Announcing the Operalia 2026 Participants!

We are happy to announce the selected Participants for the 2026 edition of Operalia, presented by Rolex and hosted by Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Shangyin Opera House:

Iana 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 Daveyan, baritone, Armenia
Sofía Esparza, soprano, Spain
Valeria Gorbunova, mezzo-soprano, Russia
Marianna Hovanisyan, soprano, Armenia
Junho Hwang, tenor, South Korea
Zheng Jiang, countertenor, China
Hannah Jones, mezzo-soprano, USA
Maria Kosovitsa, soprano, Greece
Song Hee Lee, soprano, South Korea
Gabriela Legun, soprano, Poland
Robert Lewis, tenor, UK
Zihao Li, baritone, China
Emma Marhefka, soprano, USA
Léontine Maridat-Zimmerlin, mezzo-soprano, France
Tessa McQueen, soprano, USA
Lauren Mimouni, soprano, France/USA
Janusz Nosek, baritone, Poland
Junhyeok Felix Park, baritone, South Korea
Sungmin Park, bass, South Korea
Ben Reisinger, tenor, USA
David Sanikidze, tenor, Russia
Aitana Sanz, soprano, Spain
Kirill Sikora, tenor, Russia
Serafina Starke, soprano, Germany
Andrew Turner, tenor, USA
Jiazhou Wang, baritone, China
Gonghao Zhang, baritone, China
Haolun Zhang, countertenor, China

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