The 11th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition has announced the singers that will qualify for the second stage of the competition.

An international Jury chaired by John Allison, editor-in-chief of Opera Magazine, selected 42 young artists from among 97 who entered the Competition.

The first stage of the competition lasted three days and saw singers present two pieces with piano accompaniment – a world repertoire opera aria from the 18th or 19th century and a 19th, 20th or 21st century Polish song.

The second stage will determine the finalists of the Competition and will see the singers perform two pieces, which the Jury members will choose from the three the soloists have submitted. They will perform an 18th or 19th century opera aria, not performed in the first stage, a 19th, 20th or 21st century opera aria and a 19th or 20th century song from the world repertoire.

Each singer will be accompanied by pianists, one of whom will be awarded with a prize for the best young pianist.

Here is a list of the singers who qualified for Stage 2 of the 11th International Stanisław Moniuszko Vocal Competition:

1. [4] RAFAEL ALEJANDRO DEL ANGEL GARCIA – MEKSYK/MEXICO tenor
2. [5] DARIJA AUGUŠTAN – CHORWACJA/CROATIA soprano
3. [6] JUSTYNA BLUJ – POLSKA/POLAND soprano
4. [7] ELIZA BOOM – NOWA ZELANDIA/NEW ZEALAND soprano
5. [11] KYU CHOI – KOREA POŁUDNIOWA/SOUTHKOREA baritone
6. [12] LINSEY COPPENS – BELGIA/BELGIUM mezzo-soprano
7. [14] JASMIN DELFS – NIEMCY/GERMANY soprano
8. [15] YIHAN DUAN – USA soprano
9. [16] ARTURO EDUARDO ESPINOSA BRAVO – CHILE bass-baritone
10. [19] INNA FEDORII – UKRAINA/UKRAINE soprano
11. [21] JAKUB FOLTAK – POLSKA/POLAND countertenor
12. [22] GABRIELA GOŁASZEWSKA – POLSKA/POLAND soprano
13. [23] JULIANA GRIGORYAN – ARMENIA soprano
14. [26] GYUNGMIN GWON – KOREA POŁUDNIOWA/SOUTH KOREA baritone
15. [28] SONJA HERRANEN FINLANDIA/FINLAND soprano
16. [30] MONIKA JÄGEROVÁ – CZECHY/CZECHIA contralto
17. [32] NAZARII KACHALA – UKRAINA/UKRAINE tenor
18. [33] PIOTR KALINA – POLSKA/POLAND tenor
19. [34] MINSEOK DAVID KANG – KOREA POŁUDNIOWA/SOUTH KOREA bass
20. [40] VLADA KOIEVA – UKRAINA/UKRAINE soprano
21. [41] MYKHAILO KUSHLYK – UKRAINA/UKRAINE tenor
22. [44] OLEH LEBEDYEV – UKRAINA/UKRAINE baritone
23. [48] MARIANA MAZUR – UKRAINA/UKRAINE soprano
24. [49] SZYMON MECHLIŃSKI – POLSKA/POLAND baritone
25. [50] TIGRAN MELKONYAN – ARMENIA tenor
26. [55] DEAN MURPHY – USA baritone
27. [56] ZUZANNA NALEWAJEK – POLSKA/POLAND mezzo-soprano
28. [62] THEODORE PLATT – WIELKA BRYTANIA/UNITED KINGDOM baritone
29. [63] VALENTINA PLUZHNIKOVA – UKRAINA/UKRAINE mezzo-soprano
30. [68] ANASTASIA POLISHCHUK – UKRAINA/UKRAINE mezzo-soprano
31. [71] SZYMON RACZKOWSKI – POLSKA/POLAND baritone
32. [73] MATTEO IVAN RAŠIĆ – CHORWACJA/CROATIA tenor
33. [74] GABRIEL ROLLINSON – NIEMCY/GERMANY baritone
34. [81] RICHARD TREY SMAGUR – USA tenor
35. [85] JERICA STEKLASA – SŁOWENIA/SLOVENIA soprano
36. [88] JAKUB SZMIDT – POLSKA/POLAND bass
37. [89] VLADYSLAV TLUSHCH – UKRAINA/UKRAINE baritone
38. [92] PAWEŁ TROJAK – POLSKA/POLAND baritone
39. [93] VOLODYMYR TYSHKOV – UKRAINA/UKRAINE bass
40. [99] NOMBULELO YENDE – RPA/SOUTH AFRICA soprano
41. [100] YULIIA ZASIMOVA – UKRAINA/UKRAINE soprano
42. [101] XIAOMENG ZHANG – CHINY/CHINA baritone