Operalia has announced the winners of its 2021 competition. Held at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the competition saw young artists from all over the world compete before a distinguished panel of judges in the categories of opera and zarzuela.
First Priz Winners of Operalia 2021 with Plácido Domingo
Ivan Ayon-Rivas
First Prize – Tenor Ivan Ayon-Rivas (Peru) and mezzo-soprano Victoria Karkacheva (Russia)
Victoria Karkacheva
Mané Galoyan
Second Prize – Soprano Mané Galoyan (Armenia), tenor Bekhzod Davronov (Uzbekistan), and tenor Jonah Hoskins (USA)
Emily Pogorelc
Third Prize – Soprano Emily Pogorelc (USA), baritone Dmitry Cheblykov (Russia), and bass-baritone Jusung Park (South Korea)
Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
Bekhzod Davronov, Mané Galoyan, Plácido Domingo and Jonah Hoskins
Birgit Nilsson Prize – Victoria Karkacheva, mezzo-soprano, Russia
The Pepita Embil Prize of Zarzuela – Mané Galoyan, soprano, Armenia
The Don Plácido Domingo Ferrer Prize of Zarzuela – Ivan Ayon-Rivas, tenor, Peru
Rolex Prize of the Audience – Mané Galoyan, soprano, Armenia, Ivan Ayon-Rivas, tenor, Peru
CulturArte Prize – Ekaterina Sannikova, soprano, Russia (After Press materials)
Plácido Domingo
Marijan Zlobec