62nd Edition (2025)

Awards

Official prizes

1st Gloria Jieun Choi (soprano / South Korea)
2nd Mhai Damian (baritone / Romania)
3rd Robert Lewis (tenor / United Kingdom)
4th Egor Zhuravskii (tenor / Russia)
5th Luke Norvell (tenor / United States)
6th Michael Butler (tenor / United States)

Special prizes

Best Interpreter of Mozart: Egor Zhuravskii (tenor / Russia)
Best Interpreter of Verdi: Mihai Damian (baritone / Romania)

Extraordinary prizes

• Houston Grand Opera Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Houston Grand Opera (HGO) in honor of Joyce DiDonato, to the most promising young singer of the Competition:

  • Mihai Damian

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Ferrer-Salat Music Foundation, to six Spanish singers:

  • Enrique Torres Domínguez (Spain)

  • Carmen Larios Caparrós (Spain)

  • Laura Orueta (Spain)

  • Patricia Calvache (Spain)

  • Carmen Lázaro (Spain)

  • Mónica Redondo (Spain)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Teatro Real de Madrid, to the top four winners of an Official Prize:

  • Gloria Jieun Choi (South Korea)

  • Mihai Damian (Romania)

  • Robert Lewis (United Kingdom)

  • Egor Zhuravskii (Russia)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by tenor Plácido Domingo, to a finalist tenor:

  • Robert Lewis (United Kingdom)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by the “Liceistes 4th and 5th floor” Association, in memoriam of baritone Vicens Sardinero, to a finalist baritone or male voice:

  • Mihai Damian (Romania)

• Extraordinary Prize “Mercedes Viñas”, as a scholarship, offered by Mrs. Teresa Vilardell:

  • Michael Butler (United States)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by Amics del Liceu, to study vocal technique with soprano Luciana Serra:

  • Laura Brasó (Spain)

  • Maria Jurado Obradors (Spain)

  • Paula Sánchez Valverde (Spain)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered respectively by the City Hall of Moià (birthplace of tenor Viñas) and Joventuts Musicals de Moià, to the best Catalan singer:

  • Laura Brasó (Spain)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by the City Hall of Santa Cristina d’Aro, to the winner of the best Catalan singer award:

  • Laura Brasó (Spain)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Festival Castell de Peralada, to a winner of an Official Prize:

  • Gloria Jieun Choi (South Korea)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Association of Friends of the Opera of Sabadell and its president, soprano Mirna Lacambra, as a contract for the seasons of the Opera Foundation in Catalonia, to a winner of an Official Prize:

  • Gloria Jieun Choi (South Korea)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by Mrs. Leonor Gago, director of LG Artist Management and Concerlírica Ópera Internacional, to one male and one female finalist:

  • Gloria Jieun Choi (South Korea)

  • Taejun Jeong (South Korea)

• Extraordinary Prize, as a scholarship, offered by the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena (Italy):
  Matteo Mancini (Italy)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by the European Opera Centre, to participate in the centre’s projects:

  • Mihai Damian (Romania)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by Internationale OpernWerkstatt, to 5 singers:

  • Dan D’Souza (United Kingdom)

  • Jihoon Park (South Korea)

  • Gheorge Severin (Romania)

  • Maria Vasilevskaya (Russia)

  • Yunuet Laguna (Mexico)

• Extraordinary Prize, offered by the Cadaqués Music Festival, offering a recital contract to one of the six winners of the Official Prizes:

  • Robert Lewis (United Kingdom)

• Audience Award at the Final Test and gift offered by Tiffany:

  • Sara Cortolezzis (Italy)

  • Mihai Damian (Romania)

AWARDS

Jury

Members of the Jury

• Mr. Víctor Garcia de Gomar (Spain) – Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu and President of the Jury.

• Iain Burnside – Pianist, United Kingdom.

• Bernarda Fink – Mezzo-soprano, Buenos Aires.

• Alessandro Galoppini – Casting Director, Teatro alla Scala, Milan.

• Maria Guleghina – Soprano, International.

• Peter Mario Katona – Casting Director, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London.

• Joan Matabosch – Artistic Director, Teatro Real, Madrid.

• Christian Schirm – Artistic Director, Académie de l’Opéra National de Paris.

• Christoph Seuferle – Opera Director, Deutsche Oper Berlin.

• Brian Speck – Artistic Administrator, Metropolitan Opera, New York.

• Carolin Wielpütz – Artistic Planning Director, MusikTheater an der Wien, Vienna.

• Sir Colin Brush– Representative of the Houston Grand Opera for the Joyce DiDonato Extraordinary Prize.