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Mom: come watch the operalia competition [elite opera aria competition]
Me: idk if I really want to watch a bunch of my former peers doing what my career path was supposed to be

I go anyway, and fully know one of the singers from a summer program we both did years ago in Aspen 🥲
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM Everybody can reply
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Ekaterine Buchuadze sings "Cuando esta tan hondo". Also changed her black gown to a red off-the-shoulder number, still same very big "diamond" necklace.

#operalia
October 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM Everybody can reply
Dave Monaco singing "Bella enamorado". #operalia
October 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM Everybody can reply
I think they're on time delay because there must have been a break between the opera and zarzuela portions. Jury is deliberating.

I don't envy them. There's a real embarrassment of riches here. I'd be happy to have almost any of the singers at the Met tomorrow. #operalia
October 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM Everybody can reply
Russian soprano Samira Galimova singing "Non mi dir" from DON GIOVANNI. She sang a fantastic "Dall'amor sul'alli rosee" in the semifinals. I think she has a very good chance of winning for Female Voice. #operalia
October 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM Everybody can reply
Italian tenor Dave Monaco sings "Si ritrovalo lo giuro" from LA CENERENTOLA.

He also did an excellent "Cessa di piu resistere" in the semifinals.

Lovely dynamics.

(Is it pronounced "Dah-veh"? Reasonably sure the name on his birth certificate is Davide)

#operalia
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM Everybody can reply
Nommée aux #VictoiresClassique #Victoires2025 dans la catégorie Révélation Artiste lyrique, Julie Roset triomphait au prestigieux Concours Operalia, à retrouver dans ses actualités :
www.olyrix.com/artistes/197...
Julie Roset - Biographie
Biographie de Julie Roset
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March 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM Everybody can reply
We are thrilled to welcome mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce to our roster in collaboration with Askonas Holt. A Third Prize winner of the 2024 Operalia competition, she is a versatile and dynamic artist, excelling in both traditional and contemporary repertoire.

Learn more: bit.ly/4ifq9Hz
December 5, 2024 at 4:14 PM Everybody can reply
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She's wearing a short-sleeved pink gown with a darker pink sequined branch and leaf pattern. #operalia
American mezzo Natalie Lewis singing "Oh mio Fernando".

I don't know if the singers are getting only one opera aria, and she's not competing in the zarzuela competition, but I would love to hear her in Verdi.

(She sang an excellent "Weiche, Wotan, weiche" in the semifinals)

#operalia
October 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM Everybody can reply
Mezzo-soprano Ekaterine Buachidze and baritone Mihai Damian win Operalia 2025
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October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM Everybody can reply
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American contralto Jasmin White sings "Non temer d'un basso affetto" from MAOMETTO II.

I've said elsewhere they're the next great Erda, but they're pretty impressive in Rossini, too.

They're wearing a long-sleeved V-neck brown chiffon (? some naturally shiny material) dress. #operalia
October 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM Everybody can reply
Placido Domingo is giving a speech, which is being translated into Bulgarian. #operalia
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM Everybody can reply
Encouragement awards:

Nathan Bowles, Bo Wang, Jasmin White. #operalia
October 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM Everybody can reply
All the competitors, including semifinalists, on stage to sing the #Operalia anthem (by Placido Domingo)
October 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM Everybody can reply
Esta noite, Maestro Plácido Domingo e Serena Sáenz, Vencedora do Segundo Prêmio Birgit Nilsson e Zarzuela na Operalia 2022, estrelam uma Gala Zarzuela no Auditório Victor Villegas, organizada pela UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia em memória de seu presidente e fundador, José Luis Mendoza.
October 4, 2024 at 3:19 PM Everybody can reply
I will be watching and possibly live-skeeting the final of the Operalia competition on Medici TV.

If this magnificent young bass doesn't win, it may be because he doesn't NEED to. He's already recorded Fiesco and has lots of high-profile engagements in the UK.

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October 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM Everybody can reply
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Opera 3rd Prize, male, Dave Monaco

Opera 3rd Prize, female, Samira Galimova

Opera 2nd Prize, male, Grisha Matirosyan

Opera 2nd Prize, female, Natalie Lewis

Opera 1st Prize, male, Mihai Damian,

Opera 1st Prize, female, Ekaterine Buchuadze

#operalia
October 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM Everybody can reply
You have to demander le programme to find out anything. Apparently she won Operalia in 2017.
October 5, 2023 at 1:28 PM Everybody can reply
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@BBCAfrica: South Africa host the final of the prestigious opera competition Operalia, on Sunday.

Two South Africans, Siphokazi Molteno and Nombulelo Yende, are among the 16 finalists in Cape Town. Contestants will perform with the Operalia founder, Plácido Domingo. https://t.co/ncthhrh62v https:/
November 4, 2023 at 10:30 AM Everybody can reply
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Grisha Matirosyan sings "Amor vida de mi vida". Both here and in the semifinals, I liked him more in the zarzuela than in the opera. Possibly a language issue? Maybe the arias he picked don't show him at his best. #operalia
October 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM Everybody can reply
#RAArtistinFocus Konstantin Shushakov was launched into the highest levels of opera as a finalist in the 2011 Operalia and Queen Elisabeth competitions.
Operalia 2011, The 2-nd Prize, Konstantin Shushakov, Tchaikovsky aria of Yeletsky
Final of Operalia Competition, Conductor P.Domingo. The 2-nd Prize, Konstantin Shushakov
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February 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM Everybody can reply
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Réputé parmi les concours lyriques, Operalia s’installe chaque année dans une capitale musicale différente. Après Mumbai l’année dernière ou Cape Town l’année précédente, le concours sera de retour en Europe en 2025 pour se tenir cette fois à Sofia, en Bulgarie.
Le Concours Operalia 2025 se tiendra à Sofia, en Bulgarie (Actualité)
Classé parmi les concours lyriques les plus réputés, Operalia s’installe chaque année dans une capitale...
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February 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM Everybody can reply