Houston Grand Opera (HGO) held its 35th annual Concert of Arias at the Wortham Theater Center. The event featured the finals of the Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers on the Cullen Stage, followed by dinner in the grand foyer. Cynthia Petrello, Celina Hellmund and Valerie and Tracy Dieterich were among the guests. Rita Leader and Glen Rosenbaum chaired the evening that raised more than $660,000 to support opera and young artists. This year’s competition judges included Grammy-award winning soprano Isabel Leonard, HGO general director and chief executive officer Khori Dastoor, Patrick Summers, and HGO artistic advisor and soprano Ana María Martínez. At the end of the competition, the judges awarded first prize to mezzo-soprano Natalie Lewis.

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