Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia - Diputación Foral de Bizkaia

51 entries from 14 countries from 29 November to 5 December

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Tania Christova (Soprano from Bulgaria)

  • Second Prize: Isabel Rey (Soprano from Spain) (www.isabelrey.com)

  • Third Prize: Nancy Herrera (Mezzo-soprano from Spain) (www.nancyfabiolaherrera.com)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Not awarded

  • Second Prize: Chin Yong (Tenor from Malaysia) and Santiago Incera (Tenor from Spain).

  • Third Prize: Daniel Washington (Baritone from the USA.)

• Other Prizes:

  • Basque Prize: Joana Wos (Soprano from Poland)

  • Study Grant: Isabel Rey (Soprano from Spain)

November. Campos Elíseos Theatre (Bilbao). Two performances of each opera

• Bilbao Symphony Orchestra

  • Conductor: Lorenzo Martínez Palomo

  • Choirs: Agrupación de Coros de Vizcaína

  • Stage Manager: Knut Sommer

  • Scenery: Knut Sommer

• Madame Butterfly (G. Puccini):

  • Cio-Cio-San: Tania Christova

  • Pinkerton: Santiago Incera

  • Cónsul: Fernando Belaza

  • Suzuki: Nancy Herrera

• La Sonnambula (V. Bellini):

  • Amina: Isabel Rey

  • Lisa: María Bayo

  • Elvino: Ching-Yong

66 entries from 17 countries from 3 to 10 December

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: María Ciccaglione (Soprano from Canada)

  • Second Prize: Aleksandrina Pendatchanska (Soprano from Bulgaria) (www.pendatchanska.com)

  • Third Prize: Sharon Anne Miller (Soprano from Canada)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Ernesto Grisales (Tenor from Colombia)

  • Second Prize: Eduardo del Campo (Baritone from Spain)

  • Third Prize: Boicu Tsvetanov (Tenor from Bulgaria)

• Other Prizes:

  • Basque Prize: Beata Morawska (Soprano from Poland)

  • Basque Prize: Boicu Tsvetanov (Tenor from Bulgaria)

  • Study Grant: Gloria Fabuel (Soprano from Spain)

November. Arriaga Theatre (Bilbao). Two performance of each opera in Bilbao and "Lucia di Lammermoor" will be also performed in Pamplona.

• Bilbao Symphony Orchestra

  • Conductor

  • Choirs: A.B.A.O. Bilbao Friends of the Opera and Orfeón de Sestao choir

  • Stage Manager: Svetozar Donev

  • Scenery: María Trendafilova

• Rigoletto (G. Verdi):

  • Gilda: Not awarded

  • Rigoletto: Eduardo del Campo

  • Duca: Ernesto Grisales

  • Sparafucile: Michel Bernardi

• Lucia di Lammermoor (G. Donizetti):

  • Lucia: A. Pendatchanska

  • Edgardo: Boico Tsvetanov

  • Enrico: Fernando Belaza

  • Raimondo: Michel Bernardi

3 November to 8 December. 80 entries from 22 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Tatiana Davidova (Soprano from Bulgaria)

  • Second Prize: Ludmila Slepiniova (Soprano from Russian Federation)

  • Third Prize: Isabelle (Soprano from Belgium)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Víctor Torres (Baritone from Argentina) (www.victortorresbaritone.com)

  • Second Prize: Francisco Casanova (Tenor from the Dominican Republica)

  • Third Prize: Not awarded

• Other Prizes:

  • Basque Prize: Ursula Gajda-Kryger (Soprano from Poland)

  • Study Grant: Olatz Saitua (Soprano from Spain)

November. Arriaga Theatre (Bilbao). Two performances of each opera in Bilbao and both operas performed in Baracaldo and "Cosi fan Tutte" in Pamplona

• "ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN" Symphony Orchestra of Lodz (Poland)

  • Conductor: Tomás Bugaj

  • Choirs: A.B.A.O.

  • Stage Manager: Svetozar Donev

  • Scenery: María Trendafilova

• La Traviata (G. Verdi):

  • Violeta: Ludmila Slepniova

  • Alfredo: Francisco Casanova

  • Germont: Víctor Torres

  • Doctor: Oleg Melnikov

• Cosi Fan Tutte (W. A. Mozart):

  • Fiordiligi: Tatiana Davidova

  • Dorabella: Irena Zaric

  • Despina: Isabelle Kabatu

  • Ferrando: Warren Mok

  • Guglielmo: Manuel Lanza

  • Alfonso: Fernando Belaza

27 November to 5 December. 162 entries from 34 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Ilina Ermenkova (Soprano from Bulgaria)

  • Second Prize: Carmen V. Gurban (Soprano from Rumania)

  • Third Prize: Katia Lytting (Mezzo Soprano from Sweden)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Marcin Bronikowski (Baritone from Poland)

  • Second Prize: Egils Silins (Bass from Latvia)

  • Third Prize: Sang-Gon Kim (Tenor from South Korea)

• Other Prizes:

  • Basque Prize: Ana María Sánchez (Soprano from Spain)

  • Study Grant: Ruben Benito (Tenor from Spain)

  • Lied Prize: Mark Fallon (Countertenor from USA)

November. Arriaga Theatre (Bilbao). Two performances of each opera in Bilbao and "El Barbero de Sevilla" and "La Favorita" performed as concerts in Balmaseda

• Plovdiv State Opera Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria)

  • Conductor: Tomás Bugaj

  • Choirs: Sociedad Coral de Bilbao

  • Stage Manager: Svetozar Donev

  • Scenery: María Trendafilova

• La Favorita (G. Donizetti):

  • Leonor: Katia Lytting

  • Fernando: Sang-Gon Kim

  • Alfonso: Víctor Torres

  • Baltasar: Askar Abdrazakov

• Il Barbiere di Siviglia(G. Rossini):

  • Rossini: Ilina Ermenkova

  • Almaviva: Ruben Benito

  • Figaro: Marcin Bronikowski

  • Basilio: Riccardo Ferrari

  • Bartolo: Alexander Teliga

25 November to 4 December. 163 entries from 40 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Iride Martínez (Soprano from Costa Rica) (www.iride-martinez.com)

  • Second Prize: Mija Park (Soprano from South Korea)

  • Third Prize: Mihoko Fujimura (Mezzo Soprano from Japan)

  • Third Prize: Giovanna Donadini (Soprano from Italy)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Yasuo Horiuchi (Baritone from Japan)

  • Second Prize: Not awarded

  • Third Prize: Grigory Ossipov (Bass from Russia)

• Other Prizes:

  • Basque Prize: Olatz Saitua (Soprano from Spain)

  • Study Grant: Francisco Javier Palacios (Tenor from Spain)

  • Lied Prize: Giovanna Donadini (Soprano from Italy)

November. Arriaga Theatre (Bilbao). Two performances of each opera in Bilbao and "Rigoletto" performed at the Cervantes Theatre (Malaga) on 14 and 16 March 1996

• Bilbao Symphony Orchestra

  • Conductor: Giorgio Croci

  • Choirs: Orfeón de Sestao choir and Opera de los Ganadores Choir

  • Stage Manager: Svetozar Donev

  • Scenery: Pedro María Basañez - UPV

• D. Pascuale (G. Donizetti):

  • D. Pascuale: Donato di Stefano

  • Ernesto: Emanuele Giannino

  • Norina: Mija Park

  • Dr. Malatesta: Grigory Ossipov

• Rigoletto (G. Verdi):

  • Gilda: Kathryn Gamberoni

  • Rigoletto: Yasuo Horiuchi

  • Duque: Sang-Gon Kim

  • Maddalena: Mihoko Fujimura

  • Sparafucile: Kyung-Jun Choi

29 November to 7 December. 185 entries from 39 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Kyung-Hwa Cho (Soprano from South Korea)

  • Second Prize: Tatiana Anisimova (Soprano from Ukraine)

  • Third Prize: Tatiana Melnitchenko (Soprano from Ukraine)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Yong-Zhe Jin (Tenor from China)

  • Second Prize: Yi-Kun Chung (Tenor from South Korea)

  • Third Prize: Soon-won Kang (Bass from South Korea)

• Other Prizes:

  • Basque Prize: Jon Plazaola (Tenor from Spain)

  • Basque Prize: Elena Assenova (Mezzo-Soprano from Bulgaria)

  • Study Grant: Susana Santiago (Mezzo-Soprano from Spain))

  • Lied Prize: Loise Marcotte (Soprano from Canada)

November. Ayala Theatre (concert version) (Bilbao). Two performances of each opera in Bilbao.

• Bilbao Symphony Orchestra

  • Conductor: Giorgio Croci (Nabucco) and Tomasz Bugaj (La Traviata)

  • Choirs: Coral Ondarreta

  • Stage Manager: Svetozar Donev

  • Scenery: Pedro María Basañez - UPV

• La Traviata (G. Verdi):

  • Violeta: Kyung-Hwa Cho

  • Alfredo: Yong-Zhe Jin

  • Germont: Victor Torres

• Nabbuco(G. Verdi):

  • Nabucco: Yasuo Horiuchi

  • Ismaele: Sang-Gon Kim

  • Zaccaria: Mariano Viñuales

  • Abigaille: Tatiana Melnitchenko

  • Fenena: Elena Assenova

27 November to 5 December. 199 entries from 39 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Paula Elgueta (Soprano from Chile)

  • Second Prize: Anna Shafajinskaia (Soprano from Canada)

  • Third Prize: Soojin Moon (Soprano from South Korea)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Jae-Chul Bae (Tenor from South Korea)

  • Second Prize: Seok-Be Ha (Tenor from South Korea)

  • Third Prize: Dong-Jik You (Tenor from South Korea)

• Other Prizes:

  • Critics' Prize: Paula Elgueta and Dong-Jik You

  • Study Grant: Assumpta Mateu (Soprano from Spain)

  • Lied Prize: Marc Duguay (Tenor from Canada)

September. Arriaga Theatre (Bilbao). Two performances of each opera in Bilbao.

• Bilbao Symphony Orchestra

  • Conductor: Siegmund Weinmeister (Lucia di Lammermoor) and Tomász Bugaj (La Boheme)

  • Choirs: C.E.M.A.E. Voces Blancas Choir and Coral Ondarreta choir

  • Stage Manager: Maribel Belastegui (La Boheme) and Lander Iglesias (Lucia di Lammermoor)

• Lucia di Lammermoor (G. Donizetti):

  • Lucia: Iride Martínez

  • Edgarado: Jae-Chul Bae

  • Lord Enrico: Hyoung-Kyoo Kang

  • Lord Arturo: Juan Carlos Barona

  • Raimondo: Mariano Viñuales

  • Alisa: Inmaculada Martínez

  • Normanno: Juan Carlos Barona

• La Boheme(G. Puccini):

  • Mimi: Kyung-Hwa Cho

  • Musetta: Tatiana Melnitchenko

  • Rodolfo: Seok-Be Ha

  • Marcello: Dong-Jik You

  • Colline: Rene Laryea

  • Schaunard: Byoung-Wook Ha

  • Benoit and Alcindoro: Pedro Llanera

25 November to 5 December. 200 entries from 34 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Bi-Xia Wu (Soprano from China)

  • Second Prize: Nicoleta M. Ardelean (Soprano from Rumania)

  • Third Prize: Caterina C. Costea (Soprano from Rumania)

  • Third Prize: Izabella Sulima (Soprano from Poland)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Hyoung - Kyoo Kang (Baritone from South Korea)

  • Second Prize: Wojciech Gierlach (Bass from Poland)

  • Third Prize: Soon-Won Kang (Bass from South Korea)

• Other Prizes:

  • Critics' Prize: Nicoleta M. Ardelean (Soprano from Rumania)

  • Audience Prize: Hyoung - Kyoo Kang (Baritone from South Korea)

  • Group A Prize: José Ramírez (Male soprano from Spain)

  • Study Grant: Maite Beaumont (Mezzo-Soprano from Spain)

11 to 20 November. 164 entries from 34 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Micaela Carosi (Soprano from Italy) (www.micaelacarosi.it)

  • Second Prize: Urantsetseg Urtnasan (Soprano from Mongolia)

  • Third Prize: Tetiana Melnitchenko (Soprano from Ukraine)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Serhiy Mahera (Bass from Ukraine)

  • Second Prize: José Luis Sola (Tenor from Spain)

  • Third Prize: Woohg-Jo Choi (Bass from South Korea)

• Other Prizes:

  • Critics' Prize: José Luis Sola (Tenor from Spain)

  • Audience Prize: Micaela Carosi (Soprano from Italy)

  • Group A Prize: Kyung Chy (Soprano from South Korea)

  • Study Grant: José Luis Sola (Tenor from Spain)

18 to 27 November. 152 entries from 37 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: María José Siri (Soprano from Uruguay) (www.mariajosesiri.com)

  • Second Prize: Su-Young Kim (Mezzo-soprano from South Korea)

  • Third Prize: Jee-Hye Sohn (Soprano from South Korea)

  • Third Prize: Cristina Nassif (Soprano from USA)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Not awarded

  • Second Prize: Woo-Suk Byun (Tenor from South Korea)

  • Third Prize: Kwang-Yul Wang (Baritone from South Korea)

• Other Prizes:

  • Critics' Prize: Cristina Nassif (Soprano from USA)

  • Audience Prize: Naroa Intxausti (Soprano from Spain)

  • Study Grant: Naroa Intxausti (Soprano from Spain)

26 October to 4 November. 142 entries from 29 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Aleksandra Chacinska (Soprano from Poland)

  • Second Prize: Tina Gorina (Soprano from Spain)

  • Third Prize: Christina Dietzsch (Soprano from Germany) (www.christinadietzsch.de)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Mauricio Pace (Tenor from Italy)

  • Second Prize: Andeka Gorrotxategi (Tenor from the Basque Country)

  • Third Prize: Joung Min Park (Baritone from South Korea)

  • Third Prize: Yoon Jong Kook (Tenor from South Korea)

• Other Prizes:

  • Critics' Prize: Mauricio Pace (Tenor from Italy)

  • Audience Prize: Andeka Gorrotxategi (Tenor from the Basque Country)

  • Study Grant: Auxiliadora Toledano (Soprano from Spain)

  • Concerts in Bizkaia: Alexandra Chacinska (Soprano from Poland)

  • ABAO Prize: Joung Min Park (Baritone from South Korea)

  • AMAK Prize: Mauricio Pace (Tenor from Italy)

  • Opera in Brazil: Tina Gorina (Soprano from Spain)

13 to 22 November. 121 entries from 26 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Ekaterina Bakanova (Soprano from Russia)

  • Second Prize: Ana Peshes (Mezzo soprano from Israell)

  • Third Prize: Jegyung Yang (Soprano from South Korea)

  • Third Prize: Tetiana Ganina (Soprano from Ukraine)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Jong-Min Park (Bass from South Korea)

  • Second Prize: Guk-Hoe Song (Baritone from South Korea)

  • Third Prize: Not awarded

• Other Prizes:

  • Critics' Prize: Jong Min Park (Bass from South Korea)

  • Audience Prize: Guk Hoe Song ( Baritone from South Korea)

  • Study Grant: Ana Puche (Soprano from Spain)

  • Concerts in Bizkaia: Ekaterina Bakanova (Soprano from Russia)

  • Concerts in Bizkaia: Guk Hoe Song (Baritone from South Korea)

  • ABAO Prize: Jong Min Park ( Bass from South Korea)

  • AMAK Prize: Guk Hoe Song (Baritone from South Korea)

  • Opera in Brazil: Jong Min Park (Bass from South Korea)

  • Rome-Italy AIDM Study Grant: Ana Puche (Soprano from Spain)

  • "Samho Art Center" Concert from South Korea: Ana Peshes (Soprano from Israell)

  • Samho Art Center-South Korea Concert: Tetiana Ganina (Soprano from Ukraine)

1 to 6 November. 152 entries from 30 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Katia Metlova (Mezzo-soprano from Italy)

  • Second Prize: Yun Jeong Lee (Soprano from South Korea)

  • Third Prize: Agnes Selma Weiland (Soprano from Germany)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Jonghoon Heo (Baritone from South Korea)

  • Second Prize: Bohan Choe (Tenor from South Korea)

  • Third Prize: Shavleg Macharashvili Armasi (Bass from Georgia)

• Other Prizes:

  • Critics' Prize: Agnes Selma Weiland (Soprano from Germany)

  • Audience Prize: Helena Orcoyen ( Soprano from the Basque Country)

  • Study Grant: Helena Orcoyen (Soprano from the Basque Country)

  • Rome-Italy AIDM Study Grant: Jonghoon Heo (Baritone from South Korea)

  • Concerts in the Bizkaia Theatre network: Helena Orcoyen (Soprano from the Basque Country) and Isaac Galan (Baritone from Aragóa)

  • AMAK Prize: Friends of Alfreko Kraus Association: Shavleg Macharashvili Armasi (Bass from Georgia)

  • Caja Rural del Sur en Huelva Prizek: Helena Orcoyen (Soprano from the Basque Country)

  • Samho Art Center-South Korea Concert: Isaac galan, Helena Orcoyen, Shavleg Macharashvili Armasi and Katia Metlova

  • "Samho Art Center" Concert (South Korea): Ana Peshes (Soprano from Israell)

  • "Samho Art Center" Concert (South Korea): Tetiana Ganina (Soprano from Ukraine)

26 November to 1 December. 135 entries from 28 countries

• Women's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Sun Hyung Cho (South Korea)

  • Second Prize: Miren Urbieta Vega (Basque Country)

  • Third Prize: Iwona Sobotka (Poland)

• Men's Prizes:

  • First Prize: Seung-gi Jung (South Korea)

  • Second Prize: Sergio Escobar Pérez (Spain)

  • Third Prize: Karoly Szemerédy (Hungary)

• Other Prizes:

  • Audience Prize: Sergio Escobar Pérez (Spain)

  • Critics' Prize: Iwona Sobotka (Poland)

  • Special Prize for the best Basque Singer: Miren Urbieta Vega (Basque Country)

  • The BBK Fundation´s Prize study to be used for advanced vocal trining: Ruth Iniesta (Spain)

  • ABAO´s Prize: Miren Urbieta Vega (Basque Country)

  • AMAK´s Prize: Sergio Escobar Pérez (Spain), Miren Urbieta Vega (Basque Country)

  • Ópera Sao Paulo (Brasil) Prize: Sergio Escobar Pérez (Spain)