Yesterday was the final round of the Operalia 2009. As far as I could see there was no official results published until this point on the www.operalia.org , so the final results below are not official. But I was there, so here you are...
(Update: about at 7pm they published the results so it is official now - and I missed out one...)
Special prizes:
(Update: about at 7pm they published the results so it is official now - and I missed out one...)
Special prizes:
- Culturarte prize: Arnold Rutkowski, tenor, Poland (10.000 USD)
- Special prize offered by Pécs: Kostas Smoriginas, bass-baritone, Lithuania (it is a special Zsolnay vase - should be expensive... and a possibility for a concert in Pécs)
- Sprize prize offered by Budapest: Auxiliadora Toledano, soprano, Spain (a possibility for a concert at next year's Budapest Spring Festival)
- Rolex Audience Prize - Female voice: Julia Novikova, soprano, Russia (Rolex watch)
- Rolex Audience Prize - Male voice: Dimitrios Flemotomos, tenor, Greece (Rolex watch)
- Update: this one was missing: special prize from the Hungarian State Opera House - possibility to perform in a role during the season 2010-11: for Alexey Kudrya, tenor, Russia
Zarzuela prize - Female voice: Angel Blue, soprano, USA (10.000 USD)
Zarzuela prize - Male voice: Dimitrios Flemotomos, tenor, Greece (10.000 USD)
(Later on you can read my impressions as well. Hope these results are correct :))) - I'm quite sure they are correct, but I was a bit excited because of family matters :)))) so better wait for the official results...)
Congratulations to all the contestants it was a really enjoyable evening!
Zarzuela prize - Male voice: Dimitrios Flemotomos, tenor, Greece (10.000 USD)
3rd prize - Female voice: Auxiliadora Toledano, soprano, Spain & Anita Watson, soprano, Australia (10.000 USD)
3rd prize - Male voice: Kostas Smoriginas, bass-baritone, Lithuania & Wenwei Zhang, bass, China (10.000 USD)
2nd prize - Female voice: Angel Blue, soprano, USA (20.000 USD)
2nd prize - Male voice: Jordan Bisch, bass, USA & Dimitrios Flemotomos, tenor, Greece (20.000 USD)
1st prize - Female voice: Julia Novikova, soprano, Russia (30.000 USD)
1st prize - Male voice: Alexey Kudrya, tenor, Russia (30.000 USD)
3rd prize - Male voice: Kostas Smoriginas, bass-baritone, Lithuania & Wenwei Zhang, bass, China (10.000 USD)
2nd prize - Female voice: Angel Blue, soprano, USA (20.000 USD)
2nd prize - Male voice: Jordan Bisch, bass, USA & Dimitrios Flemotomos, tenor, Greece (20.000 USD)
1st prize - Female voice: Julia Novikova, soprano, Russia (30.000 USD)
1st prize - Male voice: Alexey Kudrya, tenor, Russia (30.000 USD)
(Later on you can read my impressions as well. Hope these results are correct :))) - I'm quite sure they are correct, but I was a bit excited because of family matters :)))) so better wait for the official results...)
Congratulations to all the contestants it was a really enjoyable evening!
Hi Thank yo very much for your post about operalia final!
ReplyDeleteCan you also write the programm of the final?
Thank you,
Paola