Who is a Bulgarian operatic soprano that had their career launched by The World Opera Competition?
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Operalia, The World Opera Competition Operalia, The World Opera Competition is an annual international competition for young opera singers. Founded in 1993 by Plácido Domingo, the competition has helped launch the careers of several important artists, such as Joseph Calleja, Giuseppe Filianoti, Rolando Villazón, José Cura, Joyce DiDonato, Elizabeth Futral, Inva Mula, Ana María Martínez and Sonya Yoncheva.
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Sonya Yoncheva Sonya Yoncheva (Bulgarian: Соня Йончева, born 25 December 1981) is a Bulgarian operatic soprano.
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Martina Arroyo Martina Arroyo (born February 2, 1936) is an American operatic soprano who had a major international opera career from the 1960s through the 1980s. She was part of the first generation of black opera singers to achieve wide success, and is viewed as part of an instrumental group of performers who helped break down the barriers of racial prejudice in the opera world.
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Vladimir Atlantov Vladimir Andreyevich Atlantov (Russian: Владимир Андреевич Атлантов ; born 19 February 1939) is a Russian operatic tenor.
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Dimitri Platanias Dimitri Platanias (born 4 December 1970) is a Greek baritone who has had an active international career since 2007, excelling particularly in the roles of Verdi and the Italian Verismo.
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Oliver Njego Oliver Njego (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливер Њего, ] ) is a Serbian operatic baritone, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most respected and most famous Serbian opera singers.
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Elise de Nys Kutscherra Elise de Nys Kutscherra was an operatic soprano.
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Ion Buzea Ion Buzea (born on 14 August 1934) is a Romanian tenor who enjoyed a successful international career.
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Regina Resnik Regina Resnik (August 30, 1922 – August 8, 2013) was an American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades. She began her career as a soprano in 1942 and soon after began a lengthy and fruitful relationship with the Metropolitan Opera that spanned from 1944 until 1983. Under the advice of conductor Clemens Krauss, she began retraining her voice in the mezzo-soprano repertoire in 1953 and by 1956 had completely removed soprano literature from her performance repertoire.
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Cesira Ferrani Cesira Ferrani (May 8, 1863 in Turin – May 4, 1943 in Pollone) was an Italian operatic soprano who is best known for debuting two of the most iconic roles in opera history, Mimì in the original 1896 production of Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème" and the title role in Puccini's "Manon Lescaut" in its 1893 world premiere. Ferrani sang a wide repertoire that encompassed not only verismo opera but the works of composers like Verdi, Gounod, Wagner, and Debussy.
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Elisabeth Schwarz Elisabeth Schwarz (born 5 July 1984) is an Austrian operatic soprano. She was born in Salzburg, Austria.
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Leo Marian Vodička Leo Marian Vodička (born 8 April 1950) is a Czech operatic tenor who has had an active international career since the early 1970s. He has sung on a number of complete opera recordings and appears in several filmed opera performances.
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Aile Asszonyi Aile Asszonyi (born 22 July 1975 in Väike-Maarja) is an Estonian soprano lirico-spinto who has an active career as an opera and concert singer. She was a finalist of the 2004 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium receiving "Prix des Donateurs du Concours Reine Elisabeth" and has been honored by the Estonian Music Council with the "Interpretation Prize" in 2007; an annual award given in recognition of an artist who has made a significant contribution to Estonian music. In 2010 and 2012 Asszonyi was awarded with annual Estonian Theatre Award for outstanding operatic performances and the Estonian National Opera and SEB annual Audience award 2012.
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Yelena Dudochkin Yelena Dudochkin is a Ukrainian-American soprano known for her "gorgeous, expressive and rich voice...a true pearl of the opera"(Voice of America) and her "dramatic intelligence" (Boston Globe).
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Dinara Aliyeva Dinara Aliyeva (Azerbaijani: "Dinarə Əliyeva" , Russian: Динара Алиева ) (born 17 December 1980, Baku, Azerbaijan) is an Azerbaijani operatic soprano. She is currently a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, where she made her debut in 2009 as Liù in Puccini's opera "Turandot".
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Alla Pugacheva Alla Borisovna Pugacheva (Russian: Алла Борисовна Пугачёва ; sometimes transcribed in English as Pugachova, ] ; born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day. For her "clear mezzo-soprano and a full display of sincere emotions", she enjoys an iconic status across the former Soviet Union as the most successful Soviet performer in terms of record sales and popularity.
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Ermonela Jaho Ermonela Jaho is an Albanian soprano. She holds dual citizenship, Italian and Albanian. She has been described by "The Economist" as "the world’s most acclaimed soprano".
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Felicia Filip Ana Felicia Filip (] ; born March 20, 1959, Slatina) is a Romanian operatic soprano. She has sung in the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera and the Liceu in Barcelona. She is a judge at the Romanian show "Vreau sa fiu vedeta".
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Christophoros Stamboglis Christophoros Stamboglis is a Greek operatic bass.
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Vladimir Bunchikov Vladimir Bunchikov (Russian: Владимир Бунчиков ; 21 November 1902, Yekaterinoslav – 17 March 1995, Moscow) was a Soviet singer, a baritone. Honoured Artist of Russia (1944). In Simferopol he was a scenery operator at the Drama Theatre. After graduating from the Dnepropetrovsk Music College, he studied in Leningrad. From 1929 he was a soloist at the Opera in Dnepropetrovsk, and from 1931 at the Nemirovicha-Danchenko Musical Theatre in Moscow.
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Mariana Popova Mariana Popova (Bulgarian: Мариана Попова ) (born 6 June 1978) is a Bulgarian singer. She is known for representing Bulgaria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, trainer on The Voice of Bulgaria 2011 and from Vip Brother 2012 - Bulgaria
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Eleanor Steber Eleanor Steber (July 17, 1914October 3, 1990) was an American operatic soprano. Steber is noted as one of the first major opera stars to have achieved the highest success with training and a career based in the United States.