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CD747500 Operalia Final Round of Domingo's competition for Young Sinders
Operalia, Plácido Domingo's competition---finals (VIDEO)
25 August 2013
Founded in 1993 by Plácido Domingo, Operalia is an international singing
competition which aims at revealing the most promising talents and personalities
of the operatic world. Among the singers rewarded by Operalia in previous years,
we can quote Ludovic Tezier, Rolando Villazón, Stéphane Degout, Inva Mula, Nina
Stemme, José Cura, John Osborn, Susanna Philips, anf others. Every year, the
competition takes place in a different opera house. Following Paris, Mexico,
Madrid, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Milan, Moscow and Beijing, the Teatro Filarmonico in
Verona hosted the competition in 2013.
Finalists of the 2013 Operalia Competition:
Vladimir Dvitruk, tenor
Mirella Bunoaica, soprano
Julie Fuchs, soprano
Claudia Huckle, contralto
Irina Churilova, soprano
Zach Borichevsky, tenor
Hae Ji Chang, soprano
Aida Garifullina, soprano
Simone Piazzolla, baritone
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Tracy Cox, soprano
Ao Li, bass-baritone
Benjamin Bliss, tenor
Diego Silva, tenor
Winners of the 2013 Operalia Competition:
Female
1st Prize - Aida Garifullina, soprano
2nd Prize - Julie Fuchs, soprano
3rd Prize - Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Male
1st Prize - Ao Li, bass-baritone
2nd Prize - Simone Piazzolla, baritone
3rd Prize - Zach Borichevsky, tenor
Audience's Prizes
Kathryn Lewek, soprano
Simone Piazzolla, baritone
Zarzuela Prizes
Hae Ji Chang, soprano
Benjamin Bliss, tenor
Birgit Nilsson Prizes:
Claudia Huckle, contralto