The Operalia Competition has announced the finalists for its 2021 edition.

The finalists in the opera category are tenor Ivan Ayon-Rivas (Peru
), baritone Dmitry Cheblykov (Russia
), tenor Bekhzod Davronov (Uzbekistan), soprano Mané Galoyan (Armenia), tenor Jonah Hoskins (USA
), mezzo-soprano Victoria Karkacheva (Russia
), tenor Valery Makarov (Russia), countertenor 
Keymon Murrah (USA
), baritone Edward Nelson (USA
), baritone Jusung Park (South Korea
), and soprano Emily Pogorelc (USA
).

Meanwhile, the zarzuela finalists are tenor Ivan Ayon-Rivas (Peru
), tenor Bekhzod Davronov (Uzbekistan
), soprano Mané Galoyan (Armenia), tenor Jonah Hoskins (USA
), soprano Emily Pogorelc (USA), and soprano Ekaterina Sannikova (Russia).

The final concert will be held at the Bolshoi Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 24. At that performance, the finalists will sing under the baton of competition founder Plácido Domingo.