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.
Beijing
1st Prize
Janai Brugger, Soprano - USA
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Countertenor - USA (ex-equo)
Amartuvshin, Baritone - Mongolia (ex-equo)
2nd Prize
Guanqun Yu, Soprano - USA
Brian Jagde, Tenor - USA (ex-equo)
Yunpeng Wang, Baritone - China (ex-equo)
3rd Prize
Nadezhda Karyazina, Mezzo-Soprano - Russia
Roman Burdenko, Baritone - Russia
ZARZUELA PRIZES
The Pepita Embil Domingo Prize of Zarzuela
Janai Brugger, Soprano - USA
The Don Plácido Domingo Sr. Prize of Zarzuela
Yunpeng Wang, Baritone - China
Prize of the Audience
Janai Brugger, Soprano - USA
Yunpeng Wang, Baritone - China
CulturArte Prize - Bertita & Guillermo Martinez
Antonio Poli, Tenor - Italy
BIRGIT NILSSON PRIZE
Wagner-Strauss Repertoire
Brian Jagde, Tenor - USA
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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…"
