Operalia Announces 2021 Participants

By Francisco Salazar

The Operalia Competition has announced its 2021 participants.

This year the competition will showcase artists from Peru, Russia, the USA, Mongolia, France, Spain, Moldova, Denmark, South Korea, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Italy, Canada, and Uzbekistan.

Here is a full run-down of the singers who will compete:

Ivan Ayon-Rivas, tenor, Peru
Gayane Babajanyan, mezzo-soprano, Russia
Kirill Belov, tenor, Russia
Vladislav Buialskyi, bass-baritone, Ukraine
Dmitry Cheblykov, baritone, Russia
SungJun Cho, bass, South Korea
Linsey Coppens, mezzo-soprano, Belgium
Bekhzod Davronov, tenor, Uzbekistan
Nicolai Elsberg, bass, Denmark
Ochirsaikhan Erdenee, baritone, Mongolia
Axelle Fanyo, soprano, France
Marie-Laure Garnier, soprano, France
Aida Gimeno Garcia, soprano, Spain
Jonah Hoskins, tenor, USA
Lilia Istratii, mezzo-soprano, Moldova
Victoria Karkacheva, mezzo-soprano, Russia
Evgeniya Khomutova, mezzo-soprano, Russia
Hyoyoung Kim, soprano, South Korea
Seonwoo Lee, soprano, South Korea
Chelsea Lehnea, soprano, USA
Josh Lovell, tenor, Canada
Valery Makarov, tenor, Russia
Keymon Murrah, countertenor, USA
Edward Nelson, baritone, USA
Jusung Park, bass-baritone, South Korea
Emily Pogorelc, soprano, USA
Alexandra Razskazoff, soprano, USA
Ricardo José Rivera, baritone, USA
Ekaterina Sannikova, soprano, Russia
Ivan Sapunov, baritone, Russia
Valeriia Savinskaia, soprano, Russia
Aytaj Shikhalizada, mezzo-soprano, Azerbaijan
Claudia Urru, soprano, Italy
Joshua Wheeker, tenor, USA

The competition will be held at the Bolshoi Theatre from Oct. 18 through Oct. 24 and will be sponsored by Rolex. Past winners include Pretty Yende, Adriana Gonzalez, Xabier Anduaga, Emily D’Angelo, Adela Zaharia, Lise Davidsen, and Aida Garifullina.

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