The Operalia Competition Semi-finalists have been announced after two rounds of Quarter Finals. The Semi-finalists are:  Alikhan Beisekov, baritone, Kazakhstan Vladyslav Buialskyi, bass-baritone, Ukraine Roman Chabaranok, bass, Ukraine Tiffany Choe, soprano, USA Eleomar Cuello, baritone, Cuba Aksel Daveyan, baritone, Armenia Marianna Hovanisyan, soprano, Armenia Song Hee Lee, soprano, South Korea Gabriela Legun, soprano, Poland Robert Lewis, tenor, UK Zihao Li, {…}

The Operalia Competition has announced the 2026 participants. The competition, which is presented by Rolex, will be hosted by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Shangyin Opera House. The participants chosen this year are: Ana Aivazian, soprano, Armenia Alikhan Beisekov, baritone, Kazakhstan Vladyslav Buialskyi, bass-baritone, Ukraine Roman Chabaranok, bass, Ukraine Tiffany Choe, soprano, USA Eleomar Cuello, baritone, Cuba Aksel {…}

The Operalia Competition has announced the 2025 Semi-Finalists. The semi-finalists in the Opera category are Amin Ahangaran (bass, Iran), Davide Battiniello (tenor, Italy), Nathan Bowles (tenor, USA), Ekaterine Buachidze (mezzo-soprano, Georgia), Mihai Damian (baritone, Romania), Aleksandra Domashchuk (soprano, Ukraine), Samira Galimova (soprano, Russia), Alexander Grassauer (bass-baritone, Austria), Geon Kim (baritone, South Korea), Natalie Lewis (mezzo-soprano, USA), Grisha Martirosyan (baritone, Armenia), {…}

The Operalia Competition has announced the jury for 2025. The competition will be held from Oct. 20 to 26 at the Bulgarian Concert Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria. This year’s jury will be led by Isamay Benavente (Artistic Director, Teatro de la Zarzuela Madrid), Sophie de Lint (Director, Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam), Marta Domingo (Stage Director), Jonathan Friend (Artistic Advisor, Irish National {…}

The Operalia Competition has announced its 2025 participants. Here are the singers who will compete for the top prize: Amin Ahangaran, bass, Iran Semyon Antakov, baritone, Russia Davide Battiniello, tenor, Italy Nathan Bowles, tenor, USA Bozhidar Bozhkilov, bass, Bulgaria Ekaterine Buachidze, mezzo-soprano, Georgia Gabriela Celińska, mezzo-soprano, Poland Mihai Damian, baritone, Romania Inna Demenkova, soprano, Russia Oleksandra Diachenko, mezzo-soprano, Ukraine Aleksandra {…}

The Operalia Competition has announced the 2024 jury members. This year’s jury includes: André Comploi – Artistic Coordinator, Teatro alla Scala di Milano Sophie de Lint – Director, Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam Marta Domingo – Stage Director Jonathan Friend – Artistic Advisor, The Metropolitan Opera, New York
Artistic Advisor, Irish National Opera, Dublin
Casting Consultant, Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm Samuel Gelber – {…}

The Operalia competition has announced the 2022 edition. The world-renowned competition will be held in Riga, Latvia at the Latvian National Opera and Ballet from Oct. 24 through Oct. 30, 2022. Operalia was founded in 1993 by Plácido Domingo to discover and help launch the careers of the most promising young opera singers of today. Last year the competition was {…}