Song finalists named at BBC Cardiff
NewsFive have been selected to contest the sidebar song prize. They are:
Austrian soprano Christina Gansch, 31
South Korean baritone Gihoon Kim, 29
Welsh soprano Sarah Gilford, 29 (pictured)
Madagascan baritone Michael Arivony, 28
South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, 27
The main prize finalists also seem good – my pick of those who didn’t make it is the American baritone, Reginald Smith Jnr. His programme was a mini concert, superbly sung and highly characterised.
You can’t be serious.
Someone deservedly to represent Britain from Wales. So many fine finished voices in this competition this year. They will all do well, provided there is work for them all.
I assume Michael Arivony is Malagasy.