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BBC Cardiff Singer of World 2023 Winners Announced

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The BBC Cardiff Singer of the 2023 Competition has announced the winners of its three main competition. Taking home the Main Prize was bass Adolfo Corrado from Italy. Born in Apulia, he has performed at La Scala, Teatro Petruzzelli, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro la Fenice, Arena di Verona, and Teatro Regio di Torino, among others. He performed arias {…}

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Announces 2023 Finalists

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The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition has announced the 2023 finalists. The finalists for the main prize are Scottish mezzo Beth Taylor, South African soprano Nombulelo Yende, Italian bass Adolfo Corrado, Welsh soprano Jessica Robinson, and South African mezzo Siphokazi Molteno. The finalists for the song prize are South African soprano Nombulelo Yende, South Korean tenor Sungho Kim, South African mezzo {…}

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BBC Cardiff Singer of World Announces 2023 Participants

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The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World has announced the 2023 participants. The competition will showcase 16 singers from around the world competing for the top prize. The singers are Simone McIntosh (Canada), HuHe Gala (China), Meigui Zhang (China), Julieth Lozano Rolong (Colombia), William Thomas (England), Adolfo Corrado (Italy), Beomjin Kim ( South Korea), Sungho Kim (South Korea), Beth Taylor {…}

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⁦Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha Wins BBC Cardiff Singer of World Song Prize

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(Credit: BBC/Kirsten McTernan) The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition has announced the winner of the Song Prize. The jury chose South African soprano ⁦Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha as the winner of this year’s Song competition.  Rangwanasha is a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera and has performed at the Cape Town Opera and Bern Staatsoper, among others. {…}

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition Announces 2021 Contestants

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The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition has announced the names of this year’s contestants. The following singers will be competing for the prestigious award: soprano Christina Gansch, tenor Chuan Wang, bass Nicolai Elsberg, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Wake-Edwards, mezzo-soprano Natalia Kutateladze, soprano Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, baritone Michael Rakotoarivony, baritone Ankhbayar Enkhbold, baritone Gihoon Kim, bass-baritone Jusung Park, soprano Elbenita Kajtazi {…}

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 Announces Finalists For Song Prize

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The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World has announced the five finalists for the song prize competition. They include tenor Mingjie Lei, Sooyeon Lee, baritone Andrei Kymach, mezzo-soprano Angharad Lyddon and tenor Roman Arndt. The four will compete in Thursday’s final song prize round. Ukrainian baritone Kymach performed songs by Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Kos-Anatolsky, and Rachmaninoff. Kymach is set to appear {…}

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2017 Winner Signs Contract With Agency

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Catriona Morison, the winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, has signed an exclusive contract with London firm Rayfield Allied to be her representatives. She will be represented by Deborah Sanders, Director of Opera at Rayfield Allied. Morison turned heads when she went from being the wild card finalist in the competition this summer to suddenly taking {…}

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Main Prize Winner Announced [Spoilers]

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Catriona Morison has pulled off a massive victory at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, winning the competition’s main prize. The mezzo was the wild card competitor entering the final round after finishing fifth in the first four rounds. But she quickly became the talk of the town after being a joint winner of the Song Prize competition {…}

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2017 Song Prize Winner Revealed [Spoiler Alert]

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CORRECTION: We apologize to Catriona Morison as a previous version of the article did not mention her as a victor. Congratulations! Catriona Morison and Ariunbaatar Gunbaatar are your 2017 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize winners. The selection of two winners in the contest is an unprecedented move in the competition. Gunbaatar performed works from Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Fauré, and Sharav {…}