Rihab Chaieb, Samantha Hankey, Vanessa Vasquez Among Operalia 2018 Semifinalists

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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 {…}

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Q&A: Adela Zaharia On Winning Operalia & Her U.S. Debut At The LA Opera

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It has been a whirlwind year for Adela Zaharia. The Romanian soprano won the Operalia competition in 2017 and since then her profile has risen. She made a surprising debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper, where she returns this summer for a new production. She was also featured as an ensemble member at the Deutsche Oper de Rhien, returned to the {…}

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Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Announces 40 Participants For 2018 Competition

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The Operalia Competition has announced the 40 singers that were selected to participate in the 2018 Showcase at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, Portugal. The competition founded by Plácido Domingo will see such singers as Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition winners Samantha Hankey and Vanessa Vasquez, Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artists Rihab Chaieb and Petr Nekoranec, LA {…}

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What the Operalia 2017 Winners Are Doing Next

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If you followed Operalia this year, you know that that title might read as, “What Every Single Operalia Finalist is Doing Next,” simply because Plácido Domingo decided that he didn’t want anyone to leave empty-handed. But this piece will focus on the two big winners of the competition, Adela Zaharia and Levy Sekgapane. Not only did they both win their {…}

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Impressions From Operalia 2017 Final: Levy Sekgapane, Maria Mudryak, Adela Zaharia Among Major Standouts

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The Operalia 2017 competition has come to an end with Adela Zaharia and Levy Sekgapane as the winners of the first prizes. I sat through the entire transmission, listening to a truly talented class of singers, many of whom already have the musical maturity and performance acumen to be major figures in the opera world in the not-so-distant future. With {…}

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Winners of Operalia Competition 2017 Revealed

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South African tenor Levy Sekgapane and Romanian soprano Adela Zaharia were the first prize winners of this year’s Operalia Competition. In the male voice competition, second place went to tenor Davide Giusti, while the third place award was given to Korean baritone Leon Kim. In the female voice competition, Russian soprano Kristina Mkhitaryan won the second prize while third prize {…}

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Operalia 2017 Finalists Dominated By Sopranos

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And then there were 14. The Operalia Competition 2017 has announced it 14 finalists with some rather surprising numbers. So on to the people themselves. The 14 people vying for the top prize in 2017 include soprano Vlaada Borovko, countertenor Rubert Enticknap, tenor Davide Giusti, baritone Leon Kim, soprano Ruslana Koval, soprano Kristina Mkhitaryan, soprano Maria Mudryak, baritone Emmett O’Hanlon, {…}

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Breaking Down the Operalia 2017 Semifinalists By the Numbers

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The Operalia Competition has announced the semifinalists for its 2017 edition. The announcement was made Tuesday after two days of quarter-finalists that saw a whopping 40 participants whittled down to 25 participants. They include, tenor Seungju Bahg, soprano Vlada Borovko, tenor Marco Ciaponi, bass Emanuele Cordaro, countertenor Rupert Enticknap, tenor Davide Giusti, soprano Elena Guseva, mezzo-soprano Nozomi Kato, baritone Leon {…}

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Operalia Competition: Sonya Yoncheva, Pretty Yende & the Superstars of the Past Decade

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The Operalia Competition is just days away and in anticipation of the famed event, we will take a look back down memory lane at the opera singers who became stars after big performances at the competition. For today’s installment, we will look at the major stars from this decade. Here are the winners of that decade who have since risen {…}

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Rihab Chaieb, Samantha Hankey, Vanessa Vasquez Among Operalia 2018 Semifinalists

Q&A: Adela Zaharia On Winning Operalia & Her U.S. Debut At The LA Opera

Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Announces 40 Participants For 2018 Competition

What the Operalia 2017 Winners Are Doing Next

Impressions From Operalia 2017 Final: Levy Sekgapane, Maria Mudryak, Adela Zaharia Among Major Standouts

Winners of Operalia Competition 2017 Revealed

Operalia 2017 Finalists Dominated By Sopranos

Breaking Down the Operalia 2017 Semifinalists By the Numbers

Operalia Competition: Sonya Yoncheva, Pretty Yende & the Superstars of the Past Decade