Results jury First Round Opera | Oratorio

07 September 2014 Members of the jury Opera | Oratorio announced which participants are through to the Semi-Finals.

photo: general manager Annett Andriesen by digi-photo.nl

After two days First Rounds in the category Opera | Oratorio in the Theater aan de Parade, the members of the jury have selected the participants who are through to the Semi-Finals.

Members of the jury are soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, mezzo-soprano Anne Gjevang, tenor Siegfried Jerusalem, conductor Kenneth Montgomery, 1st solo double bass Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Dominic Seldis, impresario Pieter Alferink, head artistic affairs Dutch National Opera Jesús Iglesias Noriega, artistic consultant Osterfestspiele Salzburg, casting Lyric Opera Chicago and Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Evamaria Wieser and former intendant Vienna State Opera, adviser The Metropolitan Opera, Spring Festival Tokyo, artistic director George Enescu Festival Bucharest (& president of the IVC jury) Ioan Holender.

Participants through to the Semi-Finals Opera | Oratorium are:

• Soprano Deirdre Angenent
• Mezzo-soprano Florieke Beelen
• Soprano Marcelina Beucher
• Soprano Yibao Chen
• Soprano Zinzi Frohwein
• Tenor Andrew Haji
• Soprano Charlotte Janssen
• Countertenor Eric Jurenas
• Mezzo-soprano Esther Kuiper
• Soprano Vida Matičič Malnaršič
• Mezzo-soprano Catriona Morison
• Tenor Matthew Newlin
• Soprano María del Rocío Giordano
• Soprano Eleanor Ross
• Bass Henning von Schulman
• Bass-baritone Milan Siljanov
• Baritone Krešimir Stražanac
• Tenor Sung min Song 
• Mezzo-soprano Francine Vis
• Soprano Iris van Wijnen