NEUE STIMMEN 2011

Live recording of the final round

Of the 41 contestants who reached the final phase of the 14th NEUE STIMMEN International Singing Competition, six were chosen to compete in the final round.

The results of the finals on Saturday, October 22, 2011:
1st prize (€15,000): Olga Bezsmertna, Ukraine, lyric soprano, born in 1983
2nd prize  (€10,000): Jongmin Park, South Korea, bass, born in 1986
3rd prize  (€8,000): Xiahou Jinxu, China, tenor, born in 1990
4th prize (€4,000): Cristina-Antoaneta Pasaroiu, Romania, soprano, born in 1986
5th prize (€4,000): Nadezhda Karyazina, Russia, mezzo-soprano, born in 1986
6th prize  (€4,000): Maria Celeng, Slovakia, lyric soprano, born in 1988 
Audience choice prize (€500 voucher for sheet music from the Bärenreiter publishing house): Jongmin Park

Recorded live, the young singers performed the following arias:
00:00 Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra: Overture, Emil von Reznichev, Donna Diana
21:20 Karyazina, Nadezhda: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Snegurochka, Lel’s Song
25:20 Bezsmertna, Olga: Gustave Charpentier, Louise, Depuis le jour
32:50 Jinxu, Xiaohou: Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème, Che gelida manina
37:55 Pasaroiu, Cristina-Antoaneta: Antonin Dvorák, Rusalka, Mesicku na nebi hlubokem
46:20 Celengová, Maria: Vincenzo Bellini, La Sonnambula, Ah, non credea mirarti
54:09 Park, Jongmin: Gioacchino Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La calunnia

01:01:23 Olga, Bezsmertna: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro, E Susanna non vien/Dove sono i bei momenti
01:08:23 Celengová, Maria: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Die Zauberflöte, Ach, ich fühl' es
01:14:45 Park, Jongmin: Carl Maria von Weber, Der Freischütz, Schweig, schweig
01:19:10 Karyazina, Nadezhda: Georges Bizet, Carmen, Seguidilla
01:25:10 Pasaroiu, Cristina-Antoaneta: Vincenzo Bellini, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Eccomi in lieta vesta
01:32:00 Jinxu, Xiaohou: Franz Lehar, Das Land des Lächelns, Dein ist mein ganzes Herz

01:46:40 Award ceremony

01:58:05 Aria sung by the winner of the competition, Olga Bezsmertna