Preliminary rounds 2023
Photo: Tonje Bentsen
Preliminary rounds are held on Thursday, August 17 and Friday, August 18.
The order of appearance was drawn on Tuesday, August 15. Participants are listed in the order in which they appear.
Click on the name to open the participant’s page.
Thursday, August 17:
Link to livestream (YouTube): https://youtube.com/live/UiyjMyZCtlo?feature=share
11:00 – 12:20 (1-8)
1. Victoria Randem, soprano
Norway, 1995
Handel – Da tempeste
Grøndahl – Skjærer
Lina Braaten, piano
2. Hedvig Haugerud, soprano
Norway, 1994
Strauss – Ruhe, meine Seele!
Wagner – Dich, teure Halle
Lina Braaten, piano
3. Laura Lolita Perešivana, soprano
Latvia, 1995
Schumann – Heiss’ mich nicht reden
Rossini – Bel raggio lusinghier
Gary Matthewman, piano
4. Gabriel Rollinson, baritone
Germany, 1993
Schubert – Gruppe aus dem Tartarus
Handel – Sibillar gli angui d’Aletto
Gary Matthewman, piano
5. Timothy Murray, baritone
USA, 1992
Tchaikovsky – Ja vas lyublyu
Dove – O, Swallow, Swallow
Gary Matthewman, piano
6. Felicity Tomkins, soprano
New Zealand, 1996
Rachmaninoff – Son
Nicolai – Nun eilt herbei
Olesya Tutova, piano
7. Luca Bernard, tenor
Switzerland, 1994
Mozart – Se all’impero
Strauss – Zueignung
Olesya Tutova, piano
8. Nykyta Ivasechko, baritone
Ukraine, 1994
Mozart – Hai già vinta la causa
Habbestad – Ederfuglen
Olesya Tutova, piano
13:45 – 14:45 (9-14)
9. Karolina Bengtsson, soprano
Sweden, 1997
Mozart – Solitudini amiche…Zeffiretti lusinghieri
Grieg – Ein Traum
Marina Kan Selvik, piano
10. Filipe Manu, tenor
New Zealand/Tonga, 1993
Schubert – Nachtstück
Donizetti – Ah! Mes amis, quel jour de fête!
Marina Kan Selvik, piano
11. Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein, mezzo-soprano
Germany, 1998
Mozart – Parto, ma tu ben mio
Mahler – Wenn dein Mütterlein
Marina Kan Selvik, piano
12. Siphokazi Molteno, mezzo-soprano
South Africa, 1992
Mahler – Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft
Gounod – Où suis-je?…O ma lyre immortelle
Lina Braaten, piano
13. Grace Gayoung Kim, mezzo-soprano
South Korea 1992
Schubert – Spinnrade
Gounod – Faites lui mes aveux
Lina Braaten, piano
14. Maya Gour, mezzo-soprano
Israel, 1992
Rossini – Cruda sorte!
Brahms – Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer
Lina Braaten, piano
15:30 – 16:30 (15-20)
15. Melissa Zgouridi, mezzo-soprano
Brazil, 1992
Handel – Sta nell’ircana pietrosa tana
Brahms – Von ewiger Liebe
Gary Matthewman, piano
16. Jasmin White, contralto
USA, 1993
Handel – Awake Saturnia…Iris Hence Away
Turina – Farruca
Gary Matthewman, piano
17. Viktoriia Shamanska, soprano
Ukraine, 2002
Verdi – Morrò, ma prima
Strauss – Cäcilie
Olesya Tutova, piano
18. Freya Apffelstaedt, contralto
Germany, 1992
Handel – Or che siete, speranze, tradite
Brahms – Feldeinsamkeit
Olesya Tutova, piano
19. Alexandra Lowe, soprano
Great Britain, 1991
Mozart – Come scoglio
Granados – Gracia miá
Marina Kan Selvik, piano
20. Nils Wanderer, contra-tenor
Germany 1993
Handel – Stille amare
Schubert – Romanze an Rosamunde
Marina Kan Selvik, piano
Friday, August 18:
Link to live stream (YouTube): https://youtube.com/live/3AgvaY_cgLE?feature=share
11:00 – 12:20 (21-28)
21. Katerina Burton, soprano
USA, 1994
Verdi – Tu che le vanità conoscesti del mondo
Duparc – Phidylé
Olesya Tutova, piano
22. Aksel Daveyan, baritone
Armenia, 1995
Rossini – Largo al factotum
Tchaikovsky – Podvig
Olesya Tutova, piano
23. Santiago Sánchez Barbadora, tenor
Spain 1992
Mozart – Come mai creder deggio…Dalla sua pace
Duparc – La vie antérieure
Marina Kan Selvik, piano
24. Lila Dufy, soprano
France, 1992
Schwantner – Black Anemones
Thomas – Et maintenant écoutez ma chanson
Marina Kan Selvik, piano
25. Brayan Avila Martinez, tenor
Netherlands, 1991
Donizetti – Tombe degli avi miei
Fauré – Clair de lune
Lina Braaten, piano
26. Felix Gygli, baritone
Switzerland, 1996
Handel – Sibillar gli angui d’Aletto
Schubert – Nachtstück
Lina Braaten, piano
27. Brittany Logan, sopran
USA, 1992
Previn – Real? Who wants real?
Puccini – Sole e amore
Gary Matthewman, piano
28. Milan Perisic, baritone
Serbia, 1992
Massenet – Ce breuvage pourrait me donner un tel rêve!
Wolf – Abschied
Gary Matthewman, piano
13:45 – 14:45 (29-34)
29. Manuel Fuentes, bass
Spain, 1996
Donizetti – Vieni, la mía vendetta
Codina – Mi barca
Olesya Tutova, piano
30. Elisa Sunshine, soprano
USA, 1991
Mozart – Der Hölle Rache
Larsen – Katherine Howard
Olesya Tutova, piano
31. Ann-Kathrin Niemczyk, soprano
Germany, 1999
Wagner – Dich, teure Halle
Rachmaninoff – These summer nights
Olesya Tutova, piano
32. Xenia Puskarz Thomas, mezzo-soprano
Australia, 1996
Brahms – Die Mainacht
Handel – Dopo notte, atra e funesta
Marina Kan Selvik, piano
33. Friedrich Hamel, bass
Germany, 1995
Mozart – In diesen heil’gen Hallen
Schubert – Der Wanderer
Marina Kan Selvik, piano
34. Navasard Hakobyan, baritone
Armenia, 1998
Donizetti – Cruda funesta smania
Kjerulf – Des Mondes Silber rinnt
Marina Kan Selvik, piano
15:30-16:20 (35-39)
35. Minseok David Kang, bass
South Korea, 1993
Bellini – Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni
Schumann – Der Soldat
Lina Braaten, piano
36. Jose Simerilla Romero, tenor
Spain, 1995
Verdi – Ah, sì ben dite…Sì! De’corsaro il fulmine
Obradors – Del cabello más sutil
Lina Braaten, piano
37. Vladyslav Tlushch, baritone
Ukraine, 1992
Mozart – Hai già vinta la causa
Stepovy – Step
Alina Shevchenko, piano
38. Rebecka Wallroth, mezzo-soprano
Sweden, 1999
Mozart – Ah scostati…Smanie implacabili
Brahms – Unbewegte laue Luft
Gary Matthewman, piano
39. Josef Jeongmeen Ahn, baritone
South Korea 1991
Leoncavallo – E fra quest’ansie
Rachmaninoff – Ona, kak polden’, khorosha
Gary Matthewman, piano