# Operalia

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

## Overview

The competition's parent organization, Operalia Foundation, is a nonprofit organization based in Beverly Hills, California, with postal address in New York City's Upper West Side. 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 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. According to Operalia, the organization receives 800 to 1.000 submissions each year, other sources speak of "hundreds" of applications.
The jury is presided over by Domingo, although he himself does not judge the competition. Among jury members are Domingo's wife Marta Domingo, singers, opera directors, casting directors, artistic directors and consultants of renowned opera houses.
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.
While the jury deliberates the numerous winners, the audience votes for their favorite female and male singers. 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. The audience prize is a wristwatch by the competition's main sponsor. The San Juan, Puerto Rico based nonprofit organization 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. Prizes can be shared, in the past by up to 4 singers for one prize. It is also possible for a singer to receive several awards. Up to 17 prizes have been awarded in a single year. Since 2017, finalists who didn't win a prize receive an Encouragement Award.

## 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.

## List of winners

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