Finale Of XV International Tchaikovsky Competition Voice Division

Opera Fresh highlighted some outstanding soprano and mezzo-soprano voices that entered the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition. All four choices made it to the second round, with two making it to the finals. These are the artists and the selections they sang with orchestra:

 Antonina Vesenina (Russia)

"Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" from Die Zauberflöte by Mozart

"Hymn to the Sun" from The Golden Cockerel by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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Yulia Matochkina (Russia)

"Prostite vy, holmy, polya rodnye" from The Maid of Orleans by Tchaikovsky

"Acerba voluttà" from Adriana Lecouvreur by Cilea

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Did one of these singers win the prize? See results after the jump.