The Operalia Competition Semi-finalists have been announced after two rounds of Quarter Finals.

The Semi-finalists are: 

Alikhan Beisekov, baritone, Kazakhstan
Vladyslav Buialskyi, bass-baritone, Ukraine
Roman Chabaranok, bass, Ukraine
Tiffany Choe, soprano, USA
Eleomar Cuello, baritone, Cuba
Aksel Daveyan, baritone, Armenia
Marianna Hovanisyan, soprano, Armenia
Song Hee Lee, soprano, South Korea
Gabriela Legun, soprano, Poland
Robert Lewis, tenor, UK
Zihao Li, baritone, China
Tessa McQueen, soprano, USA
Emma Marhefka, soprano, USA
Junhyeok Felix Park, baritone, South Korea
Sungmin Park, bass, South Korea
Ben Reisinger, tenor, USA
Kirill Sikora, tenor, Russia
Jiazhou Wang, baritone, China
Gonghao Zhang, baritone, China
Haolun Zhang, countertenor, China

Semi-finalists Zarzuela

Vladyslav Buialskyi, bass-baritone, Ukraine
Tiffany Choe, soprano, USA
Eleomar Cuello, baritone, Cuba
Aksel Daveyan, baritone, Armenia
Sofía Esparza, soprano, Spain
Zihao Li, baritone, China
Emma Marhefka, soprano, USA
Robert Lewis, tenor, UK
Aitana Sanz, soprano, Spain
Jiazhou Wang, baritone, China

The  Operalia competition will take place between Oct. 26 and Nov. 1, 2026. The jury is made up of industry leaders from the Metropolitan Opera, Dutch National Opera, Teatro alla Scala, and Wiener Staatsoper, among others.

Previous winners include Ekaterine Buachidze, Mihai Damian, Kathleen O’Mara, Le Bu, Juliana Grigoryan, Anthony León, Adriana Gonzalez, Xabier Anduaga, Adela Zaharia, and Levy Sekgapane.