(Credit: SF/Anne Zeuner)

The Salzburg Festival has revealed the participants of the Young Singers Project 2019.

In sum, there will be 13 participants from 11 different countries, including Canada, Spain, the UK, France, Russia, Poland, the U.S., Ukraine, Ireland, Mexico, and New Zealand; this is the first time that the program features young singers from Mexico and New Zealand.

The artists include Joel Allison, Carmen Artaza, Thomas Bennett, Ricardo Bojórquez, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Tamara Bounazou, Iurii Iushkevich, Joanna Kedzior, James Ley, Josh Lovell, Valentina Pluzhnikova, Sarah Shine, and Benson Wilson.

In addition to working with Festival artists and participating in master classes with such artists as Christa Ludwig, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Malcolm Martineau, and Helmut Deutsch, the participants of the program will be performing in “Der Gesang der Zauberinsel” by Marius Felix Lange. This children’s opera is set for its world premiere, also marking the first time that the program’s participants are involved in such a unique opportunity. Some of the artists will take on roles in such operas as “Adriana Lecouvreur,” “Médée,” and “Salome.”

They will also appear in a final concert on August 24, 2019.