Winners from the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, and North Dakota-Manitoba Districts will perform and compete for a chance to advance to the Metropolitan Opera National Council Semi-Finals in New York City.

Judges will be: Ed Berkely (The Juilliard School, Aspen Opera Center), Mark Morash (San Francisco Opera, Santa Barbara Opera, Merola Opera Program), and Galetha Nichols (Executive Director of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions)

Singers will perform with collaborative pianist: Mary Jo Gothmann