Filipina is lone outsider in Metropolitan Opera winners

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Yesterday’s winners at the Met Opera’s Laffont Competition are:

Sadie Cheslak, 30, mezzo-soprano (Duluth, Minnesota)

Michelle Mariposa, 30, mezzo-soprano (Quezon City, Philippines)

Luke Sutliff, 28, baritone (Denver, Colorado)

Alissa Goretsky, 25, soprano (Los Angeles)

Emma Marhefka, 25, soprano (Allentown, Pennsylvania)

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