Semifinals
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30.10.2009
Liz Mohn and Dominique Meyer with the Semifinalists
Twelve singers participated in the semifinals, with seven making it into the final round.
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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Holger Noltze served as moderator for the event
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Gustav Kuhn, artistic director of the "NEUE STIMMEN" competition
Gustav Kuhn remembered Bertelsmann Stiftung founder Reinhard Mohn, who passed away on October 3, 2009. This year's "NEUEN STIMMEN" competition was dedicated to his memory.
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Dominique Meyer, chair of the "NEUE STIMMEN" jury
The managing and artistic director of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and future managing director of Vienna's Staatsoper thanked the Bertelsmann Stiftung for promoting the international opera world's up-and-coming talent.
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Luthando Qave, lyric baritone from South Africa
Luthando Qave commenced the evening's performances with the aria "Largo al factotum" from Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia."
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Mezzo soprano Mariana Carnovali from Argentina with conductor John Fiore
Mariana Carnovali singing the aria "Depuis hier, je cherche/que fais-tu" from C. Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette."
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Daniel Johansson, tenor from Sweden, with conductor John Fiore
Daniel Johansson chose an aria from P. Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin": "Kuda Kuda."
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Soprano Narine Yeghiyan from Armenia
She won the Liz Mohn Culture and Music Foundation's Special Prize by singing the aria "Piangerò la sorte mia" from G. F. Händel's "Giulio Cesare."
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Tenor Pavel Kolgatin from Russia
The young Russian tenor won the Audience Prize with the aria "Una furtiva lagrima" from Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore."
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Soprano Anna Princeva from Italy
The soprano performs "Martern aller Arten" from Mozart's "Die Entführung aus dem Serail."
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Bass Mikhail Korobeynikov from Russia
Bass Mikhail Korobeynikov was quite convincing as Mephisto, singing the aria "Le veau d'or" from Gounod's "Faust."
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Mezzo soprano Rachel Frenkel from Israel with conductor John Fiore
Rachel Frenkel won the Jury Prize with "Werther, Werther" from J. Massenet's "Werther."
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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Bass Kihwan Sim from South Korea with the Duisburg Philharmonic
Kihwan Sim made it into the finals singing the aria "Quand la flamme de l'amour" from Bizet's opera "La jolie fille de Perth."
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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Soprano Eunju Kwon from South Korea
Yet another finalist: Eunju Kwon sang the aria "C'est des contrebandiers.../Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" from G. Bizet's "Carmen" for her performance in the semifinals.
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Tenor JunHo You from South Korea
JunHo You made it into the finals with the aria "Che gelida manina" from G. Puccini's "La Bohème."
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Soprano Andriana Chuchman from Canada
Soprano Andriana Chuchman chose the aria "Caro nome" from Verdi's "Rigoletto" and was selected to perform in the "NEUE STIMMEN" finals.
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Liz Mohn congratulates soprano Narine Yeghiyan
Not a finalist, but a winner all the same: Soprano Narine Yeghiyan receives the Liz Mohn Culture and Music Foundation's Special Prize -- two years of training at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden's International Opera Studio in Berlin.
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
Liz Mohn and Dominique Meyer congratulate Pavel Kolgatin
Tenor Pavel Kolgatin received the majority of votes from those in attendance at the semifinals and, as a result, this year's Audience Prize.
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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30.10.2009
This year's finalists have now been announced
Liz Mohn and Dominique Meyer celebrate with the singers who were selected to participate in the finals of this year's "NEUE STIMMEN" competition.
Photographer: Thomas Kunsch, Bielefeld
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