Boom, boom: It’s USA-Russia 4-2 in Domingo’s Operalia showdown
OperaThe ten finalists were made known last night:
Eliza Boom, soprano, New Zealand
Le Bu, bass-baritone, China
Vladislav Chizhov, baritone, Russia
Elmina Hasan, mezzo-soprano, Azerbaijan
Liam James Karai, bass-baritone, UK/India
Jack Lee, baritone, UK
Kathleen O’Mara , soprano, USA
Sun-Ly Pierce, mezzo-soprano, USA
Meridian Prall, mezzo-soprano, USA
Angel Romero, tenor, USA
Polina Shabunina, soprano, Russia
Eliza Boom is the recent winner of the Elizabeth Connell Prize at London’s Wigmore Hall. She has an agent at IMG and a flourishing UK career.
Le Bu was a 2022 Met auditions winner and had several small roles as a Lindemann Young Artist . He made quite an impression as Bitterolf in last season’s Tannhäuser revival.
Agreed. I feel he almost stole the show!
If Bitterolf can steal the show [even almost], that doesn’t say much for the cast.
Yet more embarrassing cold-war nostalgia… This site never fails to deliver
Technically, a win for Russia since the US population is about 2.35 times larger.