(Credit: Official Facebook for BBC Cardiff Singer of the World) On June 22, Baritone Andrei Kymach was revealed as the winner of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 Competition. Katie Bray was announced as the “Audience Prize” winner. The prize was dedicated to the memory of Dmitri Hvorostovsky. The “Song Prize” winner, which was announced on Thursday, is {…}
Tenor Mingjie Lei has won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 Song Prize. The tenor, who is also a finalist in the competition’s main prize, was presented with a £10,000 prize and the Patron’s Cup, renamed this year to acknowledge this support. “I’m thrilled to have won the Song Prize in this year’s BBC Cardiff Singer of the {…}
Soprano Sooyeon Lee and Argentine mezzo-soprano Guadalupe Barrientos are the final two finalists of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019. Lee was selected as the winner of the fourth round while Barrientos was picked as the wildcard contestant. Both will appear in the grand finale alongside baritone Andrei Kymach, tenor Mingjie Lei, and bass Patrick Guetti. Lee, who {…}
Baritone Andrei Kymach is the third finalist of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019 competition. Kymach will perform arias from Verdi’s “I Masnadieri,” Massenet’s “Herodiade,” and Tchaikovsky’s “The Queen of Spades” in the finale. Kymach started studying music at the Kiev National Music Academy in 2010 and in September 2016 he joined the young artist program of the {…}
The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition kicks off on Saturday, June 15, 2019. The big opera competition, which takes place every two years, will initiate with a conversation between Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Frederica Von Stade at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Dance. The program starts at 11 a.m. local time. Song Prize Competition Schedule {…}