Plácido Domingo
The World Opera Competition
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NAME
VOICE
COUNTRY
PRIZE
CITY
YEAR
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A
Simone ALBERGHINI
bass
Italy
Winner
Mexico
1994
Maria Teresa ALBEROLA BANULS
soprano
Spain
3rd - Zarzuela - Audience
Valencia
2006
Kate ALDRICH
mezzo-soprano
USA
CulturArte - Puerto Rico
Paris
2002
Orlin ANASTASSOV
bass
Bulgaria
1st
Puerto Rico
1999
Konstyantyn ANDREYEV
tenor
Ukraine
3rd - Zarzuela
Los Angeles
2000
Thiago ARANCAM
tenor
Brazil
2nd - Zarzuela - Audience
Québec
2008
Oxana ARKAEVA
soprano
Ukraine
Winner
Mexico
1994
Ainhoa ARTETA
soprano
Spain
Winner - Audience
Paris
1993
Brian ASAWA
countertenor
USA
Winner
Mexico
1994
 
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B
Jae Chul BAE
tenor
South Korea
CulturArte *
Hamburg
1998
Isabel BAYRAKDARIAN
soprano
Canada
1st - Zarzuela
Los Angeles
2000
Vitaly BILYY
baritone
Ukraine
4th
Los Angeles
2004
Jordan BISCH
bass
USA
2nd
Budapest
2009
David BIZIC
bass-baritone
Israel
2nd
Paris
2007
Angel BLUE  
soprano
USA
2nd - Zarzuela
Budapest
2009
Andrei BREOUS
baritone
Russie
Zarzuela
Los Angeles
2000
 
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C
Joseph CALLEJA
tenor
Malta
CulturArte *
Puerto Rico
1999
Mariola CANTARERO
soprano
Spain
Zarzuela
Puerto Rico
1999
Marco CARIA
baritone
Italy
2nd - Audience
Paris
2007
Mario CASSI
baritone
Italy
Zarzuela
Bodensee
2003
Arturo CHACON CRUZ
tenor
Mexico
Zarzuela - CulturArte *
Madrid
2005
Jennifer CHECK
soprano
USA
Zarzuela
Bodensee
2003
Carlos COSIAS
tenor
Spain
Zarzuela
Hamburg
1998
Jose CURA
tenor
Argentina
Winner - Audience
Mexico
1994
 
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D
Adriana DAMATO
soprano
Italy
1st
Bodensee
2003
Maya DASHUK
soprano
Russia
3rd
Washington
2001
Stéphane DEGOUT
baryton
France
2nd
Paris
2002
Maria Cecilia DIAZ
mezzo-soprano
Argentina
Winner
Mexico
1994
Joyce DI DONATO
mezzo-soprano
USA
2nd
Hambourg
1998
Kinga DOBAY
mezzo-soprano
Germany
Zarzuela
Madrid
2005
 
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F
Andion FERNANDEZ
soprano
Spain
Zarzuela
Hamburg
1998
Giuseppe FILIANOTI
tenor
Italy
2nd
Puerto Rico
1999
Dimitrios FLEMOTOMOS  
tenor
Greece
2nd - Zarzuela - Audience
Budapest
2009
Maria FONTOSH
soprano
Russia
3rd
Paris
2002
Bruce FOWLER
tenor
USA
Winner
Mexico
1994
Elizabeth FUTRAL
soprano
USA
2nd
Madrid
1995
 
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G
Aurelio GABALDON
tenor
Spain
Zarzuela
Paris
2007
Antonio GANDIA
tenor
Spain
Zarzuela
Washington
2001
Jesus GARCIA
tenor
USA
3rd
Bodensee
2003
Eugenia GARZA
soprano
Mexico
Zarzuela
Washington
2001
Oziel GARZA-ORNELAS
baritone
Mexico
Zarzuela
Bordeaux
1996
Carmen GIANNATTASIO
soprano
Italy
1st
Paris
2002
Rachele GILMORE
soprano
USA
Zarzuela
Paris
2007
Giuseppe GIPALI
tenor
Albania
2nd
Bodensee
2003
Sébastien GUEZE
tenor
France
2nd - Audience
Valencia
2006
 
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H
Nancy HERRERA
mezzo-soprano
Spain
Zarzuela
Bordeaux
1996
He HUI
soprano
China
2nd
Los Angeles
2000
 
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Carla Maria IZZO
soprano
Italy
1st - Audience
Tokyo
1997
 
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J
Maria JOOSTE
soprano
South Africa
4th
Los Angeles
2004
 
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K
Joseph KAISER
tenor
Canada
2nd
Madrid
2005
Hyoung-Kyoo KANG
baritone
South Korea
2nd
Washington
2001
María KATZARAVA  
soprano
Mexico
1st - Zarzuela
Québec
2008
Ketevan KEMOKLIDZE  
mezzo-soprano
Georgia
Zarzuela
Québec
2008
Jae Hyoung KIM
tenor
South Korea
Zarzuela
Paris
2002
Sung Eun KIM
soprano
South Korea
1st
Madrid
1995
Woo Kyung KIM
tenor
South Korea
1st
Los Angeles
2004
Anna KIKNADZE
mezzo-soprano
Georgia
Zarzuela
Paris
2002
Arnold KOCHARYAN
baritone
Armenia
Zarzuela
Los Angeles
2000
Dmitry KORCHAK
tenor
Russia
4th - Zarzuela
Los Angeles
2004
Maija KOVALEVSKA
soprano
Latvia
1st
Valencia
2006
Nataliya KOVALOVA
soprano
Ukraine
2nd - Audience
Los Angeles
2004
Vitalij KOWALJOW
bass
Ukraine
CulturArte *
Puerto Rico
1999
Oksana KRAMARYEVA  
soprano
Ukrania
2nd - Audience
Québec
2008
Alexey KUDRYA  
tenor
Russia
1st - Special Prize***
Budapest
2009
 
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L
Vasily LADYUK
baritone
Russia
1st
Madrid
2005
Valeriano LANCHAS
bass
Colombia
Zarzuela
Washington
2001
Joshua LANGSTON HOPKINS
baritone
Canada
3rd
Madrid
2005
Ekaterina LEKHINA
soprano
Russia
1st
Paris
2007
Chang Yong LIAO
baritone
China
1st
Tokyo
1997
David LOMELI
tenor
USA
1st - Zarzuela
Valencia
2006
Israel LOZANO
tenor
Spain
3rd - Zarzuela - Audience
Bodensee
2003
Irina LUNGU
soprano
Russia
CulturArte
Los Angeles
2004
 
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M
Aquiles MACHADO
tenor
Venezuela
2nd - Zarzuela
Tokyo
1997
Elena MANISTINA
mezzo-soprano
Russia
1st
Paris
2002
Ana Maria MARTINEZ
soprano
USA
Zarzuela
Madrid
1995
Elisaveta MARTIROSYAN
soprano
Georgia
Audience
Washington
2001
John MATZ
tenor
USA
2nd - Zarzuela
Paris
2002
David MENENDEZ DIAZ
baritone
Spain
3rd
Madrid
2005
Carlos MORENO
tenor
Spain
3rd
Bordeaux
1996
Maki MORI
soprano
Japan
3rd
Hamburg
1998
Inva MULA
soprano
Albania
Winner
Paris
1993
 
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N
Lasha NIKABADZE
tenor
Georgia
CulturArte *
Washington
2001
  Julia NOVIKOVA
soprano
Russia
1st - Audience
Budapest
2009
 
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O
Carmen OPRISANU
mezzo-soprano
Rumania
3rd
Madrid
1995
Lisette OROPESA
soprano
USA
3rd - Zarzuela
Paris
2007
John OSBORN
tenor
USA
1st
Bordeaux
1996
Eric OWENS
bass
USA
2nd
Bordeaux
1996
 
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P
Phyllis PANCELLA
mezzo-soprano
USA
2nd
Bordeaux
1996
Olga PERETYATKO
soprano
Russia
2nd
Paris
2007
Ailyn PEREZ
soprano
USA
2nd
Valencia
2006
Jossie PEREZ
mezzo-soprano
USA
Zarzuela
Washington
2001
Mikhail PETRENKO
bass
Russia
4th
Los Angeles
2004
Susanna PHILLIPS
soprano
USA
1st - Audience
Madrid
2005
Robert POMAKOV
bass
Canada
3rd
Los Angeles
2000
Dmytro POPOV
tenor
Ukraine
2nd
Paris
2007
Joel PRIETO
tenor
Spain / Puerto Rico
1st - Zarzuela - CulturArte *
Québec
2008
Sabina PUERTOLAS
soprano
Spain
Zarzuela
Bodensee
2003
 
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R
Diogenes RANDES
bass
Bresil
2nd
Madrid
2005
Alessandra REZZA
soprano
Italy
2nd
Washington
2001
Angel RODRIGUEZ RIVERO
tenor
Spain
Zarzuela
Tokyo
1997
Rafael ROJAS
tenor
Mexico
Zarzuela
Madrid
1995
Rafael RUTKOWSKI  
tenor
Poland
CulturArte*
Budapest
2009
 
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S
Trevor SCHEUNEMANN
baritone
USA
3rd
Valencia
2006
Erwin SCHROTT
bass
Uruguay
1st - Audience
Hambourg
1998
Carine SECHAYE
mezzo-soprano
Switzerland
Zarzuela
Paris
2007
Jung Hack SEO
baritone
South Korea
2nd
Tokyo
1997
In-Sung SIM
baritone
South Korea
Zarzuela
Los Angeles
2004
Daniil SHTODA
tenor
Russia
2nd
Los Angeles
2000
Kostas SMORIGINAS
bass-baritone
Lithuania
3rd - Special prize****
Budapest
2009
Carmen SOLIS GONZALEZ
soprano
Spain
CulturArte*
Paris
2007
Nina STEMME
mezzo-soprano
Sweden
Winner
Paris
1993
Xiu Wei SUN
soprano
China
3rd
Tokyo
1997
Karoly SZEMEREDY
baritone
Hungary
3rd
Québec
2008
 
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T
Lynette TAPIA
soprano
USA
1st - Audience
Bordeaux
1996
Masako TESHIMA
mezzo-soprano
Japan
Winner
Mexico
1994
Ludovic TEZIER
baritone
France
2nd
Hamburg
1998
Dimitra THEODOSSIOU
soprano
Greece
2nd - Audience
Madrid
1995
Virginia TOLA
soprano
Argentina
Zarzuela - Audience - Special**
Los Angeles
2000
Auxiliadora TOLEDANO  
soprano
Spain
3rd - Special prize*****
Budapest
2009
 
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V
Rolando VILLAZON
tenor
Mexico
2nd - Zarzuela - Audience
Puerto Rico
1999
Vittorio VITELLI
baritone
Italy
3rd
Bordeaux
1996
Dimitry VOROPAEV
tenor
Russia
3rd
Los Angeles
2004
Karen VUONG
soprano
USA
Cultuarte
Valencia
2006
 
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W
Anita WATSON
soprano
Australia
3rd
Budapest
2009
Yali-Marie WILLIAMS
soprano
Puerto Rico
3rd
Puerto Rico
1999
             
X
Elena XANTHOUDAKIS
soprano
Greece / Australia
3rd
Québec
2008
               
 
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Y
Guang YANG
mezzo-soprano
China
1st
Washington
2001
Tae Joong YANG
baritone
South Korea
1st
Paris
2007
Kwangchul YOUN
bass
South Korea
Winner
Paris
1993
 
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Z
Miguel Angel ZAPATER  
bass
Spain
1st
Madrid
1995
Wenwei ZHANG
bass
China
3rd
Budapest
2009

*Prize CulturArte – Bertita & Guillermo Martinez
**Local Prize of Opera Patron Mr. Lloyd Rigler

***Local Prize of the Hungarian State Theatre
****Local Prize of the city of Pécs (Hungary)
*****Local Prize of the city of Budapest (Hungary)

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