The 2018 Operalia Competition has announced its semifinalists. Per the official website, the singers have been whittled down to 24 artists for the opera competition and 12 for the Zarzuela section. The semifinalists in the opera slate include soprano Zarina Abaeva, tenor Migran Agadzhanyan, soprano Cornelia Beskow, mezzo Rihab Chaieb, mezzo Emily D’Angelo, tenor Luis Gomes, mezzo Samantha Hankey, mezzo {…}