Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition 2020

WELCOME to the Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition Finals Concert! 2020 marked the 4th year of the competition, and it was our biggest year yet! We received 550 applicants from 55 countries around the world. We now have our 17 Finalists who you will hear today - incredible emerging professional singers hailing from 11 countries in 9 different time zones! This year we also have internationally acclaimed Mezzo-Soprano, J'Nai Bridges, as our Special Guest Co-emcee.

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***** Finalists *****

Igor Onishchenko, Baritone | Ukraine
Kto mozhet sravnitsa - Robert's Aria - Iolanta (Tchaikovsky)

Meigui Zhang, Soprano | China
Gualtier Malde...Caro nome - Rigoletto (Verdi)

Axelle Fanyo, Soprano | France
Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante - Carmen (Bizet)

Ochirsaikhan Erdenee, Baritone | Mongolia
Si puo, si puo - I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)

Emily Sierra, Mezzo-Soprano | USA
Sta nell'Ircana - Alcina (Händel)

Tigran Ohanyan, Tenor | Armenia
È serbata questo acciaro...L'amo l'amo - I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini)

Johanna Wallroth, Soprano | Sweden
Dieu! Quel frisson...Amour ranime mon courage - Roméo et Juliette (Gounod)

Carolina López Moreno, Soprano | Germany
Depuis le Jour - Louise (Charpentier)

Franko Klisović, Countertenor | Croatia
Frema pur, si lagni Roma - Ottone in villa (Vivaldi)

Emmett O'Hanlon, Baritone | USA
Oh! Oh! Qu’est-ce que chest? - Pelleas et Melisande (Debussy)

Symone Harcum, Soprano | USA
Ritorna vincitor - Aida (Verdi)

Yaritza Véliz, Soprano | Chile
Si, mi chiamano Mimì - La Bohème (Puccini)

Lindsay Kate Brown, Mezzo-Soprano | USA
Einsam wachend in der Nacht - Tristan und Isolde (Wagner)

Alexandra Lowe, Soprano | United Kingdom
Temerari...Come scoglio - Così fan tutte (Mozart)

Alexandra Razskazoff, Soprano | USA
Come in quest'ora bruna - Simon Boccanegra (Verdi)

Key'mon Murrah, Countertenor | USA
Frondi tenere...Ombra mai fù - Xerxes (Händel)

Blake Denson, Baritone | USA
È sogno? O realtà - Falstaff (Verdi)

***** Prizes & Awards *****

Over $35,000 worth in cash prizes and special awards will be distributed:

*First Prize - Male: $5000 / Female: $5000
*Second Prize - Male: $2500 / Female: $2500
*Third Prize - Male: $1500 / Female: $1500
*The Dr. David DiChiera Encouragement Award - $1000
*The Voce di Meche Encouragement Award - $1000
*The Regine Crespin Prize of the Audience - $1000
*Other Finalists - $250 each

Study Grants and other Special Awards will also be distributed, plus multiple Professional Casting Opportunities!

To Vote for Audience Favorite: https://www.premiereoperafoundation.org/audience-prize

***** Final Round Jury *****

Peter Mario Katona - Director of Casting
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Michael Heaston - Artistic Administrator
Metropolitan Opera

Sophie Joyce - Director of Casting
Opéra National de Paris

David Lomeli - Casting Director & Consultant
Bayerische Staatsoper, Dallas Opera

J’nai Bridges - Special Guest Judge
Internationally Acclaimed Mezzo-Soprano

Joshua Winograde - Artistic Director & Casting Consultant
LA Opera, American Symphony Orchestra, Bard SummerScape, Bard Music Festival

Gerald Martin Moore - Director of Opera & Vocal Consultant
Yale School of Music, Glyndebourne Festival, Decca Records

Christian Carlstedt - Casting Director & Consultant
Staatsoper Hannover, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Concertgebouw Zaterdag Matinee, Komische Oper Berlin, Konzert Theater Bern

David Gowland - Artistic Director
Jette Parker Young Artists Programme Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Javier Menéndez - General Director
Teatro de la Maestranza

Henning Ruhe - Artistic Director & Administrator
Göteborg Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper

Dmitry Vdovin - Artistic Director
Bolshoi Theatre Opera Studio

Samuel Gelber - Director of Artistic Planning
Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center

Carrie-Anne Matheson - Artistic Director
San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship & Merola Opera Program

Constantine Orbelian - Artistic Director & Chief Conductor
Armenian National Theatre, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Delos Records

Beatrice Benzi - Maestro Collaboratore
Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Accademia Teatro alla Scala

Andrès Rodriguez-Spoerer - Artistic Director
Fundación Ibáñez-Atkinson

Ken Benson - President & Career Consultant
Ken Benson Artists, Juilliard School

David Blackburn - President & Chief Consultant
NYIOP, Bolshoi Theatre Opera Studio, Ibáñez-Atkinson Foundation

Eric Margiore - President & Artistic Director
Premiere Opera Foundation, Premiere Artists Management & Media, Premiere Opera Vocal Arts Institute

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