Many past Operalia winners have already become international opera stars with engagements at the world’s most important opera houses.
Although statistics have not yet been gathered, a glance at the cast lists of opera houses around the world gives the distinct impression that there is at least one Operalia laureate performing in every major opera house of the world every season.
Moscow
OPERA PRIZES
1st Prize
Pretty Yende, Soprano - South Africa
Renee Barbera, Tenor - USA
2nd Prize
Olga Busuioc, Soprano - Moldova
Konstantin Shushakov, Baritone - Russia
3rd Prize
Olga Pudova, Soprano - Russia
Jaesig Lee, Tenor - South Korea
ZARZUELA PRIZES
The Pepita Embil Domingo Prize of Zarzuela
Pretty Yende, Soprano - South Africa
Olga Busuioc, Soprano - Moldova
The Don Plácido Domingo Sr. Prize of Zarzuela
René Barbera, Tenor - USA
Prize of the Audience
Pretty Yende, Soprano - South Africa
René Barbera, Tenor - USA
Javier Arrey, Baritone - Chile
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WINNERS SAY
STEFAN POP
TENOR, 2010 WINNER
"It's a marvelous experience…to sing at La Scala has always been my goal"
WINNERS SAY
SONYA YONCHEVA
SOPRANO 2010 WINNER
"I couldn’t believe my luck. It's the biggest dream of opera singers today"
WINNERS SAY
ERWIN SCHROTT
BASS 1998 WINNER
“I applied to Hamburg, 1998 and Operalia change my life…"
