ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation - 1997 Winners</TITLE> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Shift_JIS"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="../main.css"> <script type="text/javascript" src="../rollover.js"></script> </HEAD> <BODY> <div align="center"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <!-- Header Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="" bgcolor="#ffffff"><a name="top"><img src="../img/logo.gif" border="0"></a></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="660"> <TR><TD align="center"><hr size="1" color="#9e0b0f" noshade></TD></TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <!-- Header Ends Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="15"><img src="../img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Contents Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="660"> <!-- Page Title Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center" valign="top" width="" height=""><font color="#003471" size="5" class="lll">Past Winners<br> 1997 International Vocal Competition</TD></TR> <!-- Page Title Ends Here --> <TR><TD height="10"><img src="../img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" valign="top" width="" height=""><font size="3" class="lm"><a href="1997_photo.html">Click here for photo album</a></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="../img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- List Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center" valign="top" width="660"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="500"> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="180"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="3" class="lm">First Prize</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Gregory Kiel<br>Matthew Polenzani<br>Roy C. Smith</font></TD> <TD align="left" valign="top" width="140"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Baritone<br>Tenor<br>Tenor</font></TD> </TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="../img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="180"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="3" class="lm">Second Prize</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Ji-Yeun Cho Lee</font></TD> <TD align="left" valign="top" width="140"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Soprano</font></TD> </TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="../img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="180"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="3" class="lm">Third Prize</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Abel Motsoadi</font></TD> <TD align="left" valign="top" width="140"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Bass-baritone</font></TD> </TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="../img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="180"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="3" class="lm">Study Grant</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Melody Alesi<br>Michael Chioldi<br>Joohee Choi<br>Chip Dorton<br>Jane Dutton<br>Shane Kim<br>James Martin<br>Tonna Miller<br>Indra Thomas<br>Wendy Waller<br>Kerry Walsh<br>Chen-Ye Yuan</font></TD> <TD align="left" valign="top" width="140"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Soprano<br>Baritone<br>Soprano<br>Tenor<br>Mezzo-soprano<br>Tenor<br>Baritone<br>Soprano<br>Soprano<br>Soprano<br>Soprano<br>Baritone</font></TD> </TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="../img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left" valign="top" width="180"><font color="#9e0b0f" size="3" class="lm">Encouragement Award</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Nicole Maikish<br>Rebecca Pricey</font></TD> <TD align="left" valign="top" width="140"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Soprano<br>Soprano</font></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <!-- List Ends Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="../img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="30"><img src="../img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Additionals Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="500"> <TR><TD align="left"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Lifetime Achievement Awards to: </font></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width=""> <TR> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Samuel Ramey</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Jon Vickers</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="140"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm"></font></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <TR><TD align="center" height="20"><img src="../img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Special Appearances by: </font></TD></TR> <TR><TD align="left"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width=""> <TR> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Lili Chookasian</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Jerry Hadley</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="140"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Blanche Thebom</font></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Mary Curtis-Verna</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Brenda Lewis</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="140"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Shirley Verrett</font></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">Ezio Flagello</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="180"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm">George Shirley</font></TD> <TD align="left" width="140"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm"></font></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR> <!-- Contents Ends Here --> <TR><TD align="center" height="30"><img src="../img/clear.gif" border="0"></TD></TR> <!-- Previous/Next Starts Here --> <TR><TD align="center"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="250"> <TR><TD align="left"><font color="#000000" size="3" class="lm"><a href="1996.html">&#171; 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