Kyrenia Opera Vocal Competition Winners

2022-2023

Brooke Romaine, Soprano (First prize-Young Artist Division); Ori Marcu, mezzo-soprano (First prize-Student Division); Angelique Savvas, soprano (Cyprus Award).

Honorary Mentions:

Brandon Bell, Baritone; Kseniia Sidorova; Veronica Siebert, Mezzo Soprano; Sarah Raiss, Soprano; Michaela Papadopoulou, Soprano.

2020-2021

Jose Simerilla Romero, Tenor (First prize-Young Artist Division); Lindsey Reynolds, soprano (First prize-Student Division); Constantina Nicolaou, soprano (Cyprus Award).

Honorary mentions:

Danielle Beckvermit, Elli Koutsouli, Alexandra Razskazoff (sopranos); Eric Ferring, Andrew Morstein, (tenors); Armando Contreras, Blake Denson (baritones)

2020

Career grants were awarded to: Alexander Boyd, baritone, Christiana Charalambous, soprano, David Holkeboer, pianist, Thomas Leighton, tenor, Jesse Malgieri, baritone, Stavros Mantis, baritone, Zoe Nicolaidou, soprano.

2018-2019

Elena Patsalidou, soprano (First prize); Rafaela Charalambous, mezzo soprano (Second prize); Lucy Elston, soprano (Honorary mention)

2017-2018

Theodora Raftis, soprano (First prize) and Christiana Charalambous, soprano (Encouragement award)

2016-2017

Eleni Aloneftou, mezzo soprano

2015-2016

Christiana Aloneftis, soprano

2014-2015

Zoe Nicolaidou, soprano (First prize); Mariza Anastasiadou, soprano (Encouragement award)