Reagan Hinze, Junyue Gong, , Sarah Austin and Jeremy Luis Lopez with the 24/25 Judges

2024/25 Encouragement Awards were given to:
Reagan Hinze (Opera Omaha Guild)
Junyue Gong (Lincoln Friends of Opera)
Jeremy Luis Lopez (in honor of Ky Rohman)
Sarah Austin (in honor of Marge & Jim Hewitt)

2024/25 District Winners:
Katherine Burns, Midori Marsh, Krista Renée Pape & Grace Platt with the Judges

Katherine Burns, Midori Marsh, Krista Renée Pape, and Grace Plate with the Judges

2023-24 District Winners:
Katherine Holobinko & Lauren Paul

Local awards were also given to:
Callie Meikrantz (Opera Omaha Guild Award)
Geoffrey Schmelzer (Lincoln Friends of Opera Award)
Gwendolyn Delaney, Reagan Hinze & Malinda Wagstaff (Ky Rohman District Encouragement Awards)

2022-23 District Winners:
Rachel Bargn
Midori Marsh (also Upper Midwest Winner & Semi-Finalist)

Local awards were also given to:  
Opera Omaha Guild Award: Jaime Webb 
Lincoln Friends of Opera Award: Rachel Fitzgerald 
District Encouragement Awards: Yonathan Astarte & Katharine Burns 

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 2021-22 Nebraska District Winners:
 Hallie Schmidt & Krista Hastings (Pictured Left to Right) 

Local awards were also given to:
Arieh Sacke (Opera Omaha Guild award)
Grace Heldridge (Lincoln Friends of Opera award)
Matthew Harris (District Encouragement Award)

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​2020-21 Nebraska District Winners: 
Jazmine Otwalia (also Upper Midwest Region winner) 
Gabrielle Gilliam 
Edwin Joseph 
Evan Lazdowski (also awarded an Upper Midwest Region encouragement award) 

Local encouragement awards were also given to: 
Rosario Armas, Gabrielle Clutter, Elizabeth Fischer, Gretchen Pille 

Awards Announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAZny8cIbX4 

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​2019-20 Nebraska District Winner: 
Samantha Lax

Local awards were also given to:
Abby Roth (Opera Omaha Guild)
Matthew Hrdlicka (Lincoln Friends of Opera
Matthew Hrdlicka (Gary Jones Memorial award)
Gwenna Fairchild-Taylor (William D. Stibor Memorial award)

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2018-19 Nebraska District Winner: 
Jose Moldonado

Local awards were also given to:
Wesley Frye (Opera Omaha Guild award).
Melanie Ashkar (Lincoln Friends of Opera award).
Erin Bryan (Gary Jones Memorial award).
Victoria Handford (William D. Stibor Memorial award)

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2017-18 Nebraska District Winner: 
Thaddeus Ennen
Brian Jeffers
Jessica Johnson Brock

Local awards were also given to:
 Kate Johnson (Opera Omaha Guild award)
Gretchen Pille (Lincoln Friends of Opera award)
Reno Wilson (Gary Jones Memorial award)
Sebastian Sorensen (William D. Stibor Memorial award)

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2016 Audition Winners: Kelsey, Matthew, and Helen

2016-17 NE District Winners:
Helen Zhibing Huang
Kelsey Park
Matthew Clegg

Local awards were also given to:
Kate Johnson (Opera Omaha Guild award)
Timothy Madden (Lincoln Friends of Opera award)
Rocky Sellers (Gary Jones Memorial award)
Kaitlin Zardetto (William D. Stibor Memorial award)

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2015-16 NE District Winner:
Lauren McAllister

Local awards were also given to:
Opera Omaha Guild Award: Kayla Wilkins
Friends of Opera Award : Jesse Wohlman
Gary Jones Memorial: Jon Suek
William Stibor Memorial : Joanna Mackley
Special Harrower Award presented by Judge Carroll Freeman: Gavin Rasmussen

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2014-15 NE District Winners:
Caroline Kouma &Kayla Wilkens

Local awards were also given to:
Karina Brazas (Opera Omaha Guild award)
Kendall Reimer (Lincoln Friends of Opera award)
Catherine Bobst (Gary Jones Memorial award)
Gavin Rasmussen (William D. Stibor Memorial award)

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2013-14 NE District Winner:
Karina Brazas

Local awards were also given to:
Eric Ferring, Caroline Kouma, Nathaniel Sullivan, & Lauren Turner

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Where are they now? history of Past winners

2014 Lincoln Journal Star Article