundation.
