Operalia

Operalia
Operalia Foundation, Inc.
Nickname	Operalia
Established	1993; 31 years ago
Founder	Plácido Domingo
Founded at	Calabasas, California
Type	Nonprofit organization
Registration no.	95-4857653
Legal status	Foundation
Board of directors	Plácido Domingo; (Chairman); Don E. Franzen; (Secretary); Alvaro Domingo; Treasurer;
Key people	Mihela Douet; (Office Manager); Dominic Domingo; (Program Assistant);
Revenue (2018)	$ 1.900.749
Expenses (2018)	$ 933.114
Website	operaliacompetition.org
	^ son of Plácido Domingo ; ^ grandson of Plácido Domingo ;

Plácido Domingo's Operalia, The World Opera Competition is an annual international competition for opera singers, founded by Plácido Domingo in 1993.^[2]

Overview

The competition's parent organization, Operalia Foundation, is a nonprofit organization based in Beverly Hills, California,^[1] with postal address in New York City's Upper West Side.^[3] The competition itself takes place in different cities each year. Cities which have hosted the competition include Paris at both the Palais Garnier and Théâtre du Châtelet, Mexico City in one of the Televisa Recording Studios, Madrid at the Teatro de la Zarzuela, Bordeaux at the Grand Théâtre, Tokyo at the Kan'i Hoken Hall [ja], Hamburg at the Laeiszhalle, Puerto Rico at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles at both UCLA's Royce Hall and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Washington, D.C. at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium, Austria, Germany and Switzerland, Madrid at the Teatro Real, Valencia at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Québec at the Palais Montcalm [fr] and Grand Théâtre de Québec, Astana at Astana Opera, Lisbon at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos^[4] and Prague at the National Theatre.

Rules

The competition is open to singers of all voice types between the ages of 18 and 32 who are already performing professionally. Applicants are required to submit two recent video recordings of them singing with piano or live orchestra. Based on these submissions, 40 singers get selected for the competition.^[5] According to Operalia, the organization receives 800 to 1.000 submissions each year, other sources speak of "hundreds" of applications.^[6]

The jury is presided over by Domingo, although he himself does not judge the competition.^[6] Among jury members are Domingo's wife Marta Domingo, singers, opera directors, casting directors, artistic directors and consultants of renowned opera houses.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Competitors must prepare four arias. Two additional zarzuela arias are required for the optional zarzuela competition. In the first round each of the 40 singers gets to choose one aria they want to sing, the jury selects a second aria and the zarzuela aria from the contestant's list. Twenty singers are eliminated in the first round. The second round involves the performance of one aria chosen by the jury, after which ten singers proceed to the final round. For the final round, singers choose one aria and one zarzuela from their list.^[5]

While the jury deliberates the numerous winners, the audience votes for their favorite female and male singers.^[6] The final round is performed with orchestra, quarter and semi finals are with piano accompaniment.

Prizes

In the general competition 1st prize, 2nd prize, and 3rd prize are awarded. Winners of the zarzuela competition receive the Plácido Domingo Ferrer Prize or Pepita Embil Prize, named after Domingo's parents.^[6] The audience prize is a wristwatch by the competition's main sponsor.^[6] The San Juan, Puerto Rico based nonprofit organization^[10] CulturArte de Puerto Rico is sponsoring the CulturArte Prize. Performers of German repertoire by Richard Strauss or Richard Wagner can receive the Birgit Nilsson Prize.^[6] Prizes can be shared, in the past by up to 4 singers for one prize.^[11] It is also possible for a singer to receive several awards.^[11] Up to 17 prizes have been awarded in a single year.^[11] Since 2017, finalists who didn't win a prize receive an Encouragement Award.^[6]

Chances of winning

In the 27 competitions from 1993 to 2019, 219 singers received prizes. 151 received one prize, 52 two, 15 three, and one singer received four prizes at the Lisbon competition in 2018. The most prizes had been awarded at the competition in 2009, with 17 prizes for 10 singers. Without counting the Encouragement Award, one out of five singers received a prize.^[11]

List of winners

Year, place	Prize(s)^[11]	Name	Voice type	Country
2023, Cape Town	1st Prize	Julie Roset	soprano	France
	1st Prize	Stephano Park	bass	South Korea
	2nd Prize	Eugénie Joneau	mezzo-soprano	France
	2nd Prize	Luke Sutliff	baritone	United States
	3rd Prize	Elena Villalón	soprano	United States
	3rd Prize	Navasard Hakobyan	baritone	Armenia
	Zarzuela Prize	Eugénie Joneau	mezzo-soprano	France
	Zarzuela Prize	Navasard Hakobyan	baritone	Armenia
	CulturArte Prize	Nombulelo Yende	soprano	South Africa
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Eugénie Joneau	mezzo-soprano	France
	Audience Prize	Elena Villalón	soprano	United States
	Audience Prize	Taehan Kim	baritone	South Korea
2022, Riga	1st Prize	Juliana Grigoryan	soprano	Armenia
	1st Prize	Anthony León	tenor	United States
	2nd Prize	Serena Sáenz [ca]	soprano	Spain
		Duke Kim	tenor	United States
		Nils Wanderer	countertenor	Germany
	3rd Prize	Maire Therese Carmack	mezzo-soprano	United States
		Youngjun Park	baritone	South Korea
		Jongwon Han	bass-baritone	South Korea
	Zarzuela Prize	Serena Sáenz	soprano	Spain
	Zarzuela Prize	Anthony León	tenor	United States
	CulturArte Prize	Anthony Ciaramitaro	tenor	United States
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Serena Sáenz	soprano	Spain
	Audience Prize	Juliana Grigoryan	soprano	Armenia
	Audience Prize	Youngjun Park	baritone	South Korea
2021, Moscow	1st Prize	Victoria Karkacheva	mezzo-soprano	Russia
	1st Prize	Iván Ayón-Rivas	tenor	Peru
	2nd Prize	Mané Galoyan	soprano	Armenia
		Bekhzod Davronov	tenor	Uzbekistan
		Jonah Hoskins	tenor	United States
	3rd Prize	Emily Pogorelc	soprano	United States
		Dmitry Cheblykov	baritone	Russia
		Jusung Gabriel Park	bass-baritone	South Korea
	Zarzuela Prize	Mané Galoyan	soprano	Armenia
	Zarzuela Prize	Iván Ayón-Rivas	tenor	Peru
	CulturArte Prize	Ekaterina Sannikova	soprano	Russia
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Victoria Karkacheva	mezzo-soprano	Russia
	Audience Prize	Mané Galoyan	soprano	Armenia
	Audience Prize	Iván Ayón-Rivas	tenor	Peru
2019, Prague	1st Prize	Adriana González	soprano	Guatemala
	1st Prize	Xabier Anduaga	tenor	Spain
	2nd Prize	Maria Kataeva	mezzo-soprano	Russia
	2nd Prize	Gihoon Kim	baritone	South Korea
	3rd Prize	Christina Nilsson	soprano	Sweden
	3rd Prize	Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen	countertenor	United States / Germany
	Zarzuela Prize	Adriana Gonzalez	soprano	Guatemala
	Zarzuela Prize	Xabier Anduaga	tenor	Spain
	CulturArte Prize	Anna Shapovalova	soprano	Russia
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Felicia Moore	soprano	United States
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Christina Nilsson	soprano	Sweden
	Audience Prize	Maria Kataeva	mezzo-soprano	Russia
	Audience Prize	Gihoon Kim	baritone	South Korea
2018, Lisbon	1st Prize	Emily D'Angelo	mezzo-soprano	Canada / Italy
	1st Prize	Pavel Petrov	tenor	Belarus
	2nd Prize	Migran Agadzhanyan	tenor	Russia
	2nd Prize	Samantha Hankey	mezzo-soprano	United States
	3rd Prize	Arseny Yakovlev	tenor	Russia
	3rd Prize	Rihab Chaieb	mezzo-soprano	Canada
	Zarzuela Prize	Emily D'Angelo	mezzo-soprano	Canada / Italy
		Pavel Petrov	tenor	Belarus
		Luis Gomes	tenor	Portugal
	CulturArte Prize	Josy Santos	mezzo-soprano	Brazil
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Emily D'Angelo	mezzo-soprano	Canada / Italy
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Samantha Hankey	mezzo-soprano	United States
	Audience Prize	Luis Gomes	tenor	Portugal
	Audience Prize	Emily D'Angelo	mezzo-soprano	Canada / Italy
2017, Astana^[8]	1st Prize	Levy Sekgapane	tenor	South Africa
	1st Prize	Adela Zaharia	soprano	Romania
	2nd Prize	Kristina Mkhitaryan [ru]	soprano	Russia
	2nd Prize	Davide Giusti	tenor	Italy
	3rd Prize	Maria Mudryak	soprano	Kazakhstan
	3rd Prize	Leon Kim	baritone	South Korea
	Zarzuela Prize	Marco Ciaponi	tenor	Italy
	Zarzuela Prize	Adela Zaharia	soprano	Romania
	CulturArte Prize	Sooyeon Lee	soprano	South Korea
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Oksana Sekerina [de]	soprano	Russia
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Boris Prýgl	bass-baritone	Czech Republic
	Audience Prize	Maria Mudryak	soprano	Kazakhstan
	Audience Prize	Leon Kim	baritone	South Korea
2016, Guadalajara	1st Prize	Elsa Dreisig	soprano	France
	1st Prize	Konu Kim	tenor	South Korea
	2nd Prize	Bogdan Volkov	tenor	Russia
	2nd Prize	Marina Costa-Jackson	soprano	United States/Italy
	3rd Prize	Olga Kulchynska	soprano	Ukraine
	3rd Prize	Rame Lahaj	tenor	Kosovo
	Zarzuela Prize	Marina Costa-Jackson	soprano	United States/Italy
		Juan Carlos Heredia	baritone	Mexico
		Nicholas Brownlee	bass-baritone	United States
	CulturArte Prize	Elena Stikhina	soprano	Russia
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Brenton Ryan	tenor	United States
	Audience Prize	Elena Stikhina	soprano	Russia
	Audience Prize	Konu Kim	tenor	South Korea
2015, London^[12]	1st Prize	Lise Davidsen	soprano	Norway
	1st Prize	Ioan Hotea [ro]	tenor	Romania
	2nd Prize	Darren Pene Pati	tenor	New Zealand
	2nd Prize	Hera Hyesang Park	soprano	South Korea
	3rd Prize	Edward Parks	baritone	United States
	3rd Prize	Noluvuyiso Mpofu	soprano	South Africa
	Zarzuela Prize	Hera Hyesang Park	soprano	South Korea
	Zarzuela Prize	Ioan Hotea	tenor	Romania
	CulturArte Prize	Kiandra Howarth	soprano	Australia
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Lise Davidsen	soprano	Norway
	Audience Prize	Lise Davidsen	soprano	Norway
	Audience Prize	Darren Pene Pati	tenor	New Zealand
2014, Los Angeles	1st Prize	Rachel Willis-Sørensen	soprano	United States
	1st Prize	Mario Chang	tenor	Guatemala
	2nd Prize	Amanda Woodbury	soprano	United States
	2nd Prize	Joshua Guerrero	tenor	United States/Mexico
	3rd Prize	Andrey Nemzer	countertenor	Russia
		Mariangela Sicilia	soprano	Italy
		John Holiday	countertenor	United States
		Anaïs Constans	soprano	France
	Zarzuela Prize	Rachel Willis-Sørensen	soprano	United States
	Zarzuela Prize	Mario Chang	tenor	Guatemala
	CulturArte Prize	Joshua Guerrero	tenor	United States/Mexico
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Rachel Willis-Sørensen	soprano	United States
	Audience Prize	Amanda Woodbury	soprano	United States
	Audience Prize	Mario Chang	tenor	Guatemala
2013, Verona	1st Prize	Ao Li	bass-baritone	China
	1st Prize	Aida Garifullina	soprano	Russia
	2nd Prize	Julie Fuchs	soprano	France
	2nd Prize	Simone Piazzola [de]	baritone	Italy
	3rd Prize	Kathryn Lewek	soprano	United States
	3rd Prize	Zach Borichevsky	tenor	United States
	Zarzuela Prize	Hae Ji Chang	soprano	South Korea
	Zarzuela Prize	Benjamin Bliss	tenor	United States
	CulturArte Prize	Vladimir Dmitruk [de]	tenor	Belarus
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Claudia Huckle	contralto	United Kingdom
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Tracy Cox	soprano	United States
	Audience Price	Simone Piazzola	baritone	Italy
	Audience Price	Kathryn Lewek	soprano	United States
2012, Beijing	1st Prize	Anthony Roth Costanzo	countertenor	United States
		Enkhbatyn Amartüvshin	baritone	Mongolia
		Janai Brugger	soprano	United States
	2nd Prize	Guanqun Yu	soprano	United States
		Brian Jagde	tenor	United States
		Yunpeng Wang	baritone	China
	3rd Prize	Nadezhda Karyazina	mezzo-soprano	Russia
	3rd Prize	Roman Burdenko	baritone	Russia
	Zarzuela Prize	Janai Brugger	soprano	United States
	Zarzuela Prize	Yunpeng Wang	baritone	China
	CulturArte Prize	Antonio Poli	tenor	Italy
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Brian Jagde	tenor	United States
	Audience Prize	Janai Brugger	soprano	United States
	Audience Prize	Yunpeng Wang	baritone	China
2011, Moscow	1st Prize	Pretty Yende	soprano	South Africa
	1st Prize	René Barbera	tenor	United States
	2nd Prize	Olga Busuioc	soprano	Moldova
	2nd Prize	Konstantin Shushakov	baritone	Russia
	3rd Prize	Olga Pudova	soprano	Russia
	3rd Prize	Jaesig Lee	tenor	South Korea
	Zarzuela Prize	Pretty Yende	soprano	South Africa
		Olga Busuioc	soprano	Moldova
		René Barbera	tenor	United States
	CulturArte Prize	Javier Arrey	baritone	Chile
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Jongmin Park	bass	South Korea
	Audience Prize	Pretty Yende	soprano	South Africa
	Audience Prize	René Barbera	tenor	United States
2010, Milan	1st Prize	Sonya Yoncheva	soprano	Bulgaria
	1st Prize	Ștefan Pop	tenor	Romania
	2nd Prize	Rosa Feola	soprano	Italy
		Giordano Lucà	tenor	Italy
		Ievgen Orlov	bass	Ukraine
	3rd Prize	Dinara Aliyeva	soprano	Azerbaijan
	3rd Prize	Chae Jun Lim	bass	South Korea
	Zarzuela Prize	Nathaniel Peake	tenor	United States
	Zarzuela Prize	Rosa Feola	soprano	Italy
	CulturArte Prize	Sonya Yoncheva	soprano	Bulgaria
	Birgit Nilsson Prize	Ryan McKinny	bass-baritone	United States
	Audience Prize	Rosa Feola	soprano	Italy
	Audience Prize	Ștefan Pop	tenor	Romania
2009, Pécs/Budapest	1st Prize	Julia Novikova	soprano	Russia
	1st Prize	Alexey Kudrya	tenor	Russia
	2nd Prize	Angel Blue	soprano	United States
		Jordan Bisch	bass	United States
		Dimitrios Flemotomos	tenor	Greece
	3rd Prize	Kostas Smoriginas	bass-baritone	Lithuania
		Auxiliadora Toledano [es; ca]	soprano	Spain
		Anita Watson	soprano	Australia
		Wenwei Zhang	bass	China
	Zarzuela Prize	Angel Blue	soprano	United States
	Zarzuela Prize	Dimitrios Flemotomos	tenor	Greece
	CulturArte Prize	Arnold Rutkowski	tenor	Poland
	Audience Prize	Dimitrios Flemotomos	tenor	Greece
	Audience Prize	Julia Novikova	soprano	Russia
	Special Prize	Alexey Kudrya	tenor	Russia
		Kostas Smoriginas	bass-baritone	Lithuania
		Auxiliadora Toledano	soprano	Spain
2008, Quebec City	1st Prize	María Alejandres Katzarava	soprano	Mexico
	1st Prize	Joel Prieto [de; fr]	tenor	Spain / Puerto Rico
	2nd Prize	Thiago Arancam	tenor	Brazil
	2nd Prize	Oksana Kramaryeva	soprano	Ukraine
	3rd Prize	Elena Xanthoudakis	soprano	Greece/Australia
	3rd Prize	Károly Szemerédy [hu]	baritone	Hungary
	Zarzuela Prize	Ketevan Kemoklidze	mezzo-soprano	Georgia
		María Alejandres Katzarava	soprano	Mexico
		Joel Prieto	tenor	Spain / Puerto Rico
		Thiago Arancam	tenor	Brazil
	CulturArte Prize	Joel Prieto	tenor	Spain / Puerto Rico
	Audience Prize	Thiago Arancam	tenor	Brazil
	Audience Prize	Oksana Kramaryeva	soprano	Ukraine
2007, Paris	1st Prize	Ekaterina Lekhina [ru]	soprano	Russia
	1st Prize	Tae Joong Yang	baritone	South Korea
	2nd Prize	Olga Peretyatko	soprano	Russia
		David Bižić	baritone	Serbia
		Dmytro Popov	tenor	Ukraine
	3rd Prize	Marco Caria	baritone	Italy
	3rd Prize	Lisette Oropesa	soprano	United States
	Zarzuela Prize	Rachele Gilmore	soprano	United States
		Carine Sechehaye	mezzo-soprano	Switzerland
		Aurelio Gabaldon	tenor	Spain
		Lisette Oropesa	soprano	United States
	CulturArte Prize	Carmen Solis Gonzalez	soprano	Spain
	Audience Prize	Marco Caria	baritone	Italy
	Orchestra Prize	Dmytro Popov	tenor	Ukraine
2006, Valencia	1st Prize	Maija Kovaļevska	soprano	Latvia
	1st Prize	David Lomeli	tenor	Mexico
	2nd Prize	Ailyn Pérez	soprano	United States
	2nd Prize	Sébastien Guèze	tenor	France
	3rd Prize	Maria Teresa Alberola Banuls	soprano	Spain
	3rd Prize	Trevor Scheunemann	baritone	United States
	Zarzuela Prize	David Lomeli	tenor	Mexico
	Zarzuela Prize	Maria Teresa Alberola Banuls	soprano	Spain
	CulturArte Prize	Karen Vuong	soprano	United States
	Audience Prize	Sébastien Guèze	tenor	France
	Audience Prize	Maria Teresa Alberola Banuls	soprano	Spain
2005, Madrid	1st Prize	Susanna Phillips	soprano	United States
	1st Prize	Vasily Ladyuk [ru]	baritone	Russia
	2nd Prize	Joseph Kaiser	tenor	Canada
	2nd Prize	Diógenes Randes	bass	Brazil
	3rd Prize	David Menendez Diaz	baritone	Spain
	3rd Prize	Joshua Langston Hopkins	baritone	Canada
	Zarzuela Prize	Arturo Chacón Cruz	tenor	Mexico
	Zarzuela Prize	Kinga Dobay [de]	mezzo-soprano	Germany
	CulturArte Prize	Arturo Chacón Cruz	tenor	Mexico
	Audience Prize	Susanna Phillips	soprano	United States
2004, Los Angeles	1st Prize	Woo Kyung Kim	tenor	South Korea
	2nd Prize	Nataliya Kovalova	soprano	Ukraine
	3rd Prize	Dmitry Voropaev	tenor	Russia
	4th Prize	Mikhail Petrenko	bass	Russia
		Maria Jooste	soprano	South Africa
		Vitaly Bilyy	baritone	Ukraine
		Dmitry Korchak	tenor	Russia
	Zarzuela Prize	Dmitry Korchak	tenor	Russia
	Zarzuela Prize	In-Sung Sim	baritone	South Korea
	CulturArte Prize	Irina Lungu	soprano	Russia
	Audience Prize	Nataliya Kovalova	soprano	Ukraine
2003, Bodensee (St. Gallen, Bregenz, Friedrichshafen, Mainau)^[13]	1st Prize	Adriana Damato [it]	soprano	Italy
	2nd Prize	Jozef Gjipali (Giuseppe Gipali)	tenor	Albania
	3rd Prize	Israel Lozano [es; ca]	tenor	Spain
	3rd Prize	Jesus Garcia	tenor	United States
	Zarzuela Prize	Sabina Puértolas	soprano	Spain
		Jennifer Check	soprano	United States
		Mario Cassi	baritone	Italy
		Israel Lozano	tenor	Spain
	Audience Prize	Israel Lozano	tenor	Spain
2002, Paris	1st Prize	Carmen Giannattasio	soprano	Italy
	1st Prize	Elena Manistina	mezzo-soprano	Russia
	2nd Prize	Stéphane Degout	baritone	France
	2nd Prize	John Matz	tenor	United States
	3rd Prize	Maria Fontosh	soprano	Russia
	Zarzuela Prize	Anna Kiknadze	mezzo-soprano	Georgia
		Jae Hyoung Kim	tenor	South Korea
		John Matz	tenor	United States
	CulturArte Prize	Kate Aldrich	mezzo-soprano	United States
	Audience Prize	Carmen Giannattasio	soprano	Italy
2001, Washington, D.C.	1st Prize	Guang Yang	mezzo-soprano	China
	2nd Prize	Alessandra Rezza	soprano	Italy
	2nd Prize	Hyoung-Kyoo Kang	baritone	South Korea
	3rd Prize	Maya Dashuk	soprano	Russia
	Zarzuela Prize	Valeriano Lanchas [es]	bass	Colombia
		Jossie Perez	mezzo-soprano	United States
		Antonio Gandia	tenor	Spain
		Eugenia Garza	soprano	Mexico
	CulturArte Prize	Lasha Nikabadze	tenor	Georgia
	Audience Prize	Elisaveta Martirosyan	soprano	Georgia
2000, Los Angeles	1st Prize	Isabel Bayrakdarian	soprano	Canada
	2nd Prize	He Hui	soprano	China
	2nd Prize	Daniil Shtoda	tenor	Russia
	3rd Prize	Robert Pomakov	bass	Canada
	3rd Prize	Konstyantyn Andreyev	tenor	Ukraine
	Zarzuela Prize	Arnold Kocharyan	baritone	Armenia
		Isabel Bayrakdarian	soprano	Canada
		Andrei Breous	baritone	Russia
		Virginia Tola	soprano	Argentina
		Konstyantyn Andreyev	tenor	Ukraine
	Audience Prize	Virginia Tola	soprano	Argentina
	Special prize	Virginia Tola	soprano	Argentina
1999, San Juan	1st Prize	Orlin Anastassov	bass	Bulgaria
	2nd Prize	Rolando Villazón	tenor	Mexico
	2nd Prize	Giuseppe Filianoti	tenor	Italy
	3rd Prize	Yali-Marie Williams	soprano	Puerto Rico
	Zarzuela Prize	Mariola Cantarero [es]	soprano	Spain
	Zarzuela Prize	Rolando Villazón	tenor	Mexico
	CulturArte Prize	Vitalij Kowaljow	bass	Ukraine
	CulturArte Prize	Joseph Calleja	tenor	Malta
	Audience Prize	Rolando Villazón	tenor	Mexico
1998, Hamburg	1st Prize	Erwin Schrott	bass	Uruguay
	2nd Prize	Ludovic Tézier	baritone	France
	2nd Prize	Joyce DiDonato	mezzo-soprano	United States
	3rd Prize	Maki Mori	soprano	Japan
	Zarzuela Prize	Andión Fernández	soprano	Philippines
	Zarzuela Prize	Carlos Cosías	tenor	Spain
	CulturArte Prize	Bae Jae-chul [ko]	tenor	South Korea
	Audience Prize	Erwin Schrott	bass	Uruguay
1997, Tokyo	1st Prize	Chang Yong Liao	baritone	China
	1st Prize	Carla Maria Izzo [it]	soprano	Italy
	2nd Prize	Jung-Hack Seo	baritone	South Korea
	2nd Prize	Aquiles Machado [es]	tenor	Venezuela
	3rd Prize	Xiu Wei Sun	soprano	China
	Zarzuela Prize	Angel Rodriguez Rivero	tenor	Spain
	Zarzuela Prize	Aquiles Machado	tenor	Venezuela
	Audience Prize	Carla Maria Izzo	baritone	Italy
1996, Bordeaux	1st Prize	John Osborn	tenor	United States
	1st Prize	Lynette Tapia	soprano	United States
	2nd Prize	Phyllis Pancella	mezzo-soprano	United States
	2nd Prize	Eric Owens	bass	United States
	3rd Prize	Vittorio Vitelli	baritone	Italy
	3rd Prize	Carlos Moreno	tenor	Spain
	Zarzuela Prize	Nancy Fabiola Herrera	mezzo-soprano	Spain
	Zarzuela Prize	Oziel Garza-Ornelas	baritone	Mexico
	Audience Prize	Lynette Tapia	soprano	United States
1995, Madrid	1st Prize	Miguel Angel Zapatero	bass	Spain
	1st Prize	Sung Eun Kim	soprano	South Korea
	2nd Prize	Elizabeth Futral	soprano	United States
	2nd Prize	Dīmītra Theodosiou [it; uk]	soprano	Greece
	3rd Prize	Carmen Oprisanu	mezzo-soprano	Romania
	Zarzuela Prize	Ana María Martínez	soprano	Puerto Rico
	Zarzuela Prize	Rafael Rojas	tenor	Mexico
	Audience Prize	Dimitra Theodossiou [it]	soprano	Greece
1994, Mexico City	Winner	Brian Asawa	countertenor	United States
		José Cura	tenor	Argentina
		Bruce Fowler	tenor	United States
		Simone Alberghini	bass	Italy
		María Cecilia Díaz [es; ast]	mezzo-soprano	Argentina
		Masako Teshima	mezzo-soprano	Japan
		Oxana Arkaeva [de]	soprano	Ukraine
	Audience Prize	José Cura	tenor	Argentina
1993, Paris	Winner	Ainhoa Arteta	soprano	Span
		Inva Mula	soprano	Albania
		Nina Stemme	mezzo-soprano	Sweden
		Kwangchul Youn	bass	South Korea
	Audience Prize	Ainhoa Arteta	soprano	Spain

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[fn2-3] randson of Plácido Domingo

[Tax_2018-1] "Operalia Foundation Tax Year Form 2018" (PDF). irs.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[DT1-4] Christiansen, Rupert (19 July 2015). "Operalia, Royal Opera House, review: 'an unfair test'". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[5] "Operalia | Contact Us". operaliacompetition.org. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[6] "Operalia". Operalia. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[Guidelines-7] "Operalia | Guidelines". operaliacompetition.org. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[Astana-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Plácido Domingo announced the winners of the 25th edition of Operalia at the Astana Opera in Astana, Kazakhstan". astanaopera.kz. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[9] "Placido Domingo – Operalia 18–24 July 2011". Una Voce Poco Fa. 2 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[Kazakhstan_2017-10] Wright, Katy (1 August 2017). "Operalia 2017 winners announced". rhinegold.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[jury_2019-11] "Operalia 2019 ~ jury". domingomozartprague.cz. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[12] "CulturArte de Puerto Rico Tax Year Form 2018" (PDF). irs.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[past_winners-13] "Winners". Operalia. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

[ON1-14] "Norwegian Soprano Lise Davidsen and Romanian tenor Ioan Hotea Win Top Prizes in Plácido Domingo's Operalia Competition in London". Opera News. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2023.

[15] Van Gelder, Lawrence (14 July 2003). "Arts Briefing – Domingo's voice competition". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 February 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

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