Domingo picks 5 Russians for next Operalia
OperaThe singing contest will take place in Mumbai, India, in September.
These are the selected contestants:
Nurgalym Amanbay, tenor, Kazakhstan
Eliza Boom, soprano, New Zealand
Le Bu, bass-baritone, China
Vladislav Chizhov, baritone, Russia
Monica Conesa, soprano, USA/Cuba
Lilit Davtyan, soprano, Armenia
Vittorio de Campo, bass, Italy
Georgiy Derbas-Richter, baritone, Ukraine
Konstantin Fedotov, bass, Russia
Elmina Hasan, mezzo-soprano, Azerbaijan
Liam James Karai, bass-baritone, UK/India
Elmira Karakhanova, soprano, Russia
Shannon Keegan, mezzo-soprano, USA
Jack Lee, baritone, UK
Geonho Lee, baritone, South Korea
Cleo Lee-McGowan, soprano, Australia
Gabriela Legun, soprano, Poland
Brittany Olivia Logan, soprano, USA
Dean Murphy, baritone, USA
Otabek Nazirov, tenor, Uzbekistan
Iosif Nikitsenka, tenor, Belarus
Kathleen O’Mara, soprano, USA
Teresa Perrotta, soprano, USA
Sun-Ly Pierce, mezzo-soprano, USA
Darwin Prakash, baritone, India
Meridian Prall, mezzo-soprano, USA
Angel Romero, tenor, USA
Polina Shabunina, soprano, Russia
Jaeeun Shin, soprano, South Korea
Vladyslav Tlushch, baritone, Ukraine
Rebecka Wallroth, mezzo-soprano, Sweden
Nikolai Zemlianskikh, baritone, Russia
So what? Is this good or bad? Or just maybe an evidence that some competitions are still merit-based?
Take note
The last russian on the list, Nikolai Zemlianskikh is already on the roster of Ariosi Management (Domingo’s Agency)
I guess the winners have already
been decided on
Interesting also is that Mr Netrebko also joined this shady little agency
So what?
Is that a problem?
Dear Mr. Lebrecht ,
Can you please explain the choice of your title ? Why not say , for example : Domingo picks 9 americans ?
There is no sanction against Americans
99% of Russians aren’t sanctioned either.
Yes, there is. But not where you are.
So what? And seven from America where singers are now two a penny because of the fine teaching going on. Let the best singer – on that day – win purely on all round merit not mindless politics or just a voice. Being Irish, should I be made responsible so pay the price for the atrocities of and slaughtering that went on in Northern Ireland and beyond, and the bigatory? Not all Irish belong to the IRA but try to live out their Christian faith.
Very few Europeans…not one singer from Spain, Germany or France and just one Italian – the homebase countries of so many operas… kind of sad…
99.9% young opera singers today sound alike because they all go to the same ‘international’ school of singing. Play me old opera recordings from before 1950 and I can tell you their nationalities and even their names!
Then go listen to your dusty old recordings, old fart
FYI i’m under-40 and have a healthy respect for opera’s Grand Old Traditions.
Now go study John Steane’s books on opera and singing.
Well said.