Sullivan Foundation


The Sullivan Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding, developing, and furthering the careers of promising opera singers within the United States. Founded through the bequest of a prominent lawyer, William Matheus Sullivan, the foundation has awarded grants to close to 500 singers. Awards are given on the basis of an annual audition hosted by the foundation. The first director of the foundation was Edward Johnson, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera.
Past recipients of the Sullivan Award include such noted singers as Christine Brewer, Jessye Norman, Jerry Hadley, Kathleen Battle, Michael Devlin, Renée Fleming, Leona Mitchell, Susan Graham, Patricia Racette, Hanan Alattar, and Elizabeth Futral.

Sullivan Award recipients

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2010s

  • Alexandra Batsios, soprano
  • Tracy Cox, soprano
  • Jasmine Muhammad, soprano
  • Simone Osborne, soprano
  • Ariada Wehr, soprano
  • Megan Marino, mezzo-soprano
  • Deborah Nansteel, mezzo-soprano
  • Kevin Ray, tenor
  • Brian Vu, tenor
  • Shea Owens, baritone
  • Sean Michael Plumb, baritone
  • Reginald Smith, Jr., baritone
  • Kihun Yoon, baritone
  • Alisa Jordheim, soprano
  • Claudia Rosenthal, soprano
  • Samantha Gossard, mezzo-soprano
  • Alyssa Martin, mezzo-soprano
  • Siman Chung, countertenor
  • Miles Mykkanen, tenor
  • Jack Swanson, tenor
  • Kang Wang, tenor
  • Alex DeSocio, baritone
  • Ben Edquist, baritone
  • Joseph Lattanzi, baritone
  • Robert Mellon, baritone
  • Alan Higgs, bass-baritone
  • Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
  • Christian Zaremba, bass
  • Michelle Bradley, soprano
  • Monica Dewey, soprano
  • Pureum Jo, soprano
  • Felicia Moore, soprano
  • Laura Wilde, soprano
  • Kristen Choi, mezzo-soprano
  • Abigail Levis, mezzo-soprano
  • Derrek Stark, tenor
  • David Walton, tenor
  • Christian Pursell, baritone
  • Leah Hawkins, soprano
  • erica Petrocelli, soprano
  • Bille Bruley, tenor
  • Mario Rojas, tenor
  • Charles Sy, tenor
  • Michael Adams, baritone
  • Anthony Robin Schneider, bass
  • Elizabeth Polese, soprano
  • Katherine DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
  • Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
  • Kidon Choi, baritone
  • Jarrett Porter, baritone

2020s

  • Katerina Burton, soprano
  • Chelsea Lehnea, soprano
  • Alice Chung, mezzo-soprano
  • Key'mon W. Murrah, countertenor
  • Errin Duane Brooks, tenor
  • Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone
  • Adia Evans, soprano
  • Elena Villalón, soprano
  • Meredith Wohlgemuth, soprano
  • Cody Bowers, countertenor
  • Matthew Cossack, baritone
  • Navasard Hakobyan, baritone
  • Brian Major, baritone
  • Amber R. Monroe, soprano
  • Murrella Parton, soprano
  • Teresa Perrotta, soprano
  • Michelle Mariposa, mezzo-soprano
  • Meridian Prall, mezzo-soprano
  • Moisés Salazar, tenor
  • Le Bu, bass-baritone
  • Meryl Dominguez, soprano
  • Brittany Olivia Logan, soprano
  • Lauren Margison, soprano
  • Aubrey Odle, mezzo-soprano
  • Chuanyuan Liu, countertenor
  • Daniel O'Hearn, tenor
  • Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone
  • Christian Simmons, bass-baritone

Career Development Grants

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2010s

  • Alisa Jordheim, soprano
  • Felicia Moore, soprano
  • Aleksandra Romano, mezzo-soprano
  • Daniel Bates, tenor
  • Ian McEuen, tenor
  • Hunter Enoch, baritone
  • Matthew Scollin, bass
  • Leah Hawkins, soprano
  • Raquel González, soprano
  • Jacqueline Piccolino, soprano
  • Lauren Eberwein, mezzo-soprano
  • Eric Ferring, tenor
  • Jorge Espino, baritone
  • Theo Hoffman, baritone
  • Steven LaBrie, baritone
  • Anthony Robin Schneider, bass
  • Meryl Dominguez, soprano
  • Daniel Moody, countertenor
  • Geoffrey Agpalo, tenor
  • Alexander McKissick, tenor
  • Carlos Enrique Santelli, tenor
  • Timothy Bruno, bass
  • Simona Genga, mezzo-soprano
  • Richard Trey Smagur, tenor
  • Christopher Kenney, baritone
  • William Meinert, bass

2020s

  • Erika Baikoff, soprano
  • Marlen Nahhas, soprano
  • Seokjong Baek, tenor
  • Terrence Chin-Loy, tenor
  • Aaron Crouch, tenor
  • Anthony León, tenor
  • Timothy Murray, baritone
  • Christian Simmons, bass-baritone
  • Raven McMillon, soprano
  • Sun-Ly Pierce, mezzo-soprano
  • Meridian Prall, mezzo-soprano
  • Luke Sutliff, baritone
  • Duke Kim, tenor
  • Vladyslav Buialskyi, bass-baritone
  • Mary Evelyn Hangley, soprano
  • Kathleen O'Mara, soprano
  • Kyle Tingzon, countertenor
  • Lawrence Barasa, tenor
  • Thomas Cilluffo, tenor
  • Sankara Harouna, baritone
  • Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano
  • Kaswanna Kanyinda, mezzo-soprano
  • Yonathan Astatke, baritone
  • Eleomar Cuello, baritone
  • Ben Reisinger, tenor
  • John Mburu, bass