The Operalia Competition has announced the participants for its 30th-anniversary edition.

The 2023 participants hail from such countries as Russia, Italy, USA, Malta, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Armenia, South Korea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Israel, South Africa, and Bulgaria.

The competition will be held at the Capetown Opera and will take place from Oct. 30 through Nov. 5, 2023.

Operalia is a world-renowned competition that has awarded such singers as Sonya Yoncheva, Lisette Oropesa, Ailyn Perez, Lise Davidsen, Pretty Yende, Xabier Anduaga, Emily D’Angelo, Amartüvshin Enkhbat, Levy Sekgapane, and Nina Stemme.

Here is the full list of participants: 

Semyon Antakov, baritone, Russia
Nicolò Balducci, countertenor, Italy
Gabrielle Beteag, mezzo-soprano, USA
Charles Buttigieg, baritone, Malta
Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein, mezzo-soprano, Germany
John Findon, tenor, United Kingdom
Caitlin Gotimer, soprano, USA
Navasard Hakobyan, baritone, Armenia
Eugénie Joneau, mezzo-soprano, France
Maria Kalinina, soprano, Russia
Hovhannes Karapetyan, bass-baritone, Armenia
Taehan Kim, baritone, South Korea
Omer Kobiljak, tenor, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oleh Lebedyev, baritone, Ukraine
Maayan Licht, countertenor, Israel
Luvo Maranti, tenor, South Africa
Thando Mjandana, tenor, South Africa
Sakhiwe Mkosana, baritone, South Africa
Siphokazi Molteno, mezzo-soprano, South Africa
Anita Monserrat, mezzo-soprano, United Kingdom
Stephano Park, bass, South Korea
Gabriel Rollinson, baritone, Germany
Julie Roset, soprano, France
Sarah Saturnino, mezzo-soprano, USA
Daniel Schliewa, tenor, Germany
Alexandria Shiner, soprano, USA
Yosif Slavov, baritone, Bulgaria
Libby Sokolowski, soprano, USA
Luke Sutliff, baritone, USA
Elena Villalón, soprano, USA
Alan Williams, bass, USA
Alexandra Yangel, mezzo-soprano, Russia
Nombulelo Yende, soprano, South Africa
Yuliia Zasimova, soprano, Ukraine