Opera Theatre Awards

Recently, Lawrence students have received recognition for:

I pagliacci (Nedda/Silvio duet) (2020)

• 1st place, National Opera Association-Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition, Division 1

Mass (Bernstein) (2019)

• 3rd prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 4
• 3rd prize in The American Prize, Opera Production, college/university division

Opera Scenes: Spring Awakening, "Word of Your Body (Reprise)" (2019)

• Second prize at the National Opera Association-Collegiate Opera Scenes competition, musical theatre division

Le comte Ory (Count Ory) (2018)

• First prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 4
• Judges' Citation in The American Prize, Opera Production, college/university division

Hydrogen Jukebox (2017)

• First prize (tied with The Beggar's Opera below) in The American Prize - Best Opera Production (college/university division)
• Third prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 4

Straight from the Hip: An Evening of Improvised Micro-Operas on Gun Presence in Our Community (2017)

• Third prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 1

The Beggar's Opera (2016)

• First prize (tied with Hydrogen Jukebox above) in The American Prize - Best Opera Production (college/university division)
• First prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 6
• First Place, Best of Local Productions, Warren Gerds, critic for Channel 5 WFRV (164 total productions in both local and professional categories)

Expressions of Acceptance: An Evening of Improvised Micro-Operas (2016)

• Third prize (tie) at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 1

Opera Scenes: Le nozze di Figaro, Act 3 Sextet (2016)

• First prize at the National Opera Association-Collegiate Opera Scenes competition, Division 1

The Tender Land (2015)

• Second prize at the National Opera Association-Best Opera Production, Division 2