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Tenor Anthony León ’21 MM Wins First Prize in Operalia Competition

October 31, 2022

Anthony Leon Performing

Philharmonia, Concert Choir and Chamber Singers perform Haydn's "Die Schöpfung" (The Creation) under the direction of David Loebel, conductor. With soloists Michaela Kelly, Rebekah Schweitzer, and Angela Yam -- soprano; Yüksel Çinar Atilla, Anthony León, and Shibo Sun -- tenor; Han-Wei Chen and Casey Germain -- baritone. 11 March 2020, Jordan Hall. (Due to COVID-19 virus closures, this was effectively the last concert of the Spring 2020 season at NEC).

Congratulations to NEC alumnus Anthony León ’21MM, tenor, on his remarkable achievement in winning first prize in the international Operalia Competition, in Riga, Latvia, alongside Armenian soprano Juliana Grigoryan. At age 25, León was the youngest competitor in the group.

Anthony recently reflected on his time at NEC, “Ask any student what makes NEC special, and you will invariably hear, ‘my teacher.’ Anthony noted this, sharing, “Not only do we get amazing training—perhaps the best training around—but the teachers really care. They’re thinking about you as the artist; you as the artist in training.”

Read more about Anthony and his teacher Bradley Williams, NEC Chair of Voice, in their feature interview in the spring 2022 edition of the NEC Magazine.

Photo by Andrew Hurlbut

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