March 2025
FINALISTS
Hayley Abramowitz​
Jordan Costa
Emily Hughes
Justin Kroll
Leah Podzimek
Kelsey Robertson
Ilanna Starr
Ninth annual Edward M. Murray International Competition of Voice
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Finals Concert
March 30, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Hockett Recital Hall, Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY​
Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $25.00
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​​The winners will be announced at the end of the concert. The audience will also select their favorite singer.
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Generously sponsored by Bruno Schickel and Amy Dickinson, the competition recognizes outstanding emerging singers in the operatic field as well as pays homage to the lifetime achievement of the late Maestro Edward M. Murray who served twenty-five years as the director of the Cornell Symphony Orchestra and over twenty years as the music director of the former Ithaca Opera Association.​
April 2025
Lucidity
By Laura Kaminsky and David Cote
​​April 25 - 27, 2025
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Co-commissioned by Opera Ithaca alongside OnSite Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera in the Heights, and Tri-Cities Opera, Lucidity explores themes of memory, consciousness, and the human experience through a poignant, contemporary lens. Through this regional premiere, Opera Ithaca is reaffirming its role as a key player in the national opera landscape. It provides a platform for voices and stories that are too often overlooked.​
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