55th Contest
Official prizes
1st Freddie de Tommaso (tenor / United Kingdom)
2nd Leonor Bonilla (soprano / Spain)
3rd Sehoon Moon (tenor / Korea)
4º Anaïs Constans (sorpano / France)
5º Jungkwon Jang (Countertenor / Korea)
6º Andrew Manea (bariton / USA)
Special prizes
To a tenor finalist: Freddie de Tommaso (tenor / United Kingdom)
To the best performer of Mozart: Serena Sáenz (soprano / Spain)
To the best performer of Zarzuela: Leonor Bonilla (soprano / Spain)
To the best performer of Russian Music: Desert
To the best performer of Wagner: Desert
To the best performer of Verdi: Freddie de Tommaso (tenor / United Kingdom)
To the best performer of French Opera: Anaïs Constans (sorpano / France)
Extraordinary prizes
Oratorio-Lied Prize
Fundación Bancaria “la Caixa” Prize: Jungkwon Jang (Countertenor / Korea)
To the best performer of Schubert: Jungkwon Jang (Countertenor / Korea)
“Victoria de los Ángeles” Prize: Jungkwon Jang (Countertenor / Korea)
Ferrer-Salat scholarship: Juan de Diós Mateos (tenor / Spain) / Gerard Farreras (bass / Spain) / Inés Ballesteros (soprano / Spain) / Serena Sáenz (soprano / Spain) / Paula Sánchez (soprano / Spain) / Inés Lorans Millán (soprano / Spain)
To the best Spanish Singer: Leonor Bonilla (soprano / Spain)
“Mercedes Viñas” Prize: Freddie de Tommaso (tenor / United Kingdom)
To the best Catalan Singer: Serena Sáenz (soprano / Spain)
“Teatro Real de Madrid” prize: Freddie de Tommaso (tenor / United Kingdom) / Leonor Bonilla (soprano / Spain) / Sehoon Moon (tenor / Korea) / Anaïs Constans (sorpano / France)
“Festival Castell de Peralada” prizes: Anaïs Constans (sorpano / France)
”Amics de l’Òpera de Sabadell” prize: Leonor Bonilla (soprano / Spain)
“Concerlirica Opera Internacional” prize: Leonor Bonilla (soprano / Spain)
“Accademia Chigiana” of Siena scholarship: Serena Sáenz (soprano / Spain)
“European Opera Centre” scholarship: Anaïs Constans (sorpano / France)
“Academia Internacional Elena Obraztsova scholarship: María de León (soprano / Guatemala)/ Sehoon Moon (tenor / Korea)
“Internationale OpernWerkstatt” scholarship: Gamid Abdulov (bariton / Russia) / Rodrigo Sosa dal pozzo (Countertenor / Italy) / Laura Meenen ( soprano / USA) / Andrei Kymach (bariton / Ukraine) / Freddie de Tommaso (tenor / United Kingdom)
Jury of the 55th Contest
President of the Jury
Ms. Christina Scheppelmann (Germany), General Artistic Director, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona.
Members
Mr. Jonathan Friend (United Kingdom). Artistic Administrator of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.
Mr. Alessandro Galoppini (Italy) Director of the Artistic Department of the Teatro Regio Torino, Italy.
Mr. Toni Gradsack (Austria). Casting Manager of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Mr. Tobias Hasan (Austria). Head of the Artistic Department of the Staatsoper im Schillertheater, Berlin.
Mr. Peter Mario Katona (Germany). Director of Casting at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London.
Mr. Joan Matabosch (Spain). Artistic Director of the Teatro Real, Madrid.
Mr. Joan Pons (Spain). Baritone.
Mr. Neil Shicoff (USA). Tenor.
Mr. Ilias Tzempetonidis (Greece). Casting Director of the Opéra National de Paris.
Mr. Dmitry Vdovin (Russia). Artistic Director of the Young Artist Program of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, Moscow.
*They are also part of the jury:
Mr. José Luis Basso (Argentina). Conductor of the Choir of the Opéra National de Paris.
Mr. Daniele Borniquez (Italy). Representative of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Mr. Víctor Garcia de Gomar (Spain). Assistant Artistic Director of the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona
Mr. Jesús Iglesias Noriega (Spain). Artistic Administrator of the Nationale Opera Amsterdam.