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14. Aug. 2003




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Fülle des Wohlklangs - Trilogy of the cultural summer 2003


OPERALIA-World Opera Contest Plácido Domingo
Seven outstanding winners


An audience of more than 900 people gathered in the Graf-Zeppelin-Haus concert hall in Friedrichshafen on July 23, 2003, to witness the exciting final concert of OPERALIA-World Opera Contest Plácido Domingo 2003. 13 young singers interpreted one aria each, selected by themselves. Seven artists performed in the "Zarzuela" category. The interpretations were accompanied by the "Suedwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz" and Sir Lawrence Foster, conductor. The international jury of music experts was impressed by the extraordinary artistic quality of all performances, but at 11 p.m. Plácido Domingo was pleased to be able to announce the winners´ names. A first in OPERALIA´s history: One candidate received three prizes altogether.

The winners in the "Opera" category:

1. Prize ($ 50.000):         Adriana Damato, Italy, Soprano, 27 years
2. Prize ($ 30.000):         Giuseppe Gipali, Albania, Tenor, 30 years
3. Prize ($ 25.000 each): Israel Lozano, Spain, Tenor, 28 years and
                                     Jesus Garcia, USA, Tenor, 26 years

The winners in the "Zarzuela" category:

The Zarzuela prizes are awarded in honour of the mother and the father of Plácido Domingo. All four winners in this category are receiving $ 10.000.

- Jennifer Check, USA, Soprano, 28 years
- Sabina Puertolas, Spain, Soprano, 30 years
- Mario Cassi, Italy, Baritone, 29 years
- Israel Lozano, Spain, Tenor, 28 years


The "Prize of the Audience" ($ 10.000) was voted on by the audience in the concert hall. One candidate received an overwhelming majority of the votes:

- Israel Lozano, Spain, Tenor, 28 years

Plácido Domingo gave an Open Air Gala Concert together with all the winners of OPERALIA 2003 on the Isle of Mainau on July 26, 2003. The artists were accompanied by the "Rundunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbruecken" and Lawrence Foster, conductor.

The OPERALIA Gala Concert "Die Parade der Sieger" with Plácido Domingo and all the winners of OPERALIA 2003 will be televised on Saturday, 16 August 2003, 20.15 hrs (8.15 pm) at 3SAT. "Der Sängerstreit vom Bodensee", a documentation of OPERALIA 2003 will be shown before at 19.20 hrs (7.20 pm) on the same channel.

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