The young swedish tenor, Daniel Johansson, first prize winner in WSIMC 2012, has made his debut as Hoffman in “The Tales of Hoffman” in The Bregenz Festival. In the Autumn 2015, he will sing “Der Rosenkavalier” and “La Bohème” at The Royal Opera in Stockholm. Last season has included both “Madame Butterfly” in Stockholm as well as “La Bohème” at The Helsinki National Opera. For the first time he was singing the role of Don José in “Carmen” at The Norwegian Opera, and performed as Alfredo in “Traviata” in Stockholm and Oslo.
Abigail Levis, mezzosoprano and third prize winner in WSIMC 2014, had a very sucessful year! The same year, she also won the third prize in James Toland Vocal Arts in California and come to an honourable semi-final in Placido Domingos famous singing competition “Operalia”. Abigail Levis was also engaged as Kate Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly and Despina in Cosi van tutte at the Utah Opera and made her debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, with Symphonie Atlantique, singing the role of Sesto in Handel´s Giulio Cesare in Egitto.
Next season Abigail will join the Domingo-Colburn-Stein ” Young Artists Program” at Los Angeles Opera and will return to Utah Opera in May 2016 for their production of Le nozze di Figaro.
The first and the second Prizewinner in WSIMC 2014, the soprano Chrystal E. Williams and the bass Henning von Schulman, will perform with The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra – 7 October 2015 in Linköping and 8 October 2015 in Norrköping. Excellent program with songs from Mahlers wonderful “Des Kanben Wunderhorn” and opera arias from – Figaro, Carmen, Don Carlos and Porgy and Bess.
After The Final Concert with 10 fantastic singers on stage, has the jury in WSIMC 2014 decided the following prizes:
First Prize 100.000 Chrystal E Williams,USA
Second Prize 60.000 Henning von Schulman, Sweden
Third Prize 40.000 Abigail Levis, USA
Fourth Prize 20.000 Alexander Sukhanov, Russia
Mozartpris 10.000 Margrethe Fredheim, Norway
Stenhammar Prize 10.000 Kyubong Lee, South Korea
Audience´s Prize 20.000 Chrystal E Williams, USA
After a very exiting second round, the jury has now decided that ten singers will sing in the Final Concert on June 18th, competing for the desirable prizes of 250.000 SEK, several attractive engagements in festivals and opera houses and a concert with The Norrköping Symphony Orchestra during the next season.
Final Concert will take place in De Geerhallen, Norrköping 18 June at 18.00.
Margrethe Fredheim, sopran Norge
Abigail Levis, mezzosopran USA
Kyubong Lee, baryton South Korea
Maudee Montierre, sopran Syd Afrika
Alexander Sukhanov, baryton Ryssland
Henning von Schulman, bas Sverige
Chrystal Williams, mezzosopran USA
Shinhee Yoo, tenor Syd Korea
Wonyong Kang, bas Syd Korea
Maartje Rammeloo, sopran Nederländerna
63 singers from 18 countries have been accepted to The Stenhammar Competition 2014. The quality is very high and we can expect an exiting competition. Competition days 11-16 June – has fri entrance.
Don´t miss The Final Concert with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and the finalists, 18 June 18.00! You can also vote for The Audience´s Prize.
Tickets 165-275 SEK at Tourist information +46 11 15 51 00 or Ticnet +46 (0) 77 170 70 70
On March 13, 2014, you can hear the first prize winners from The Stenhammar Competition 2012 together with The Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra.
Read more http://www.norrkopingssymfoniorkester.se/kalender.asp/lid/166252
The swedish tenor Daniel Johansson, first prize winner in The Stenhammar Competition 2012 together with Aleksandra Popandopulo, has made a great success in the main role in La Traviata at The Geneva Opera. After Geneva several engagements are waiting at The Oslo Opera.
Ekaterina Godovanets, first prize winner in Stenhammar Competition 2006, has received a contract with the Nürnberg Opera for two years.